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 ”  Aluminum Foil Products: All types are acceptable. Baby Cereal: Due to information from the Rabbi at the O.U. in charge of Pesah production, Beech Nut Pure rice cereal should not be used. Alternatively, may we suggest one of the following: 1. Cook rice thoroughly and then puree in the blender with formula. 2. Preparing the cereal from ground checked rice. 3) Soak Passover breakfast cereal or crumbled lady fingers in milk or formula and then mash or blend. 3. Try a variety of baby\ hot cereals that are made from finely ground matza meal or potato starch. (see cereals) Baby Formula: Carnation Alsoy; Enfamil (reg., w\iron, Lipil, AR); Isomil; Pedialyte; Pediasure (Banana, Choc., Strawberry & Vanilla); Prosobee; & Similac-regular, w\iron and lactose free; are all acceptable. Baby Foods: Must have Kosher for Passover supervision. Haddar and Glicks: KAJ-P; Beech Nut (very limited production), Gefen and Healthy Times (OU-P) will have many varieties of fruits and vegetables with Passover certification. Also Please note that certain varieties that were certified Kosher in the past are no longer kosher. Baking Powder: Supervision required. Gefen, Glicks, Haddar, Lieber’s, Mishpacha and V.I.P. Masters are KFP Baking Soda: (Bicarbonate of Soda) No Passover Supervision necessary. (New box) Candy and Chocolates: Passover Supervision is necessary for all chocolate candies; likewise hard sucking candies need supervision because they are often coated with flour. Acceptably supervised are Alprose, Barton’s, Bloomy’s, Elite (with OU-P only), Gefen, Haddington Farms, Haddar, Krum’s, Le Chocolate, Liebers, Manhattan, Manischewitz, Paskesz, Rokeach, Savion and Shufra. (Just to name a few!) All must bear special supervision for Pesah. Beware! Some candies coming out of Israel may contain gelatin, which may be derived from animal sources! Do not use any candy, even from Israel, without verifying the supervision. Cereals and Breakfast Foods: All cereals made from the five grains are of course, hames. In addition, many cold cereals such as corn flakes and rice krispies are hames since malt is added to them. We strongly suggest that even those cereals in which the listed ingredients are 100% kosher for Passover, should not be used as they are in constant contact with grains that are real hames. Kojel, Manischewitz, VIP Masters and Savion produce a variety of hot and cold cereals with a reliable certification OU-P. (Most are made from finely ground Matza flour.) • Waffles: Frankel’s OUP; • Pancake mix: Manischewitz, Rokeach, Savion, and VIP Master OUP Granola Mix by Savion, Dayenu and T. Abraham OUP. Cider Vinegar: Requires supervision, the nutrient may be Hames. Cocoa: Any pure powder that is made in USA. Coffee: • Instant: In former years, most instant coffees were acceptable if they were unflavored, this is no longer the case. As a flavor enhancer, malto dextrirn, which may be derived from barley is added. This year, only the Folgers and Tasters Choice brands of regular, unflavored instant coffee can be used without special Passover marking. • Ground, Regular unflavored only, No chicory or Decaf: The following brands may be used for Pesah (new jar) even without special supervision: Bokar, Chase & Sanborn, Chock Full O’Nuts, Cory, Eight o’clock (not store ground), Foodtown, Folgers, Hills Bros., Medaglia D’Oro, Melitta, Pathmark, Savrin, Shoprite & Wegmans. Maxwell House (with OKP only) Elite Turkish Coffee (O.U.-P.) • Decaffeinated: All Decaffeinated coffee must be marked for Passover. Sanka (with OK-P), Maxwell House Decaf varieties (with OK-P); Yuban (OK-P) • Flavored coffees: not acceptable for Passover. • Postum: contains grain and may not be used for Pesah. Any leftovers of this brand must be sold with the Hames. Cooking Spray: Needs supervision. Mothers, Mishpacha, and Manischewitz (OU-P) Dairy Products • Milk: It is preferable to purchase kosher milk with Passover supervision for Pesah, but one may buy regular milk for the holiday, if purchased before Pesah. In addition to the Chalav Yisrael brands, Tuscan and many supermarket brands will have marked, Kosher for Passover milk available throughout the holiday. Only marked milk should be purchased during the holiday, since the dairy adds vitamins to the milk and also may process chocolate milk that contains malt (hames) on the same equipment. • Please note! OU-P designation does not mean that the product is Chalav Yisrael. • Lactaid drops and caplets: are not kosher for Pesah. Lactaid milk may be used only when purchased before the Holiday. Ask your Rabbi for additional information. • Chocolate Milk: Requires Passover supervision as the flavoring may contain Hames. • Powdered Milk: Must be supervised for Passover: Ko-Sure Star-K-P; Dairymen OU-P; Parmalat Kof – KP. • Butter\Cheeses\Creams\Yogurts: All require special Passover supervision as the cultures, flavorings and coloring may contain Hames. • Butter: with the Kosher for Passover mark are Breakstone’s, Pathmark, Penn Maid and Shoprite. Chalav Yisrael: Best Moo, J&J, Kahal, Mehadrin and Morning Select. • Cream Cheese: must be marked KFP. J&J, Temptee, Foodtown, Pathmark, Shoprite, just to name a few. • Yogurt: must have supervision. Many varieties are readily available. • Soymilk and Rice dream: are not recommended for Passover use, as they have questionable ingredients. (See exception- under Soy foods). Included at the end of this bulletin is a recipe for home made rice milk and almond milk. • Non Dairy Creamers: OU-P: Kineret, Mishpacha; Star –K P: Unger’s & Eden Brand.. Detergents and Cleansers: All varieties of detergents both liquid and powdered do not require Kosher for Passover certification. According to the OU directory, the following dish detergents may be used without the OU-P: Ajax, Dawn, Ivory, Joy, Octogon and Palmolive. Dishwasher Detergent: Palmolive, Sunlight Powder. With an OU-P: Cascade Eggs: It is customary to purchase before the holiday. Egg substitute: Kinnert OUP; Healthy Mom OUP Fruits • Fresh fruits: all are acceptable. *NEW* precut fruits: Delmonte, Star-KP: Cantaloupe, Fruit Bowl, Fruit Party Tray, Fruit Snack Tray, Honeydew, and Melon Medley. • Canned fruits: may use a hames enzyme to clarify the juice that is used to pack the fruit, therefore use only with Kosher for Passover marking. • Unsweetened frozen fruits: are acceptable with no additives or grape juice. • Dried Fruits: Must be marked Kosher for Pesah. Readily available are: Mariani, Manischewitz, Pathmark, Yum Tee OU-P, Homa, Nature’s 2008 JSOR Sephardic Passover Food List Dear Community Member, The Jersey Shore Orthodox Rabbinate takes pride in once again presenting to our Sephardic community a comprehensive guide to Passover products. This and all of our bulletins are available on the website: www.jsor.org This list is compiled after extensive research and correspondence with food industry experts and experts in the field of Kashrut. Since Sephardic Jews have different customs and traditional foods than ourAshkenaz brothers, this list is designed to serve those whose custom includes the consumption of kitniyot , or legumes on the holiday. Since themajority of Jews inAmerica are ofAshkenazdescent,themajorKashrutorganizationsonlycertifythoseitems that are permissible for them. We have included those items, and as well as othersthatarepermissiblewithoutspecialKosherforPassover(KFP)symbols. Whenever possible, buy those products that bear a reliable Passover label to be assured that the product has been prepared for the holiday. All products whether or not they need special supervision should only be used if the package is new and unopened. 66 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE