WIC Food Package
Frequently Asked WIC Food Package Questions
Milk Questions
1.
Are soy and rice beverages WIC-eligible?
Currently, soy and rice-based beverages are not
approved substitutes for cow’s milk in the WIC food package. All milks authorized in the WIC Program must meet the Food
and Drug Administration’s standard of identity for milk. Soy and rice beverages do not.
2.
Is chocolate milk WIC-eligible?
Unflavored and flavored milk both meet Federal
requirements for use in the WIC Program.
All authorized milks must also be pasteurized and contain 400
International Units of vitamin D and 2000 IU of vitamin A per quart of
low-fat or fat free milk. State
agencies are not obligated to include all WIC-eligible foods on their
State food lists. Therefore,
not all State agencies may include flavored milk on their WIC food lists.
3.
Is yogurt WIC -eligible?
WIC regulations do not allow the substitution of yogurt
for milk in the WIC food packages. Only
cheese is an approved substitution for milk.
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