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Article: Brown Rice is in...the new USDA Women Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC).
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- October 1, 2009
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For the First Time, Whole Grain Brown Rice to Help Nourish and Improve the Diets of Women and Children at Nutritional Risk
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The updated Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program (WIC), serving more than nine million at-risk, low- to moderate-income families will as of today include brown rice as one of the program's key whole grain offerings. Brown rice is the perfect addition because it is both economical and a nutritional powerhouse.
At about 10 cents per serving, it will help to keep the WIC Food Packages cost-neutral and, because brown rice is a 100% whole grain that provides minerals, fiber and vitamins, ...