1743 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC Program); WIC 2011-2012 food list

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC Program); WIC 2011-2012 Food List

[41 Pa.B. 5459]
[Saturday, October 8, 2011]

I. 2011-2012 WIC Food List

 Under 28 Pa. Code § 1103.5(a) (relating to minimum inventory), the WIC Program publishes notice of the 2011-2012 WIC Food List which contains the required types of foods and, if applicable, names of the allowable brands of foods. Effective October 1, 2011, the 2011-2012 WIC Food List authorizes the following as allowable foods for the purpose of the WIC Program.

Cheese

 Regular, reduced fat, low fat or fat free, low cholesterol, low sodium, lactose free, smoked or calcium fortified. Cheese must be marked with weight, type and cost. Cheese must be in the form of a block, sliced, shredded, stick or string cheese. Package size must be 8 or 16 ounces.

American (Pasteurized Process)	Cheddar
Cheddarella	Cojack
Colby (Longhorn)	Monterey Jack
Mozzarella	Muenster
Provolone	Swiss

 Kosher cheese must be specified on the WIC check to be purchased using a WIC check.

 Not Allowed: Individually wrapped slices, imported, deli service, cheese foods, imitation cheese, cheese products or spreads, cheese with added ingredients, organic cheese, cheese packed in water.

Cow's Milk

 Fluid (pasteurized; quart, 1/2 gallons or gallons) Any fat level allowed as specified on the WIC check. Acidophilus allowed. Lactose free if specified on the WIC check. Evaporated (12 ounce cans) if specified on the WIC check. Dry if specified on the WIC check.

 Not Allowed: Flavored milk, buttermilk, goat's milk, milk with added calcium, protein or plant sterols, vitamin C, omega 3s, organic milk, ultra high temperature (UHT) processed milk, milk in glass bottles.

Soy Beverage

32 or 64 ounce  containers:	Pacific Natural Foods—Ultra Soy  (plain or vanilla flavored)
	8th Continent Soymilk original or  vanilla flavor

 Not Allowed: Any other brand or type of soy beverage.

Tofu

16 ounce containers:	Azumaya—firm and extra firm
	house foods premium—regular,  firm, extra firm
	Nasoya—silken, light silken

 Not Allowed: Any other brand or type of tofu

Chicken Eggs

 Grade A regular: large, medium or small raw shell brown or white chicken eggs in one dozen package.

 Not Allowed: Specialty eggs such as, vegetarian fed, organic eggs, low cholesterol, fat modified, high in omega 3s, and the like.

Legumes (Beans)

 Black beans, blackeye peas, garbanzo beans, great northern beans, kidney beans, lima beans, navy beans, pinto beans, soybeans, split peas and lentils.

 1 pound dry or 15.5 to 16 ounce canned any brand (canned kidney beans may contain sugar)

 Not Allowed: Green beans, green peas, snap beans, yellow beans, wax beans, pork-n-beans, beans with added seasonings, sugars, oils, sauces, meats, organic beans

Fruits and Vegetables

Fruits Allowed:

 Fresh, whole or cut without added sugars. Frozen, without added sugars. Canned, jarred or multi pack without added sugars, fats, oils or sodium (salt).

Vegetables Allowed:

 Fresh, whole or cut without added sugars, fats or oils. Frozen, without added sugars, fats or oils.

 Canned or jarred, without added sugars, fats or oils (whole kernel corn and green peas can contain sugar).

 Sweet potatoes and yams.

 Organic fruits and vegetables can be purchased.

Not allowed:

• Party trays, fruit baskets, salad bar items

• Ingredients other than fruit—sugar, honey, high fructose corn syrup, heavy or light syrup, dextrose, sucrose, maple syrup, artificial sweeteners, fats, oils or sodium (salt)

• Ingredients other than vegetables—sugar, honey, high fructose corn syrup, cheese sauce, noodles, rice, nuts, spices, fats or oils

• Any type of white potatoes (including Red Bliss, Purple and Yukon Gold)

• Sauerkraut, pickled vegetables, olives

• Jarred salsa, pasta sauce

• Fresh herbs and spices, edible blossoms

• Dried fruit, trail mix

• Fruit leathers, fruit snacks, fruit roll-ups

• Fruit and nut mixtures

• Fruit cocktails, cranberry sauce, pie filling

• Baked goods

• Infant or toddler fruits and vegetables

Juice

Single Strength (48 ounce container, 100% pure juice):

Apple	Apple & Eve, Food Club, Lucky Leaf, Musselman's, Nestle Juicy Juice, Red & White, Seneca, Shurfine
Cranberry	Apple & Eve, Northland
100% Grape  (purple or white)	America's Choice, Nestle Juicy Juice, Red & White, Shurfine, White Rose
Juice Blends	Apple & Eve: Cranberry Apple and  Cranberry Raspberry Northland: Cranberry Grape Nestle Juicy Juice: All flavors
Pineapple	Food Club, Shurfine

