Nutrition Tailoring

Nutrition tailoring is the process of modifying WIC food packages to better meet the supplemental nutrition needs of individual participants. Based on a comprehensive WIC nutrition assessment, nutrition tailoring may include making substitutions, eliminations, and/or reductions of food types (e.g., dry beans instead of peanut butter) and physical food forms (e.g., dry milk instead of fluid milk). Nutrition tailoring allows WIC staff to customize food packages based on a food allergy, intolerance, or other adverse reaction. See more on nutrition tailoring in the WIC Food Package Policy and Guidance.