The West Virginia Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Approved Food List is evaluated and updated once every two years by a Food Product Review Committee. The committee consists at a minimum of the State Agency Nutrition Education Coordinator, the State Agency Vendor Management Coordinator, a Local Agency nutritionist and a Local Agency vendor liaison.
Federal Regulations for WIC outline minimum requirements for foods to be included on the WIC-Approved Food List. West Virginia WIC has established additional standards to further define allowable foods.
A reasonable number of alternative choices of all eligible products are offered. West Virginia WIC reserves the right to limit the number of food items within the food categories. Meeting the criteria for the WIC-Approved Food List does not guarantee inclusion on the food list.
The West Virginia WIC-approved Approved Food List was revised May 1, 2007.
Formula
Formula must be the brand, form, and size written on the draft only.
Infant Cereal
Must be in 8-oz. boxes only. Must be the brand written on the draft only. Not allowed: glass jars, organic, cereal with added fruit, or formula.
Infant Juice
Must be 100% fruit juice in 4-oz.containers only. Must be the brand written on the draft only. Any fruit flavor including fruit blends. Not allowed: vegetable juice or vegetable juice blends, juice with added yogurt, or organic juice.
Adult/Child Juice:
Must be unsweetened 100% juice.
46-oz. containers (can, plastic or glass)
- Apple – Lucky Leaf®, Musselman®, Seneca®, or White House®
- Grape – Welch’s®
- Grapefruit – any brand
- Juicy Juice® – any flavor
- Orange – any brand; with/without calcium
- Pineapple – any brand
- Tomato – Delmonte® or Campbell’s® only
- V-8® Vegetable – any flavor except Splash & Fusion
11.5-oz. or 12-oz. concentrate
- Apple – Old Orchard®, Seneca®, or Minute Maid®
- Grape – Welch’s® 100% or Juice Makers (yellow band only)
- Grapefruit – any brand
- Juicy Juice – any flavor
- Orange – any brand; with/without calcium
- Pineapple – any brand
Not allowed: sweetened, carbonated, drinks, blends, organic, or vegetable/fruit juice blends.
Eggs
Must be in carton of 12 only. Any size or grade, either white or brown eggs. Not allowed: low cholesterol, Eggland’s Best®, Kroger Private Selection®, Full Spectrum®, organic, or free range.
Dry Beans or Dry Peas
Any 1-pound bag. Not allowed: mixtures of bean/pea varieties, flavoring packets, or organic.
Peanut Butter
Must be in 18-oz. jars. Any brand - smooth, crunchy, chunky, or low sodium.
Not allowed: reduced fat, peanut spreads, organic, or blends such as jelly, marshmallow or honey.
Cheese:
Must be in 8 or 16-oz. packages only. Block, shredded, or sliced. Any fat content, low cholesterol, low sodium, or lactose reduced. Single variety or blends of cheeses:
- American
- Colby
- Muenster
- Brick
- Monterey Jack
- Provolone
- Cheddar (any type)
- Mozzarella
- Swiss
Not allowed: Kroger Private Selection®, individually wrapped slices, cubed, string, imported, gourmet, weighed cheese from the deli, cheese with added ingredients (i.e. peppers, pimentos, or bacon), cheese food product, spread, imitation, substitute, smoked, organic or alternative cheese.
Adult/Child Cereal
Selection cannot exceed total ounces written on the draft.
General Mills®
- Cheerios® – regular or multi-grain plus only
- Chex® – corn, multi-bran, rice or wheat (no frosted varieties)
- Kix® – regular only
- Total® – whole grain only
- Wheaties® – regular only
Kellogg’s®
- All-Bran® Complete – wheat or oat flakes
- Corn Flakes® – regular only
- Crispix® – regular only
- Mini-Wheats® – original big bite/bite size only
- Product 19®
- Rice Krispies® – regular only
- Special K® – regular only
Little Crow Foods®
- Coco Wheats® – no individual packets
Nabisco®
- Cream of Wheat® – any cook time, no individual packets
Post®
- Banana Nut Crunch®
- Grape Nuts® Flakes
- Grape Nuts®
- Honey Bunches of Oats® – Honey Roasted, Cinnamon Clusters, or with Almonds only
- Premium Bran Flakes®
Quaker®
- Instant Grits – original only;single serving packets only
- Instant Oatmeal – regular flavor only; single serving packets only
- King Vitaman®
- Life® – regular only
- Quaker® Squares – regular and cinnamon only
Not allowed: Any cereal not listed above, including generic, organic or store brands. No cereal with added fruit.
Milk
White or Chocolate (participants choice) in one gallon containers unless the other size is written on the draft. Must purchase specified fat content if written on draft.
- Whole – Least expensive brand available
- 2% – Least expensive brand available
- 1% – Least expensive brand available
- Skim – Least expensive brand available
- Non-Fat Dry Milk – Must be 25.6 oz. package only
- Evaporated Milk – Must be in 12-oz. cans only, whole or skim
- Lactose Reduced or Lactose Free Milk – Allowed when written on draft only. May be purchased in any size; not subject to least expensive brand policy.
Not allowed: Sweetened, condensed, UHT, filled evaporated, buttermilk, goat’s milk, sweet acidophilus, soy milk, organic, Vitamite©, or milk drinks
Tuna
Chunk Tuna must be in a 5 or 6-oz. can. Not allowed: Albacore, white, low sodium, select, fancy, solid, diet, fillet, gourmet, organic, or foil packets
Carrots
Prepackaged, whole, raw carrots in 1-pound or 2-pound bags only. Not allowed: baby, canned, cooked, frozen, loose, organic or peeled
Please contact the Nutrition Education Coordinator for the West Virginia WIC Program at 304-558-0030 with any questions.