Single Strength (64 ounce container, 100% pure juice):

Apple	Acme, America's Choice, Apple & Eve, Flavorite, Food Club, Giant, Giant Eagle, Great Value, Hannaford, Krasdale, Lucky Leaf, Mott's, Musselman's, Old Orchard, Red & White, Richfood, Safeway, Seneca, Shop-N-Save, Shop Rite, Shurfine, Tipton Grove, Weis Quality, White Rose
Cranberry	Acme, Flavorite, Food Club, Giant, Giant Eagle, Great Value, Hannaford, Richfood, Safeway, Shop-N-Save, Shurfine, Weis Quality
Grape (purple, red  or white)	Acme, America's Choice, Apple & Eve, Flavorite, Food Club, Giant, Giant Eagle, Great Value, Hannaford, Lucky Leaf, Mott's, Musselman's, Old Orchard, Red & White, Richfood, Safeway, Seneca, Shop-N-Save, Shurfine, Tipton Grove, Valu Time, Weis Quality, White Rose
Orange	Any Brand, calcium and vitamin D added allowed
Pineapple	Acme, Flavorite, Giant, Giant Eagle, Great Value, Libby's, Our Family, Richfood, Safeway, Shop-N-Save, Shurfine, Wegmans, Weis Quality
Tomato	Campbell's (regular or low sodium)
Vegetable	Campbell's V8 (regular or low sodium)
Juice Blends	Apple & Eve—all flavors (including  Sesame Street) except ''Cranberry  Juice & More'' Nestle Juicy Juice—all flavors Old Orchard—100% juice flavors, no  premium flavors

Frozen Concentrated (11.5 to 12 ounce container, 100% pure juice):

Apple	America's Choice, Flavorite, Food Club, Giant, Hannaford, Great Value, Old Orchard, Richfood, Safeway, Seneca, Shop-N-Save, Shop Rite, Shurfine, Sunrise Valley, Value Time, Weis Quality
Apple Juice Blends	Old Orchard (all flavors with green pull tab top)
Orange	Any brand (including calcium and vitamin D added)
Grape	Welch's (all flavors with yellow pull tab top)
White Grape Juice  Blends	Welch's (all flavors with yellow pull tab top)

Shelf Stable Concentrated (11.5 to 12 ounce container, 100% pure juice):

 Juicy Juice any flavor, Welch's any flavor with yellow trim

 Not Allowed: Ciders, cocktails, artificial sweeteners, food colorings, added sugar, alcohol, carbonation, fiber, omega 3s, DHA, ARA, beta-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin E, organic juice.

Cereal

Adult/Child Cereals:

Minimum package size 12 ounces

Better Oats:	Good 'n Hearty Oatmeal (classic or maple and brown sugar)
General Mills:	Cheerios (regular, multigrain) Chex (wheat, corn, rice, multi bran) Kix (regular, honey or berry berry) Total (whole grain) Wheaties (regular flavor only)
Kellogg Co.:	All Bran Complete Wheat Flakes  Corn Flakes Crispix Frosted Mini Wheats (Little Bite,  Bite Size, Big Bite or Unfrosted) Rice Krispies (regular or gluten free  brown rice krispies) Special K (regular)
Malto Meal, bag or  box:	Crispy rice, Honey & Oat Blenders  (regular or almond)
Maypo:	Instant Maple Oatmeal
Nabisco:	Cream of Wheat: Instant original, 1 minute, 2 1/2 minutes, 10 minutes, whole grain
Post:	Banana Nut Crunch Grape-Nuts & Grape-Nut Flakes Bran Flakes Honey Bunches of Oats (Honey  Roasted, with Almonds, Cinnamon  Clusters, Vanilla Clusters) Shredded Wheat Vanilla Almond
Quaker Co.:	Original Instant Grits Crunchy Corn Bran Oat Bran Essentials King Vitaman Life (regular flavor) Oatmeal Squares (cinnamon or  brown sugar)
Store Brand  Cereal:	Corn Flakes, Toasted Oats, Corn Squares-Biscuits, Rice Squares-Biscuits: (America's Choice, Flavorite, Food Club, Giant, Great Value, Hannaford, Ralston Foods, Richfood, Safeway, Shop-N-Save, Shop Rite, Shurfine, Weis Quality)
Not Allowed:	Individual serving boxes, Organic cereal, any other brand or type of cereal.

Peanut Butter

18 ounce container, labeled ''Peanut Butter'' only

Not Allowed:

Reduced fat peanut butter, peanut butter spread, peanut butter mixed with jelly, marshmallow, chocolate or honey, organic peanut butter, added omega 3s, DHA, ARA or artificial sweeteners.

Infant Formula

Contract Brand

Milk Based:	Gerber GOOD START Gentle
Soy Based:	Gerber GOOD START Soy

 Other brands and types of formula must be specified on the WIC check.

