Community Magazine April 2012

Pre-cut fruits: Delmonte, Star-KP: Cantaloupe, Fruit Bowl, Fruit Party Tray, Fruit Snack Tray, Honeydew, and Melon Medley. Unsweetened frozen fruits: are acceptable with no additives or grape juice. Dried Fruits: Most must be marked Kosher for Pesah. Readily available are: Mariani OU- P, and Setton Farms OK-P. Homa and Trader Joe’s Star- K (including Bing cherries, fancy Nectarines and Pears (No P necessary) Dates: The following varieties may be purchased even without a mark: (They are certified– just not marked): California Whole Medjul Dates.: Bard Valley, Royal Medjool, Sun Garden, and Western Medjool. Regular variety: Calavo*, Sunworld* and Sun Glow* brands Pitted and whole. Available with supervision:; Setton Farms: OK-P; Yum Tee - OU- P; Carmel and Walmart brands KP. Dried, rolled dates present a special problem for Passover since they are rolled in oats! Note: all dates must be split open and checked for insects, which can be quite common. Date paste: is being imported from Israel that is reliably certified kosher for Passover by the Chug Chatam Sofer–B’nei Brak or under Rabbi Didi, both are acceptable. Raisins: Berkley & Jenson, Dole, Delmonte, Publix, Shoprite & Winn Dixied are acceptable with just a plain OU. Trader Joe plain Star K. Banana chips: not recommended for Passover use. Note, banana chips require kosher supervision all-year-round as they are often fried in the same oil as unkosher cheese. Fish Canned Tuna and Salmon: The hydrolyzed protein in tunamaycontainhamess.Kosher for Passover tuna is readily available: Star-KP: California Delight, Eden,TunaDelight andKing of the Sea. With the OU-P: Dagim, Gefen, Glick’s, Mishpacha, Shoprite and Season. Breaded: Dr. Praegers OUP Breaded Fish sticks Frozen Fillets: Benz, Costco, Dagim, Kinnert, Schindler. Grains Quinoa, Flax Seed and Hemp Seed: May be used after checking for other grains. Due to reports of hamess mixed in, use only Quinoa from Ancient Harvest 12 oz size, lot code 03-01-14K Or Sugat Quinoa from Israel. Kitniyot grains: Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Millet – whole only, check before use. Grape Leaves: This year again, the Orlando product was manufactured under the supervision of the Heart K – Rabbi Teichman. Use only jars marked for Passover. Other brands of grape leaves are preserved in brine, which may contain hamess vinegar or may have citric acid from a hamess origin. Note, grape leaves must be washed carefully. Inspect each leaf on both sides. Honey: Due to late-breaking information from Kashrus Magazine, we are recommending that even pure honey be supervised year round and for Passover. Many varieties are available. Juices All juices need special Passover certification as the enzymes and clarifying agents may be hamess. Available with certification are: Ceres, Eden, Gefen, Glick’s, Hadar, Kedem, Kirkland, Mishpacha, Mrs. Adlers, Nature’s Own, Rashi, & Shoprite. Note: Suncup, which is widely available in hospitals, is only acceptable with a “Star-KP”. Lemon juice: Realemon liquid lemon juice and lime juice are acceptable without a special marking. Other brands require KFP mark. Orange and grapefruit: any brand frozen unsweetened, gradeAconcentrate is acceptable. All refrigerated containers must have Passover supervision. Some pure juices may be actual hamess, as bran may be used to filter the juice. Tropicana Orange juice with OKP only. Prune Juice: Gefen and Sunsweet KFP Liquors: In the last few years they have presented a new problem–Alcohol derived from wine is being used in production of liquors and cordials. This is completely separate from the issue of whether the liquors contain non-kosher wine. There are several varieties available for Pesah. Bartenura,Ashkelon, Zachlawai, and CarmelArak are Kosher for Pesah. The following brands produce different types of OUP Vermouth, Vodka and Cordials: Bartenura, Binyamina, Carmel, Kedem, Sabra and Slibovitz. Zachlawai also produced a premium OUP Vodka. Chopin Potato Vodka is not recommended. Margarine: Many margarines use starch in their flavoring making Passover supervision necessary. Mother’s (OU-P) Marshmallows: Many marshmellows marked kosher for passover contain gelatin made from non-kosher animal sources. The OU, Kof K, Star K, and OK do not permit the use of