WIC Foods and Packages
WIC Foods and Packages
Get Variety with Your WIC Foods
Make sure your family gets the essential nutrients they need. As your child grows, the WIC program adjusts your monthly food package to provide the right balance of foods, supporting healthy growth and development for you and your little ones.
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WIC Food List
- Fresh, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables
- Vitamin C-rich 100% fruit or vegetable juices
- Whole wheat bread
- Corn or whole wheat tortillas
- Brown rice
- Oatmeal
- Whole wheat pasta
- Fat-free and low-fat (1%) milk for women and children 2 to 5 years
- Whole milk for children 12 to 24 months
- Cheese
- Yogurt
- Kosher milk and cheese
- Soy milk
- Tofu
- Eggs
- Dry beans, split peas or lentils
- Canned beans
- Peanut butter
- Canned fish for fully breastfeeding women
- Iron-fortified and low in sugar
- Whole grain and gluten-free choices
- Baby cereal
- Baby food fruits and vegetables
- Baby food meats for fully breastfeeding babies
- Formula*
WIC Food Packages
Cereal: 36 ounces
- Whole grains: 1 pound
- Fruits and vegetables: $47.00
- Juice: 144 ounces (3 – 12 ounce frozen or 48 fluid ounces)
- Low-fat or fat-free milk: 4.5 gallons
- Yogurt or low-fat or fat-free milk: 1 quart
- Cheese: 1 pound
- Eggs: 1 dozen
- Beans and peanut butter: 1 pound dry or 4 cans and peanut butter 16- to 18- ounce jar
This food package is the largest and does not contain any formula. Moms and babies can get this food package until baby’s first birthday.
You will receive breastfeeding support throughout your baby’s first year. WIC and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend you feed your baby only breastmilk for the first 6 months of life. When your baby is around 6 months old, introduce solid foods and continue to breastfeed for 2 years or longer, as desired.
- Cereal: 36 ounces
- Whole grains: 1 pound
- Fruits and vegetables: $52.00
- Juice: 144 ounces (3 – 12-ounce frozen or 48 fluid ounces)
- Low-fat or fat-free milk: 5 gallons
- Yogurt or low-fat or fat-free milk: 1 quart
- Cheese: 2 pounds
- Eggs: 2 dozen
- Beans and peanut butter: 1 pound dry or 4 cans and 16- to 18- ounce jar of peanut butter
- Canned tuna, salmon, sardines and mackerel: 30 ounces
Women who are fully breastfeeding multiples (twins, triplets, etc.) will get 1.5 times the amount of food in the fully breastfeeding package.
This package is for families who are feeding both breastmilk and formula. It contains less food than the fully breastfeeding food package but more than the formula feeding package, and it includes some formula. The amount of formula will vary depending on your baby’s needs and age. Moms and babies can get this package until baby’s first birthday.
As a WIC mom, you will receive breastfeeding support throughout your baby’s first year.
Food Package for Women
- Cereal: 36 ounces
- Whole grains: 1 pound
- Fruits and vegetables: $52.00
- Juice: 144 ounces (3 – 12-ounce frozen or 48 fluid ounces)
- Low-fat or fat-free milk: 4.5 gallons
- Yogurt or low-fat or fat-free milk: 1 quart
- Cheese: 1 pound
- Eggs: 1 dozen
- Beans and peanut butter: 1 pound dry or 4 cans and 16- to 18- ounce jar of peanut butter
Food Package for Infants
Breastfeed when you and your baby are together.
When your baby is age 0-1 month
- Formula: 1 can of 12.5-ounce powder formula.
When your baby is age 1-3 months
- Formula: up to 4 cans of 12.5-ounce powder*
When your baby is age 4-5 months
- Formula: up to 5 cans of 12.5 ounce powder*
When your baby is age 6-11 months
- Formula: up to 4 cans of 12.5 ounce powder*
- Infant cereal: 24 ounces (8 ounce or 16 ounce containers)
- Baby food fruits and vegetables: 32 containers, 4 ounces each
*All formula amounts are approximate and may vary based on type and can size
This package is for families who are feeding mostly formula with some breastfeeding or only formula. It includes more formula than the partially breastfeeding package, but not all the formula your baby may need. Moms who choose this package will receive foods for the first 6 months after baby is born.
If you choose this package, your baby will receive the following foods throughout the first year. You will receive foods for yourself only during the first 6 months.
As a WIC mom, you will receive breastfeeding support throughout your baby’s first year.
Food Package for Women
- Cereal: 36 ounces
- Fruits and vegetables: $47.00
- Juice: 96 ounces (2 – 12-ounce frozen or 48 fluid ounces)
- Low-fat or fat-free milk: 3 gallons
- Yogurt or low-fat or fat-free milk: 1 quart
- Cheese: 1 pound
- Eggs: 1 dozen
- Beans or peanut butter: 1 pound dry or 4 cans or peanut butter 16- to 18- ounce jar
The Formula Feeding food package provides these foods for six months after your baby is born. Moms who choose the Fully or Partially Breastfeeding food packages will receive more food for one full year.
Food Package for Infants
Breastfeed when you and your baby are together.
When your baby is age 0-3 months
- Formula: up to 9 cans of 12.5-ounce powder*
When your baby is age 4-5 months
- Formula: up to 10 cans of 12.5-ounce powder*
When your baby is age 6-11 months
- Formula: up to 7 cans – 12.5-ounce powder*
- Infant cereal: 24 ounces
- Baby food fruits and vegetables: 32 containers, 4 ounces each
*All formula amounts are approximate and may vary based on type and can size
- Cereal: 36 ounces
- Whole grains: 2 pounds
- Fruits and vegetables: $26.00
- Juice: 128 ounces (2 – 16 ounce frozen or 64 fluid ounces)
- Milk: 3 gallons*
- Yogurt or milk: 1 quart*
- Cheese: 1 pound
- Eggs: 1 dozen
- Beans or peanut butter: 1 pound dry or 4 cans or peanut butter 16- to 18- ounce jar
*One-year-old children get whole milk and whole milk yogurt. Children 2-5 years old get low-fat or fat-free milk and yogurt.
