Heart-Check Mark Non-Certifiable Products

The Heart-Check Food Certification Program does not certify:

• Alcoholic beverages
• Candy and confections
• Desserts, including:
  • All cakes (including angel food, chiffon and sponge cakes; cheesecake; pineapple upside-down cake; fruit, nut and vegetable cakes; Boston cream pie; and cupcakes)
  • Brownies
  • Candied fruit
  • Coffee cakes
  • Cookies
  • Crumb cakes
  • Custard, pudding, gelatin
  • Doughnuts, Danishes, sweet rolls, toaster pastries
  • Eclairs and cream puffs
  • Grain-based dessert bars, such as fig bars
  • Ice cream, ice milk, frozen yogurt and sherbet; frozen flavored ice and pops; frozen fruit juice bars; gelato
  • Pie filling
  • Pies, cobblers, fruit crisps, turnovers and other pastries
• Dietary supplements
• Diet-branded and weight-loss products
• Foods containing partially hydrogenated oil (trans fat)
• Medical foods
• Meal replacements

In addition, a product may not be eligible for certification if:

• It does not align with American Heart Association diet and lifestyle recommendations.
• Government regulatory requirements limit the use of a heart symbol in the product category.
• Program nutritional requirements have not been developed for the category.
• The product is produced by a tobacco company or subsidiary of a tobacco company.

View the current list of Heart-Check certified foods.