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Photo of a supermarket shelf filled with loaves of "Soft 100% Whole Wheat" bread above shelves filled with loaves of "White Whole Grain" bread.

USDA Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): A New Look at Key Questions 10 Years After USDA Added Whole-Grain Bread to WIC Food Packages in 2009

  • ERR-268

Overview

ERS authors use a combination of store- and household-level purchase data to revisit key questions and help policymakers consider the latest recommendations to adjust WIC food packages. The ERS study focuses on bread as a case study of the whole-grain products that WIC participants may buy with their benefits.

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