A Guide to Using HPNAP Funds to Buy Food - Purchased and Donated

Feeding America HPNAP Food Categories	Purchased/Donated	Limitations	Red Light Discouraged Foods	Green Light Encouraged Foods
BREAD	Purchased	NO Limitations		Choose: -Whole grain bread (To avoid some deceptive labeling practices, read the ingredient label to see if it contains whole grains)
	Donated	NO Limitations
CEREAL	Purchased	NO Limitations	Avoid: Sugar coated cereals	Choose: -Whole grain cereals -Cereals with at least 51% whole grains (Whole grain listed first on ingredient label) -Cereals with no added sugar
	Donated	NO Limitations
OTHER GRAINS	Purchased	NO Limitations	Avoid: -Highly processed grain products with added salt, sugar or fat, such as flavored rice (Rice A Roni), flavored noodles (Ramen), stuffing mixes	Choose: -Whole grains such as Brown rice, Whole wheat pastas and Whole grain pancake mix
	Donated	NO Limitations
MILK/DAIRY/CHEESE	Purchased	Only Fluid 1% or fat free, non-flavored milk is allowed	Avoid: -High fat, high sodium dairy products such as processed cheeses and cheese foods	Choose: -More low fat or fat free dairy products such as milk, yogurt, cheese (These are more expensive items and your clients may not be able to afford them when they shop) -Milk coupons from local stores if provided by your food bank
	Donated	NO Limitations
PROTEIN - MEAT/FISH/POULTRY/EGGS	Purchased	NO Limitations	Avoid: -High fat canned meats like spam, deviled ham, hash, beef stew -High fat smoked & processed meats like bacon, ham -High fat processed meats such as lunch meats, hot dogs	Choose: -Lean cuts of meats such as 90% lean ground beef or 97% lean ground turkey and chicken (These are more expensive items and your clients may not be able to afford them when they shop)
	Donated	NO Limitations
PROTEIN (NON MEAT) - PEANUT BUTTER/BEANS/EGGS/NUTS/SEEDS	Purchased	NO Limitations		Choose: -Dried or canned beans-they are great low fat and low cholesterol sources of protein (Look for low sodium beans)
	Donated	NO Limitations
FRUIT - FRESH/FROZEN/CANNED/DRIED	Purchased	Canned fruit must be packed in juice, water, or light syrup, heavy syrup is not allowed		Choose: -All fruit especially fresh fruit -Try to provide fresh local produce when available
	Donated	NO Limitations
VEGETABLES - FRESH/FROZEN/CANNED	Purchased	NO Limitations		Choose: -All Vegetables especially fresh vegetable -Try to provide fresh local produce when available -No Added Salt canned Vegetables to cut down on sodium
	Donated	NO Limitations
JUICE - FRUIT OR VEGETABLE	Purchased	Only 100% juice allowed Fruit flavored beverages, fruit drinks, fruit juice blends with less than 100% fruit juice are not allowed		Choose: -Lower sodium tomato or V-8 juice -Juice is good but fruit is better!
	Donated	Only 100% juice allowed Fruit flavored beverages, fruit drinks, fruit juice blends with less than 100% fruit juice are not allowed
SOUPS	Purchased	NO Limitations	Avoid: -Most soups are very high in sodium and do not provide many nutrients	Choose: -Reduced sodium hearty vegetable soup varieties -Read labels for sodium content %DV is only 2400 mgs/day
	Donated	NO Limitations
COMPLETE & MIXED MEAL ENTREES	Purchased	NO Limitations	Avoid: -Highly processed, high sodium foods like Hamburger Helper or Macaroni and Cheese	Choose: -To teach clients how to make a casserole or one pot meal from scratch-it's healthier and less expensive -To give out healthy recipes -To have cooking demos
	Donated	NO Limitations
FOOD PREPARATION INGREDIENTS	Purchased	NO Limitations	Avoid: -Butter and most margarines-use sparingly	Choose: -Monounsaturated oils such as olive oil and canola oil which are healthier -Trans fat free margarine-read labels
	Donated	NO Limitations
SPICES/CONDIMENTS/SAUCE	Purchased	Gravy, Cheese Sauce, Pickles, Dessert Sauce, Dessert Syrups & Toppings are not allowed	Avoid: -High salt or high fat condiments such as mayonnaise or soy sauce -Spice & herb combination mixtures with lots of salt-read the ingredient list	Choose: -To use spices & herbs to season food instead of salt -Garlic powder and onion powder instead of garlic or onion salt
	Donated	Gravy, Cheese Sauce, Pickles, Dessert Sauce, Dessert Syrups & Toppings are not allowed
NUTRITIONAL AIDES	Purchased	Protein Shakes, Vitamins, Diet Supplements, Nutritional Supplements-Ensure, Boost, etc. are not allowed
	Donated	Protein Shakes, Vitamins, Diet Supplements, Nutritional Supplements-Ensure, Boost, etc. are not allowed
BABY FOOD AND FORMULA	Purchased	Baby food and Baby formula are not allowed
	Donated	NO limitations
BEVERAGES	Purchased	Bottled Water needs prior approval of CM if safe drinking water not available at EFRO site or if it is not available at the client's residence Coffee/Tea, Soda/Punch, Alcoholic Beverages, Hot Chocolate, Powdered Drink Mixes, Lemonade, Kool-Aid and Bottled Water are not allowed		Choose: -To drink low fat milk or fat free milk or juice to meet a portion of fluid needs -To drink water
	Donated	Coffee/Tea, Soda/Punch, Alcoholic Beverages, Hot Chocolate, Powdered Drink Mixes, Lemonade, Kool-Aid and Bottled Water are not allowed
SNACK FOODS	Purchased	No snack foods are allowed except for Crackers		Choose: -Healthier fruits and vegetables as snacks -To provide ideas and recipes
	Donated	No snack foods are allowed except for Crackers
DESSERTS/SWEETS	Purchased	No Desserts and Sweets are allowed		Choose: -To use fruits as dessert such as a baked apples or fruit/yogurt parfait -Provide ideas and recipes
	Donated	No Desserts and Sweets are allowed
OTHER	Purchased	No Non-Food Items are allowed
	Donated	No Non-Food Items are allowed