Infant Foods

Infant Cereal:	Gerber rice, oatmeal, barley, whole wheat or mixed grain in 8 or 16-ounce box.
Not Allowed:	Organic varieties, variety pack, cereal with fruit, formula, yogurt, DHA, ARA or any other added ingredients.
Infant Fruits and  Vegetables:	4 ounce containers of 100% fruits or vegetables.
Not Allowed:	Desserts, organic varieties, mixed with salt, sugar, cereal, rice, noodles, meats, yogurt, DHA, ARA or any other ingredients.
Infant Meats:	2.5 ounce containers of single ingredient meats (with or without gravy or broth), brand listed on the WIC check.
Not Allowed:	Organic varieties, mixed with salt, sugar, cereal, rice, noodles, vegetables, fruit, DHA, ARA or any other ingredients.

Canned Fish

 Chunk Light Tuna, Pink Salmon or Sardines in 3.75, 5 or 6 ounce cans only

Not Allowed:

Products packed in oil, albacore tuna, brisling sardines, red salmon, organic fish.

Whole Grains

16 ounce packages:

 Whole Wheat Bread and Rolls
Store Brands 100% Whole Wheat Bread:
 Acme, America's Choice, Giant, Great Value,  Hannaford, Pathmark, Shop Rite

 Arnold—100% Stoneground Whole Wheat Bread
Bimbo—100% Whole Wheat Bread
Hauswald 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Nickles—Country Style 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Pepperidge Farms—Stoneground 100% Whole Wheat  Bread, Very Thin Soft 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Roman Meal—Sungrain 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Sara Lee—Classic 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Schmidt—100% Whole Wheat Bread
Stern's—100% Whole Wheat Bread, Whole Wheat Rolls
Stroehmann—Small 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Windmill Farms—100% Stoneground Whole Wheat  Bread-Hamotzie, 100% Stoneground Whole Wheat  Bread-Mezonot, 6 pack Whole Wheat Rolls
Wonder—Soft 100% Whole Wheat Bread

 Tortillas

 Store Brands: Yellow or White Corn, or Whole Wheat;  Food Club, Giant Eagle, Nature's  Promise, Weis Quality
Hand Made Style Whole Wheat—Shop  Rite, Shurfine
Whole Wheat Fajita Style—Hannaford

 Carlita—Corn Tortilla
Celia's—Yellow or White Corn and Whole Wheat
Chi Chi's—White Corn Tortillas or Whole Wheat Torti lla Fajita Style
Don Pancho—Yellow or White Corn Tortillas or Whole  Wheat Tortillas
La Banderita—Corn Tortillas and Fajita Whole Wheat
La Burrita—Yellow Corn Tortillas
MexAmerican—Whole Wheat with Honey
MiCasa—100% Whole Wheat Tortillas
Mission—Yellow Corn Extra Thin Tortillas and Whole  Wheat Tortillas
Ortega—Whole Wheat
Pepito—Corn or Whole Wheat

 Whole Grain Brown Rice: Uncle Ben's—Natural Whole  Grain Brown Rice
Lundberg—Long or Short  Grain Brown Rice (no  other varieties)

 Store Brands: Acme, America's Choice, Flavorite, Food Club, Giant, Great Value, Gulf Pacific, Richfood, Safeway, Shop-N-Save, Shur-fine, Weis Quality, White Rose

 Oats: 16 ounce packages: Mom's Best Natural Quick Oats, Mother's Rolled Oats

24 ounce packages:

 Whole Wheat Bread and Rolls

 Arnold—100% Whole Wheat Bread
Brownberry—100% Whole Wheat Bread
Freihofer—Hearty 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Gold Medal—Natural or Premium Whole Wheat Bread
Nickles—Country Style 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Pepperidge Farms—100% Natural Stone Ground, 100%  Whole Wheat Bread, Farmhouse soft 100% Whole  Wheat Bread Stroehmann—Dutch Country 100% Whole Wheat, Fam ily Grains 100% Whole Wheat
Weis—From the Oven 100% Whole Wheat Bread

 Oats—Quaker Steel Cut Oats

 Not Allowed: Any other package size, brand or type of whole grain products, organic whole grains, items with added omega-3s, dried fruits, seeds, nuts, extra calcium or vitamin D

II. Contract Brand of Formula

 Under 28 Pa. Code § 1103.5(c), the WIC Program publishes notice of the name of the contract brand of infant formula. The WIC Program has entered into a contract with NESTLÉ to be the primary provider of infant formula for the WIC Program. The contract brand of infant formula is Gerber GOOD START Gentle and Gerber GOOD START Soy. Other brands and types of formula must be specified on the WIC check to be authorized for purchase with a WIC check. The information contained herein is effective October 1, 2011.

 Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of this notice (for example, large print, audiotape, Braille) should contact Chris Harr, Department of Health, Division of WIC, 2150 Herr Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105, [phone]. For speech and/or hearing impaired persons V/TT [phone] or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Services at [phone].

ELI N. AVILA, MD, JD, MPH, FCLM, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-1743. Filed for public inspection October 7, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]