| Formula | Type weighting:
Milk-based: 64.9% Soy-based: 19.0% Lactose-free: 11.6% Hydrolysate: 4.5%
| Prescription percentages from PC 2014 Food Package Report Exhibit FP1, which uses PC 2008 participant characteristics data. Percentages in the report did not add to 100% as infants can be prescribed more than one type of formula. These percentages were scaled to 100% for weighting Overall redemption of infant formula was 97% according to five states average redemption | Powder, routine: |
| Enfamil Premium Infant | 33877 |
| Similac Advance | 03950 |
| Gerber Good Start Gentle | 33868 |
| Powder, soy: |
| Enfamil ProSobee | 03826 |
| Isomil Advance Soy | 03954 |
| Gerber Good Start Soy | 33872 |
| Powder, milk-based lactose-free: |
| Assumes prescription equals redemption | Similac for Spit-Up | 03999 |
| Powder, hydrolysate |
| Similac Expert Care Alimentum | 03957 |
Brand weighting:
Mead Johnson: 43.7% Abbott: 42.7% Nestle-Gerber: 13.6%
| WIC infant formula brand shares for 2015, determined by dividing total number of infants under each contract (obtained from state contracts with manufacturers) by total number of infants participating in WIC (obtained from USDA/FNS website) for each formula manufacturer | Ready-to-feed, routine: |
| Enfamil Premium Infant | 33876 |
| Similac Advance | 03949 |
| Gerber Good Start Gentle | 03989 |
| Ready-to-feed, soy: |
| Enfamil ProSobee | 03823 |
| Isomil Advance Soy | 03953 |
| Gerber Good Start Soy | 03987 |
| Ready-to-feed, milk-based lactose-free: | |
| Form weighting:
| Prescription percentages from PC 2014 Food Package Report Table II.2, which uses PC 2014 participant characteristics data. Scaled to 100%. | Similac for Spit-Up | 03993 |
| Ready-to-feed, hydrolysate | |
| Similac Expert Care Alimentum | 03846 |
| Infants 0–3 months: Composite powder formula weighted by type and brand | Powder form is recommended for partially breastfed infants 0–3 months in the Final Rule | Liquid concentrate, routine: |
| Enfamil Premium Infant | 33865 |
| Liquid concentrate, soy: |
| All other infants: Composite formula weighted by type, brand, and form | Enfamil ProSobee | 03854 |
| Isomil Advance Soy | 03952 |
| Gerber Good Start Soy | 03966 |
| Liquid concentrate, milk-based lactose-free |
| Similac Sensitive | 03947 |
| Estimates used the specified maximum monthly allowance (MMA) ounces in the Final Rule | In alignment with foods across other WIC food packages, the maximum monthly allowance multiplied by redemption was assumed in the absence of data on issuance | |
| Powder scoop to liquid conversion: 1 scoop + 2 oz water = 2.2 fl oz prepared formula | Mead Johnson website |
| Liquid concentrate to prepared form conversion: 1-to-1 dilution at 20 kcal/fl oz (standard dilution) | Mead Johnson and Abbott Nutrition websites |
| Infant food cereal |
| Wyoming and Massachusetts redemption data, 2015 | Infant food cereal, oatmeal, dry, fortified | 03189 |
| Infant food cereal, brown rice, dry, instant | 42285 |
| Infant food whole wheat/multigrain, dry, fortified | 03996 |
| Infant food, fruits |
Applesauce: 28% Banana: 27% Peach: 18% Pear: 18% Prunes: 9%
| Wyoming and Massachusetts redemption data, 2015 | Applesauce | 03116 |
| Banana | 43546 |
| Peach | 03130 |
| Pear | 03132 |
| Prunes | 03139 |
| Infant food, vegetables | Carrots: 23% Green beans: 8% Peas: 15% Squash: 23% Sweet potatoes: 31%
| Wyoming and Massachusetts redemption data, 2015 | Carrots | 03099 |
| Green beans | 03091 |
| Peas | 03121 |
| Squash | 03104 |
| Sweet potatoes | 03108 |
| Infant food, fruit and vegetable composite | Vegetable: 44.3% Fruit: 55.7%
| Wyoming and Massachusetts redemption data, 2015 | |
| Infant food, meats | Beef: 27% Chicken: 34% Turkey: 24% Ham: 15%
| Wyoming, Chickasaw Nation, and Massachusetts redemption data, 2015 | Beef | 03002 |
| Chicken | 03012 |
| Turkey | 03015 |
| Ham | 03008 |
