Shopping Tip
NEW! Starting January 6th, 2025, you can buy fresh herbs and fruit and vegetable party trays.
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Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
You can choose:
- Any brand or type
- Cut or whole
- Fresh fruits and vegetables in bags, clam shells, cups, plastic bowls, or tubs
- Fresh fruits or vegetables in foam trays wrapped in plastic
- Non-organic or organic
- Fruit and vegetable “party trays” (WITHOUT dips or sauces)
- Fresh herbs cut at the root, or with root intact
Don't buy:
- With added:
- Dips or dressings
- Fats, oils, or sauces
- Flavors, nuts, or spices
- Dried fruits or vegetables
- Edible blossoms of flowers
- Fruit baskets
- Party trays or platters with dips
- Salad bar items
- Sugar cane
- Dried herbs or spices such as vanilla beans, cinnamon sticks, anise, or dried thyme
- Potted herbs
- Ornamental or decorative items such as: dried chili peppers, garlic on a string, gourds, carved or painted pumpkins.
Frozen Fruits and Vegetables
You can choose:
- Any size bag, box, or steamer pouch
- Any brand
- Non-organic or organic
- Frozen beans are OK (such as black-eyed peas, edamame, garbanzo, and lima beans)
Don't buy:
- With added:
- Fats or oils
- Salts, seasonings, or spices
- Sugars
- Sauces
- Meats
- Nuts
- Grains – pasta, rice, noodles
- Battered or breaded
- Creamed
- French fries
- Hash browns
- Mashed potatoes, Potatoes
- O'Brien, Tater Tots®
Shopping Tip
You can buy a combination of fresh herbs and fresh, canned, or frozen fruits and vegetables. Remember, if you buy foods that are more than your fruit and vegetable WIC benefit amount, you can pay the extra amount or choose not to buy it.