NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC Program); 2019-2020 WIC Food List
[49 Pa.B. 5643]
[Saturday, September 28, 2019]I. 2019-2020 WIC Food List
Under 28 Pa. Code § 1103.5(a) (relating to minimum inventory), the WIC Program publishes notice of the 2019-2020 WIC Food List which contains the required types of foods and, if applicable, names of the allowable brands of foods. Effective October 1, 2019, the 2019-2020 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 ounces 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: Cubed, 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; 1/2 gallons or gallons), any fat level, allowed as specified on the WIC check. Acidophilus milk allowed. Lactose free milk allowed, if specified on the WIC check. Evaporated milk (12-ounce cans), allowed if specified on the WIC check. Dry milk allowed, if specified on the WIC check. A quart of milk is allowed, if specified on the WIC check.
Not Allowed: Flavored milk, buttermilk, goat's milk, organic milk, ultra high temperature processed milk, milk in glass bottles, milk with added calcium, protein or plant sterols, vitamin C or omega 3s.
Soy Beverage
32-ounce or 64-ounce containers: Pacific—Ultra Soy (Original or Vanilla flavored) 8th Continent (Original or Vanilla) Refrigerated Section Silk Original,Refrigerated Section Not Allowed: Any other brand or type of soy beverage.
Yogurt (32-ounce containers only) Whole Fat Yogurts:
Dannon All Natural Plain, Strawberry, Vanilla ShopRite Plain Lowfat Yogurts:
Best Yet Plain, Vanilla Coburn Farms Plain, Vanilla Dannon Plain, Vanilla Essential Everyday Blended Blueberry, Peach, Plain, Raspberry, Strawberry, Vanilla Giant Plain Giant Eagle Plain, Vanilla Great Value Peach, Strawberry, Strawberry Banana, Vanilla Lucerne Strawberry, Vanilla Market Pantry Vanilla ShopRite Plain, Vanilla Shurfine Plain, Vanilla Weis Quality Peach, Plain, Strawberry Yoplait Harvest Peach, Strawberry, Strawberry Banana, Vanilla Nonfat Yogurts:
Best Yet Plain, Vanilla Dannon Plain, Strawberry, Strawberry Banana Essential Everyday Plain Giant Plain, Vanilla Giant Eagle Plain Great Value Plain Lucerne Plain Market Pantry Plain ShopRite Plain, Vanilla Shurfine Plain, Vanilla Weis Quality Plain, Vanilla Yoplait Plain Not Allowed: Greek, Organic, Drinkable Yogurts, Yogurts with non-nutritive sweeteners, Yogurts with mix-in-ingredients such as: Granola, Candy pieces, Honey or Nuts.
Tofu
16-ounce containers: House Foods Premium—
Medium Firm, Firm, Extra Firm Nasoya—Silken
Azumaya—Silken, Firm, Extra FirmNot Allowed: Any other brand or type of tofu.
Chicken Eggs Any Brand Grade A or AA Regular: large, medium or small raw shell brown or white chicken eggs in 1-dozen package.
Not Allowed: Specialty eggs such as vegetarian fed, organic eggs, low cholesterol, fat modified, high in omega 3s, free range, egg substitute.
Legumes (Beans) Black beans, black eye peas, garbanzo beans, great northern beans, kidney beans, lima beans, navy beans, pinto beans, soybeans, butter beans, pink beans, split peas and lentils.
1 pound dry or 15 1/2-ounce to 16-ounce canned any brand (canned kidney beans may contain sugar)
Not Allowed: Green beans, green peas, green lima beans, snap beans, yellow beans, wax beans, pork-n-beans, beans with added seasonings, sugars, oils, fats, 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.
Organic fruits and vegetables can be purchased.
