WIC Approved Foods

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WIC offers a variety of healthy foods that can be personalized to your individual needs. Specific foods are chosen to help provide important vitamins and minerals and support healthy growth.

A child’s WIC food package has an approximate value of $80 each month. For many women and most infants, the value is much higher. Please see the charts below for examples of WIC-eligible foods.

For women and children, depending on age and dietary needs or preferences:

Grains

Fruits & Vegetables

Dairy

Protein

Cereal (many varieties)
Whole wheat breads and buns
Whole wheat pasta
Oatmeal
Brown rice
Soft corn or whole wheat tortillas
Bulgur
Whole grain barley

Juice (many flavors)
Wide variety of fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables

Milk
Cheese
Yogurt
Lactose-free milk
Soy beverage
Tofu
Buttermilk
Evaporated milk
Non-fat dry powdered milk

Eggs
Beans (dry and canned)
Peanut butter

For fully breastfeeding women:

Canned fish (tuna, salmon, sardines and jack mackerel)

For infants, complementary foods begin at age 6 months; amounts provided depend on breastfeeding status and caregiver choice:
Grains	Fruits & Vegetables	Dairy	Protein
Fully breastfeeding infants: 2 – 8oz boxes of infant cereal Mostly breastfed and fully formula fed infants: 1 – 8oz boxes of infant cereal	32 - 4oz containers (or 16 twin packs) infant fruits & vegetables Or 16 - 4oz containers (or 8 twin packs) infant fruits & vegetables AND $10 infant CVB Or 0 oz infant fruits & vegetables AND $20 infant CVB	Breastmilk or formula	Fully breastfeeding infants: 16 – 2.5oz jars of baby food meats

*CVB = Cash Value Benefit for fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables. Dried fruits and vegetables are not allowed with infant CVB.

You can find the full list of eligible foods here: Tennessee WIC- eligible foods.

Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program

Each July and August, participating women and children can receive additional money to purchase locally grown fruits, vegetables and herbs from farmers’ markets. Learn more here: Knox County, Tennessee FMNP.

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