California Wic Program Food List

To find out all the foods available through your wic benefits select your state below.

California wic program food list. Wic approved food list one of the benefits when receiving wic is the ability to purchase nutritious and healthy foods at your local grocery store. You can buy a variety of foods such as eggs yogurt milk cheese cereal beans. Please contact the california wic program to learn about the exempt infant formulas and wic eligible nutritionals authorized on their food list and their policy for providing non contract brand of infant formulas to participants. The california wic program offers specific foods including infant cereal iron fortified adult cereal vitamin c rich fruit or vegetable juice eggs milk cheese peanut butter dried and canned beans peas and canned fish.

The wic authorized food list shopping guide shopping guide is an educational tool that provides information about the foods authorized by wic. It is designed for participants and wic authorized vendors to use at the grocery store to help identify wic foods. When on the wic program you are provided with your wic food instruments which list specific foods and quantities wic id folder cash value vouchers or in some cases a ewic card and a food list that shows what foods are approved to purchase with your benefits. The expanded food options include new brands package sizes and flavors.

Once an applicant is approved for wic they are given checks vouchers or in some states a wic ebt electronic benefit transfer card that they can then use to buy food. Some of the foods available through the wic program include eggs cheese infant and adult cereal fruits and vegetables canned fish peanut butter and canned beans and peas and more. Wic authorized food list shopping guide. You can find the list of food options here.