gelatin from non kosher sources. Elyon, Gefen and Granny brands have made a special OUP production. Massa (Matza): Massa for year round use is hamess, and is marked “not for Passover use”. It is recommended to use Matza Shemura for the Seder. Beware, as stores may return items from previous years to the shelf, it is imperative to check all massa products, cake mixes and spices for freshness. Old products have been found to contain insects and larvae! Check carefully for a product code stating year of production or inspect the product thoroughly. Acceptable only with KFP are: Chicago Shmura; Haddar; Glick’s; Aviv; Carmel; Gefen; Geula; Goodman, Holyland; Horowitz Margaretten, Manischewitz, Osem, Rishon Lezion, Savion, Streits, Yarden, Yehuda & Yonovsky. Oat and Spelt matza is also available by special order. Mayonnaise, Mustard and Ketchup According to knowledgeable people in the Kashrut world, one should avoid the use of any product containing vinegar even if the company assures that the vinegar used is not of grain origin. We therefore recommend that all mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard, etc., should have Passover supervision. Mayonnaise: OU-P: Manischewitz; Mishpacha, Unger’s, Gefen, Glick’s, Star K-P; Haddar. Mustard: (artitfical): Blanchard & Blanchard, Savion OUP Ketchup: OU-P: Blanchard & Blanchard, Gefen; Haddar; Manischewitz, Rokeach, Savion; Star K- P: Eden. Meats and Poultry: All brands of raw poultry are kosher for Passover year round.After your butcher “koshers” for Pesah, all raw varieties of meat, cut chicken and veal are acceptable. This year several companies have expanded greatly the selection of deli and prepared products for the holiday. Empire raw turkey burgers are acceptable only with the OU-P. Noodles: Gefen, Flaum Appetizing, Frankels and Manischewitz OU-P Nutritional Supplement: Boost, Ensure– Without Fiber only: Reg., Light Plus, Pudding (Vanilla & Chocolate). (The Ensure with Fiber contains hamess!) Ensure Glucerna OS Nuts: Rawnuts, without additives are all acceptable for Passover. However, one must refrain from any roasted nuts unless it is KFP certified. Do not use any nuts that state on the bag or container: “This productpackedinafacilitythatproduceswheat….” Note: Midget Pecans and pecan pieces (even raw) require a reliable KF-P supervision. Due to insect infestation they are washed in grain alcohol. Oils: Since all major Kashrut organizations in the USA are geared to Ashkenazic customs they supervise only non-legume based oils. Available are: OU-P: Gefen, Mishpacha,, Nutola, Pathmark, Rokeach. Grapeseed Oil: Bartenura OUP. Kof-KP: Hain Oils. Sephardimwhose custom it is to use soybeans and corn may use any certified kosher for year round use brand of pure corn, canola or soybean or vegetable oils such as: Mazola or Wesson. Some manufacturers (such as Kirkland\Costco) have added ‘citric acid’ to their oil. Although this ingredient is usually extracted from corn, it can be made from a hamess source, therefore we do not recommend any oil containing this ingredient as we have no verification of the source of the citric acid. Buy extra virgin pure oil only! Any may be used. New container only for all oil. Pasta & Pizza: Special Kosher for Passover made either fromMassa meal or Potato starch: Dayeinu, and Frankels, Macabee and Manischewitz.OUP Pet Foods: Fish food often contains meat and milk ingredients and is forbidden for use the entire year. Most pet foods contain hamess. Since we are forbidden to derive any benefit from hamess, we may not feed any pets those varieties that contain hamess ingredients. Krill fish food is permitted. Alfalfa, sunflower seeds, split corn or millet are recommended for feeding birds. Bird Jungle sells a mixture for Passover (no kidding!) There are brands of cat and dog food that are available that do not have hamess or the prohibited mixture of meat and milk. A detailed list can be found at www.star-k.org. or at www.crcweb.org Pickles: Need Passover supervision. Batampte, Flaum, Gefen, Gilboa – Beit Hashita, Kvuzat Yavne, Manischewitz and Osem, Schorr’s are all OU-P. Unger’s Star K-P Potato Chips: Require KFP mark. OU-P products include: Bloom’s, Herr’s, Pathmark, Manischewitz and Utz. Also KFP: Lieber’s. 2012 JSOR Sephardic Passover Food List NISAN 5772 APRIL 2012 73