Fruits & Vegetables

Cash Value Vouchers

  • Benefits will specify ‘Fresh only’ or ‘Fresh/Frozen/Canned’
  • Organic vegetables and fruits are allowed

‘Canned’ means food that has been preserved in an air tight container. The container could be metal, glass, or plastic.

Fresh Vegetables and Fruits:

  • Any variety of fresh vegetables and fruits
  • May be whole or cut up
  • Bagged salad mixtures, bagged vegetables
  • NOT ALLOWED: Items from the salad bar; party trays, fruit baskets, decorative vegetables and fruits; dried products; nuts, including peanuts, fruit/nut mixtures; herbs, spices, salad dressing

Canned Fruits:

  • Any brand packed in water or juice
  • Any variety of fruit, fruit mixture
  • Products with artificial sweeteners
  • Any size/container/package type (except single-serving pouches)
  • Fruit must be the first ingredient
  • Applesauce: ‘No sugar added’ or ‘Unsweetened” varieties only
  • NOT ALLOWED: Cranberry sauce; pie filling; any syrup (heavy, light, “naturally light”, extra light, etc.); added sugar (“lightly sweetened in fruit juice”,  nectar, etc.), nectar; added salt, fat, oils; single-serving pouches

Canned Vegetables:

  • Any brand
  • May be regular or low sodium/salt
  • Any variety of vegetable, vegetable mixtures
  • Any size
  • Any container/package type
  • Vegetable must be the first ingredient
  • Canned tomatoes (paste, puree, whole, crushed, stewed, diced, sauce, salsa)
  • NOT ALLOWED: Pickled or creamed vegetables (including corn); baked beans, pork and beans; soups; ketchup; relishes; olives; products with added fats, oils, sugars, mature beans, peas, and lentils (for example: black beans, garbanzo beans, kidney beans)
  • (To lower salt intake, rinse canned vegetables)

Frozen Fruits:

  • Any brand
  • Any container/package type
  • Any size
  • Fruit must be the first ingredient
  • Any variety of fruit, fruit mixtures
  • NOT ALLOWED: Ingredients other than fruit; added sugar; any syrup (corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, maltose, dextrose, sucrose, honey, maple syrup, etc.)

Frozen Vegetables:

  • Any brand
  • Any containers/package type
  • With or without salt
  • Frozen beans, peas and lentils are allowed
  • Any size
  • Any variety of vegetable, vegetable mixtures
  • Vegetable must be the first ingredient
  • NOT ALLOWED: Added sugars, fats, or oils; cheese sauce or any other type of sauce; breaded