Not allowed:
• Party trays, fruit baskets, salad bar items
• Items that contain dips or sauces
• 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
• Sauerkraut, pickled vegetables, olives
• Jarred salsa, pasta sauce
• Fresh herbs and spices, edible blossoms
• Dried fruit, dried vegetables, trail mix
• Fruit leathers, fruit snacks, fruit roll-ups
• Fruit and nut mixtures
• Fruit cocktails, cranberry sauce, pie filling
• Baked goods containing fruit or vegetables
• Infant or toddler fruits and vegetables
• Maraschino cherries or products containing maraschino cherries
• Squeezable fruit or vegetable pouches
Juice Single Strength (48-ounce container, 100% pure juice):
Apple Apple & Eve, Food Club, Giant Eagle, Juicy Juice, Red & White, Seneca, Shurfine Cranberry Apple & Eve: Naturally Cranberry Northland: Traditional Cranberry 100% Grape
(purple or white)Juicy Juice, Red & White, Shurfine Juice Blends Apple & Eve: Cranberry Apple and Cranberry Raspberry
Juicy Juice: All flavorsSingle Strength (64-ounce container, 100% pure juice):
Apple Apple & Eve, Best Yet, Essential Everyday, Food Club, Giant, Giant Eagle, Great Value, Hy-top, IGA, Krasdale, Lucky Leaf, Mott's, Musselman's, Market Pantry, Old Orchard, Parade, Red & White, Seneca, Shop Rite, Shurfine, Signature Select, Tipton Grove, Weis Quality Cranberry Food Club, Giant, Giant Eagle, Market Pantry, Shurfine, Signature Select Grape (purple, red or white) Best Yet, Essential Everyday, Food Club, Giant, Giant Eagle, Great Value, Hy-top, IGA, Krasdale, Market Pantry, Parade, Red & White, Shoprite, Shurfine, Signature Select, Tipton Grove, Weis Quality, Welch's Orange Any Brand, calcium and vitamin D added allowed Pineapple Best Yet, Essential Everyday, IGA, Libby's, Shurfine, Signature Select Tomato (regular or low sodium): Campbell's, Essential Everyday Vegetable Campbell's V8 (regular or low sodium), Best Yet, Diane's Garden, Essential Everyday Juice Blends Apple & Eve—all flavors (including Sesame Street) except ''Cranberry Juice & More'' and ''Fruitables''
Juicy Juice—all flavors
Old Orchard—100% juice flavors, no premium flavors
Welch's—Super Berry, Tropical TrioFrozen Concentrated (11 1/2-ounce to 12-ounce container, 100% pure juice):
Apple Best Yet, Essential Everyday, Food Club, Giant, Hy-top, IGA, Great Value, Market Pantry, Old Orchard, Parade, Seneca, Shop Rite, Shurfine, Signature Select, Tipton Grove, Weis Quality Apple Juice Blends Old Orchard (all flavors with green pull tab top) Orange Any brand (including calcium and vitamin D added) Grape Essential Everyday, Giant, Market Pantry, Welch's (all flavors with yellow pull tab top) Grape Juice Blends Welch's (all flavors with yellow pull tab top) Shelf Stable Concentrated (11 1/2-ounce to 12-ounce container, 100% pure juice):
Welch's any flavors 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
General Mills: Cheerios (regular, multigrain)
Chex (wheat, corn, rice)
Kix (regular, honey or berry berry) Total (whole grain)
Fiber One Honey Clusters
Wheaties (regular flavor only)Kellogg Co.: All Bran Complete Wheat Flakes Corn Flakes
Crispix
Frosted Mini Wheats: Original, Little Bite, Touch of Fruit Raspberry
Rice Krispies (regular)
Special K (Original)Malto Meal, bag or box: Crispy rice, Frosted Mini Spooners (Original and Strawberry) Maypo: Instant Maple Oatmeal Nabisco: Cream of Wheat: Instant original, 1, 2 1/2, 10 minutes, Whole Grain or Healthy Grain Post: Grape-Nuts & Grape-Nut Flakes Great Grains-Banana Nut Crunch Bran Flakes
Honey Bunches of Oats (Honey Roasted, with Almonds, Cinnamon Clusters, Vanilla Clusters)Quaker Co.: Original Instant Grits (Original and Butter)
Corn Crunch
Life (Original) Oatmeal Squares (cinnamon, brown sugar, Honey Nut, Golden Maple)Sunbelt Bakery Simple Granola Store Brand Cereal:
Corn Flakes, Corn Squares-Biscuits, Toasted Oats, Tasteeos, Rice Squares-Biscuits: (Essentials Everyday, Food Club, Giant, Giant Eagle, Great Value, IGA, Ralston Foods, Shop Rite, Shurfine, Weis Quality)
Not Allowed: Individual serving boxes, Organic cereal, any other brand or type of cereal.
Peanut Butter 16-ounce to 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: Similac Advance Soy Based: Similac Soy Isomil Other brands and types of formula must be specified on the WIC check.
Infant Foods Infant Cereal: Brand specified on the WIC check: rice, oatmeal, barley, whole wheat or multigrain in 8-ounce or 16-ounce container.
Not Allowed: Organic varieties, variety pack, cereal with fruit, formula, yogurt, DHA or ARA.
Infant Fruits and Vegetables: Brand specified on the WIC check: 4-ounce containers of 100% fruits or vegetables.
Not Allowed: Desserts, organic varieties, mixed with salt, sugar, cereal, rice, noodles, meats, yogurt, DHA, ARA, flour, starch, any other ingredients or squeezable pouches.
