Number: RL30361
Title: WIC FOOD PACKAGE: HISTORY OF THE SUGAR CAP
Authors: Donna V. Porter, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report provides a historic review of the WIC food package and the controversy over the sugar cap on cereals allowed in the program. Included is a background on the program itself. It reviews the WIC food requirements, the long controversy over the sugar content of WIC cereals, and the federal WIC regulation that sets a per-serving sugar limit. The continuing debate and positions on the sugar cap among health professionals and the industry are provided. The recent congressional directive on the WIC cereal sugar cap and several related issues are also reviewed.
Pages: 9
Date: Updated October 25, 1999