¡Más Fresco! More Fresh Qualifying Fruits and Vegetables
Starting September 1, 2024, you will be able to earn ¡Más Fresco! More Fresh nutrition incentives on a wider variety of fruits and vegetables. The expanded qualifying fruits and vegetables will include not only fresh fruits and vegetables, but also frozen, dried, and canned fruits and vegetables, without added sugars, fats, oils, or salt (i.e. sodium). For every $1 of qualifying fruits and vegetables that you purchase at Northgate Gonzalez Market with your CalFresh benefits, you will earn $4 of ¡Más Fresco! More Fresh nutrition incentives, up to $50 per month.
Fruits and vegetables that qualify for financial incentive rebates include:
- Any variety of whole or cut fruits and vegetables
- Bagged fruits and vegetables
- Bagged or packaged salad mixtures (without added sugars, fats, oils, or salt (i.e. sodium)
- Garlic, onion, ginger, jalapenos, peppers and chilies
- Frozen fruits and vegetables without added sugars, fats, oils, or salt (i.e. sodium)
- Canned fruits and vegetables without added sugars, fats, oils, or salt (i.e. sodium)
- Dried fruits and vegetables without added sugars, fats, oils, or salt, (i.e. sodium)
Fruits and vegetables that do NOT qualify for financial incentive rebates include:
- Any food or product from the salad bar or deli, party trays, fruit baskets, or decorative vegetables and fruits, such as chilies, or garlic on a string or printed pumpkins
- Nuts or fruit-nut mixtures
- Bagged salad or vegetable or fruit kits with added ingredients, such as dressing, croutons, cheese, dips or sauces
- Frozen fruits and vegetables with added sugars, fats, oils, or salt (i.e. sodium)
- Canned fruits and vegetables with added sugars, fats, oils, or salt (i.e. sodium)
- Dried fruits and vegetables with added sugars, fats, oils, or salt (i.e. sodium)
- Fruits and vegetables with artificial, reduced-calorie, or no-calorie sweeteners
To help ¡Más Fresco! More Fresh program participants identify qualifying frozen, dried and canned fruits and vegetables, that do not contain added sugars, fats, oils or salt ( i.e. sodium), we have developed a database that you can search by product name, produce description or by brand name. To search this database, simply use the “Search for Qualifying Fruits and Vegetables” above. “Search for Qualifying Fruits and Vegetables” also appears on the ¡Mas Fresco! More Fresh Home Page.
Please note that the database does not include fresh fruits and vegetables, since by their very nature, fresh fruits and vegetables automatically qualify for the ¡Más Fresco! More Fresh nutrition incentives.