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Page 3 of 8 “Eligible foods” cannot be purchased with SNAP benefits at SNAP-authorized retailers in Colorado. Colorado specifically will include as an exception, and ineligible for purchase with SNAP, “soft drinks”. COLORADO SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON RESTRICTED ITEMS/CATEGORIES Excluded Beverages: • “Soft drinks” are defined as nonalcoholic beverages that contain natural or artificial sweeteners. "Soft drinks" do not include beverages that contain milk or milk products, soy, rice, or similar milk substitutes, or greater than fifty percent of vegetable or fruit juice by volume. Colorado’s proposed alternative procedures make no changes to the provisions that allow certain populations of SNAP recipients to purchase prepared meals from appropriate facilities like senior centers, domestic violence centers, substance misuse centers, and homeless shelters or to universally banned products. FNS also recognizes that the State is not seeking to propose alternative procedures to ban SNAP products such as alcoholic beverages, tobacco, or hot foods, or hot food products ready for immediate consumption.