Presentation to Nutrition Service Directors Presented by Laura Iberkleid MPH RD LD Date December 2014 New Look New Look FRUITS and VEGETABLES Organic is allowed for fresh frozen and canned produce ID: 680114
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January 2015 WIC Approved Foods List Update
Presentation to: Nutrition Service Directors
Presented by: Laura Iberkleid, MPH, RD, LD
Date: December 2014Slide2
New LookSlide3
New LookSlide4
FRUITS and VEGETABLESSlide5
Organic is allowed for fresh, frozen and canned produce
FRUITS and VEGETABLESSlide6
Canned fruits cannot contain added
sugar, artificial sweeteners,
fats, or oils
Canned vegetables
cannot
contain added
fats, or oils
FRUITS and VEGETABLESSlide7
Tomato sauce, salsa, tomato paste are allowedSpaghetti sauce NOT allowed
Cannot
contain added sugar, fat, or
oil
Seasonings allowed for these items only
FRUITS and VEGETABLESSlide8
New Voucher Wording
Current Voucher Wording
Produce:
$x
for fresh, frozen, or
canned fruit and
vegetables. No potatoes-
except for
sweet potatoes or yams.
No products
with added sugar, fat,
or oils
. No creamed vegetables.
Produce:
$x
for fresh, frozen, or canned
fruit and
vegetables. No potatoes-
except for
sweet potatoes or yams.
No products
with added sugar
,
seasonings
, fat
, or
oils
. No
creamed
or candied
vegetables
.
FRUITS and VEGETABLESSlide9
BEANS/PEAS/LENITLSSlide10
Bean clarification: refried beans are approved
(
No added sugar, fat, oil, meat
)
BEANS/PEAS/LENITLSSlide11
MILKSlide12
Adding back whole goat milk
GOAT MILKSlide13
SOY PRODUCTSSlide14
Adding Walmart brand Soy Milk
+
SOY MILKSlide15
New Voucher Wording
Current Voucher Wording
SOY MILK: 2 half gallons
Silk (original) OR 8
th
Continent
(Original OR Vanilla
flavors only
)
SOY MILK: 2 half gallons soy milk
SOY MILKSlide16
Size
U
pdate
14-16 oz
Previously approved:
8 oz, 14-16 oz
Now will
only
approve:
TOFUSlide17
New Voucher Wording
Current Voucher Wording
TOFU: No more than 4 pounds tofu
TOFU: 4
containers
of tofu (14 to 16 oz)
TOFUSlide18
CHEESE & EGGSSlide19
WHOLE GRAINSSlide20
WHOLE GRAINSSlide21
Updating brands
Add
Best Choice
Food Lion
Healthy Life
Whole Wheat Whole Grain
Whole Grain Wheat Flaxseed
Whole Wheat Sandwich Buns
Remove
Sara Lee Soft and Smooth
All Pepperidge Farm breads/buns
Merita
Cobblestone Mill
BREAD/BUNSSlide22
Updating brands
Whole Wheat
Add
Guerrero
Remove
Chi-Chi’s
La
Banderita
Corn
Add
Guerrero
Herdez
TORTILLASSlide23
100% JUICESlide24
100% JUICESlide25
Currently list ‘Least Expensive Brand’ for Orange, Pineapple, Grapefruit, Tomato, and Vegetable
JUICESlide26
Removing Pineapple and Vegetable Juices
JUICESlide27
Will be listing ‘
Least Expensive Brand
’ for
Orange
and
Grapefruit
ONLY
JUICESlide28
All other flavors
GRAPE
WHITE GRAPE
TOMATO
APPLE
JUICESlide29
Currently listed by brand
JUICESlide30
Will be listed by flavor
JUICESlide31
CEREALSlide32
CEREAL
Added:
Dulce de
Leche
Cheerios*
Berry
Berry
Kix
*
Honey
Kix
*
Go Diego Go! TM
Dora the Explorer
TM
Gluten Free Rice
Krispies
*
Special K Multi
Grain
Scooby-Doo!*
All-Bran Complete Wheat Flakes
*
Alpha Bits*
Blueberry Mini
Spooners
*
Whole Grain Cream of Wheat* Slide33
CEREAL
Removed:
Frosted Mini
Wheats
Touch
of
Fruit
F
rosted
Mini
Wheats
Little Bites
Grape Nuts
Life
Oatmeal
Squares Brown
Sugar
Oatmeal
Squares
Cinnamon
Oat
Blenders with
Honey
Wheat
ChexSlide34
New Voucher Wording
Current Voucher Wording
CEREAL: No more than 36 oz
CEREAL: 36 oz (can choose a combination of allowed box sizes)
CEREALSlide35
Tuna and Salmon: 5 oz, 6 oz, 7.5 ozSalmon only
: 14.75 oz
FISHSlide36
New Voucher Wording
Current Voucher Wording
FISH: No more than 30 oz (canned tuna OR canned salmon)
FISH: 29 to 30 oz (canned tuna OR canned salmon)
FISHSlide37
PEANUT BUTTERSlide38
Peanut butter
cannot have additives
PEANUT BUTTERSlide39
INFANT FOODSSlide40
Removed Gerber BarleyAdded 2 store brands
INFANT CEREAL
Rice
Oatmeal
OatmealSlide41
INFANT FOODSSlide42
Gerber
Bananas with Apples and Pears
Apple Peach Squash
Banana Carrot Mango
Pear Zucchini
Corn
Beech Nut Classics
Banana & Mixed
Berry
*Note:
100% Natural Beech Nut is
not
approved
More expensive
Wrong size
INFANT FRUITS & VEGETABLES
New FlavorsSlide43
Gerber twin packCurrently 7 oz New 8 oz in 2015*Both sizes approved*
INFANT FRUITS & VEGETABLES
New SizeSlide44
New Voucher Wording
Current Voucher Wording
INFANT FOOD:
14-4 oz OR 8-7 oz (twin pack)
containers
baby food fruit
and/or
vegetable (Stage 2 or
2
nd
foods
)
INFANT FOOD
:
14-4
oz OR 8-7 oz (twin pack)
or 7-8 oz (twin pack)
containers baby
food fruit
and/or vegetable (Stage
2 or 2nd
foods
)
INFANT FRUITS & VEGETABLESSlide45
Questions?
Contact Laura Iberkleid
Laura.Iberkleid@dph.ga.gov
404-657-2884