Baked beans are only authorized for participants with limited cooking facilities. Examples include but are not limited to black beans, black-eyed peas, garbanzo beans (chickpeas), great northern beans, white beans (navy and pea beans), kidney beans, mature lima beans ('butter beans'), fava and mung beans, pinto beans, soybeans, split peas, lentils and refried beans. powdered) and evaporated milk, vitamin requirements are per reconstituted quart.Īny type of mature dry beans, peas, or lentils in dry-packaged or canned forms. The nutrient requirement pertains to all authorized milks for dried milk (i.e. For this reason, Vitamin A fortification is required for these milks, but not whole milk. Vitamin A is naturally found in the fat portion of milk, which is removed (all or partially) during the production of reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free milks. WIC-authorized goat’s milk must meet the same requirements as cow’s milk. Please note, state agencies may choose to authorize goat’s milk as a substitute for cow’s milk. Must contain 2000 International Units of Vitamin A per quart (500 IU per cup) (reduced fat, low-fat or nonfat).Must contain 400 International Units of Vitamin D per quart (100 IU per cup).Evaporated, Dry: Calcium-fortified milk.You can click on the left and right arrows to scroll through the available pages.īelow is a list of the types of cow's milk: You can click on one of the images shown below to see the full list of items for that specific page. California WIC Food Listīelow is the WIC approved food list for California. If you do not see the food items you are looking to purchase with your CA WIC benefits, or if you have additional questions or issues, then we recommend you contact the California WIC program for further assistance. This will further help you determine what items you can purchase. You should also bring the California WIC approved food list which you can view the list below or download here. The following foods must comply with the FDA standards of identity:Īs a reminder, when going shopping at your local WIC approved grocery store, bring your WIC ID folder along with your paper checks/vouchers or if your state is using the eWIC system, bring your California WIC EBT Card. This state must use these requirements when creating the California WIC food list.

Below is the list of California WIC eligible foods based off of federal requirements.

Wic approved foods brochure