Infant Meats: Brand specified on the WIC check: 2 1/2-ounce containers of single ingredient meats (with or without gravy or broth).
Not Allowed: Organic varieties, mixed with salt, sugar, cereal, rice, noodles, vegetables, fruit, DHA, ARA, flour, starch or any other ingredients.
Canned Fish Any Brand: Chunk Light Tuna, Pink Salmon or Sardines in 3 3/4-ounce, 5-ounce 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 & Rolls
Store Brands 100% Whole Wheat Bread:
Best Yet, Essential Everyday, Giant, Giant Eagle, Great Value, IGA, Krasdale, Shoprite, Signature Select, Weis Quality
Arnold 100% Stoneground Whole Wheat Bread, 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Rolls Bimbo 100% Whole Wheat Bread Gold Medal 100% Whole Wheat Bread Harvest Pride 100% Whole Wheat Bread Merita 100% Whole Wheat Bread Monks 100% Whole Wheat Bread, Multi-Grain Bread Nature's Harvest 100% Stone Ground Whole Wheat Bread Nature's Own 100% Whole Wheat with Honey Nickles Country Style 100% Whole Wheat Bread Pepperidge Farms Stoneground 100% Whole Wheat Bread, Very Thin Soft 100% Whole Wheat Bread, Light Style 100% Whole Wheat Bread Roman Meal SunGrain 100% Whole Wheat Bread Sara Lee Classic 100% Whole Wheat Bread Schwebel's 100% Whole Wheat Bread Windmill Farms 100% Stoneground Whole Wheat Bread—Hamotzie, 100% Stoneground Whole Wheat Bread—Mezonot, 6 pack Whole Wheat Rolls Wonder 100% Whole Wheat Bread Tortillas
Store Brands:
Essential Everyday Soft White Corn Tortilla, Whole Wheat Tortillas Giant Eagle Fajita Style White Corn, Soft Taco style whole wheat Tortillas IGA Corn Tortillas, Whole Wheat Tortillas Giant Yellow, White Corn, Whole Wheat Tortillas Great Value Whole Wheat Tortillas Shurfine Whole Wheat Fajita Style Weis Whole Wheat Archer Farms Soft Whole Wheat Tortillas Celia's Yellow or White Corn Chi Chi's White Corn Tortillas, Whole Wheat Fajita Style Don Pancho Yellow or White Corn Tortillas, Whole Wheat Tortillas La Banderita Corn, Whole Wheat Soft Taco, Whole Wheat Fajita, Yellow Corn La Burrita Yellow Corn Tortillas MexAmerican Whole Wheat with Honey MiCasa Whole Wheat Tortillas Mission Yellow Corn Extra Thin Tortillas, Whole Wheat Tortillas Ortega Whole Wheat Tortillas Siempre Autentico Whole Wheat Tortillas Whole Grain Brown Rice:
Blue Ribbon, Mahatma, Uncle Ben's: Natural Whole Grain Brown Rice Store Brands: Best Yet, Essentials Everyday, Great Value, IGA, Market Pantry, Shurfine, Signature Select, Weis Quality
Oats: 16-ounce package: Mom's Best (Natural Quick Oats, Old Fashioned Quick Oats)
Whole Wheat Pasta 16-ounce
Essential Everyday: Whole Wheat Spaghetti, Thin Spaghetti, Macaroni, Penne, Rotini, Vermicelli Giant Eagle Whole Wheat Spaghetti, Elbow Macaroni, Penne Rigate, Rotini Great Value Whole Wheat Elbows, Linguine, Penne, Rotini, Spaghetti, Thin Spaghetti Ronzoni Whole Grain Penne Rigate, Whole Grain Spaghetti, Whole Grain Thin Spaghetti, Whole Grain Rotini, Whole Grain Linguini ShopRite Whole Wheat Rotini, Spaghetti Thin Spaghetti, Penne Rigate Shurfine: 100% Whole Wheat Spaghetti, Penne Rigate Weis Quality: Whole Wheat Penne Rigate, Spaghetti, Angel Hair, Rotini 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 Abbott Laboratories to be the primary provider of infant formula for the WIC Program. The contract brand of infant formula is Similac Advance and Similac Soy Isomil. 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, 2017.
Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of this notice (for example, large print, audiotape, Braille) should contact Perce Morgan, Department of Health, Bureau of WIC, 625 Forster Street, 7th Floor West, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 783-1289, or for speech and/or hearing impaired persons, call the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).
RACHEL L. LEVINE, MD,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 19-1449. Filed for public inspection September 27, 2019, 9:00 a.m.]
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