What do the vouchers buy?

Healthy Start vouchers can only be used to buy the Healthy Start foods listed below

Milk

This must be plain liquid cow’s milk and can be whole, semi-skimmed or skimmed. It also must be pasteurised, sterilised, long-life or ultra heat treated (UHT)

flavoured milk, coloured milk, evaporated milk, condensed milk, goat’s milk, soya milk, powdered milk (unless it’s infant formula milk – see below)

Fresh fruit or vegetables

Any fresh fruit or vegetable


pre-cooked, frozen, dried or canned fruit and vegetables, or fruit and vegetables to which anything (e.g. butter, salt, sugar or flavourings) has been added
fruit juice or smoothies

Infant formula milk

Infant formula milk

This must be infant formula milk that says on the packet that it can be used from birth

infant formulas that are not based on cow’s milk – such as goat’s milk formula or soya formula

follow-on formulas that are made for babies aged six months or older