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New Food Guide coming this year!

Expanded Food Choices

• Michgan.gov/wic

• WIC & COVID-19

• WIC Foods

• NEW - The Michigan WIC Program Expanded Food Choices

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Fruits and Vegetables:

Organic is allowed

NO party Trays/Platters

No salad kits with dressings

No pre-cut Fruit and Vegetables with added preservatives (ascorbic acid)

**Pouches allowed

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More Options for Fruits and Vegetables

Effective April 1, 2020

Added Frozen & Canned

https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/0,5885,7-339-71547_4910-211359--,00.html

Frozen, canned and fresh fruits and vegetables are only available for women and children using your cash value benefits. Infants, 9-11 months, can only receive fresh fruits and vegetables.

**Added brands of whole grains

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Whole grain Option: Oatmeal(Kroger, Malt-O-Meal, Our Family)

Not a considered as a cereal optionNot enough Iron

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Whole Wheat Pasta

Whole grain option is not offered to NPP

Must be in 16 oz /(1 LB) package

Any shape such as elbows, penne, rotini, spaghetti and spirals

Not allowed: pasta made from rice, quinoa, flax, corn, or vegetables

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Gluten Free Option

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WIC Cereal Requirements

Must have 28 mg iron / 100g of cereal

No more than 21.2 grams of sucrose per 100g of cereal

Over half the cereals must have Whole Grain as the primary ingredient

May contain nuts & fruits

No saccharin, aspartame or sucralose

** Any current WIC cereal now allowed in 8oz or larger box

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Top four:

Gluten free

High Fiber

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Gluten Free Options

Don Marcos (white corn tortilla)Mission (yellow corn extra thin)Cheerios: Multi-grain Cheerios: PlainCorn ChexRice ChexCream of Rice (Hot Cereal)

Breastfeeding

BF promotion highlighted in a 2-page spread placed in center of guide

Pictures of WIC mothers breastfeeding around the State of Michigan

Updated building block image

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**Organic now allowed

Infant Cereal:

45 mg of iron per 100 grams of dry cereal

Barely, rice, corn, oatmeal, mixed grain, multi-grain and whole wheat

8 oz. or 16 oz. container

No DHA/ARA cereal allowed

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Updated infant food options Tippy Toes brand

added – found in Spartan stores

All stages (1,2,3)of infant F&V allowed

Infant Meat: 2.5 oz. glass jar

Single meats only with broth or gravy

**Organic now allowed

Infant Fruits & Vegetables(6 to 11 months only)

Single and mixed fruits or vegetables allowed

Not allowed: mixtures with cereal or infant desserts

Brands: Beech Nut-Classics, Beech-Nut Naturals, Gerber, Meijer Baby, Tippy Toes (new)

4 oz. Glass Jar or 4 oz. Two-pack classic tubs. (Multi-packs allowed)

No squeeze pouches, dinners, added meat or DHA

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Half sheet tear pads have English on one side and Spanish on the other side. Each tear pad has 50 sheets.

If you would be interested in utilizing these in your clinics, please send your request (maximum 5 pads)

to Michelle Abbruzzese AbbruzzeseM2@michigan.gov.

At IEVAL APPT: Educate on CVB of Fruits & Veg:

Can substitute Half of their Infant Jar F&V or a CVB (Cash Value Benefit) of fresh F&V.

With this option: IBE: $8.00 CVB F&V

32 jars of infant F&V

IBP & IFF: $4.00 CVB F&V 16 jars of F&V

**Frozen, canned and fresh fruits and vegetables are only available for women and children using your cash value benefits. Infants, 9-11 months, can only receive fresh fruits and vegetables.

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CVB Infant Food Packages

6 to 11 month package => Default package

CPA must select the CVB package in MI-WIC1) Remove: 6 to 11 month package2) Add: 6 to 8 month package3) The 9-11 month CVB food package will

automatically populate4) Take place at an I-Eval appointment

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**Organic now allowed

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**Fat Free Refried Beans now allowed

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National brands of peanut butter allowed, in addition to store brands

Velvet, Jif, Skippy & Peter Pan

16 to 18 oz. Jar

BE PACKAGESONLY

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Low fat and nonfat yogurt: C2 – C4 & Women

32 oz tubs4 oz 4-pack

(16 oz total) (2/month)4 oz 8-pack (32 oz total)

Plain or any flavorFruit on the Bottom

** 2 oz tubes now allowed

8-pack or 16-pack

Yogurt: Added Best Choice, J&J and Mehadrin

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Yogurt cont… Not allowed:

Whole milk yogurt*

Yogurts with mix-in items such as candy, granola or nuts

Greek yogurt

Artificial sweeteners

** 2 oz tubes now allowed

**You can choose two 8oz or one 16oz package

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Soy Beverage

Refrigerated:

8th Continent (32 or 64 oz.)Original or Vanilla

Silk (32 or 64 oz.)Original

Shelf Stable:

Pacific Natural Foods (32 oz.)

**Added Silk, Original 32pz and 64oz shelf stable

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Infant Formula Insert Infant formula

insert to be provided to IBP/IFF clients only

Two-sided, with back-side illustrating food package advantages of breastfeeding

All three languages on one insert

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7.0 Food Package

7.01 Food Package Determination

7.02 Authorized WIC Foods

7.03 Food Package for Qualifying Conditions

DCH-1325 Instructions for Michigan WIC Special Formula/Food Request Form

DCH-1326 Michigan WIC Special Formula/Food Request Form

7.03D Coordination of Dietary Formula Authorization Among Children's Special Health Care Services, Medicaid and WIC Program

7.03F Evaluating Appropriate Use of WIC Formulas

7.04 Maximum Food Package

7.05 Customized Food Package

Preview of New Food Guide coming this year!

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Questions?