Community Magazine April 2014

92 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE This Sephardic Passover List is applicable for 2014 only. Cooking Spray: Must be marked! BEWARE! This is a frequent mistake. Gefen, Glick’s, Mothers, Seasons and Mishpacha,  (OU-P) Dairy Products: Milk: It is preferable to purchase kosher milkwith Passover supervision for Pesach, but one may buy regular milk for the holiday, if purchased before Pesach. In addition to the Chalav Yisrael brands, many supermarket brands are 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 Pesach. 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; Parmalat Kof KP. Haddar, Dairymen OUP Hot Cocoa mix: Haddar, Kojel KP (must be marked) 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 : 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. No Dannon made this year for Pesach Non Dairy Creamers: OU-P: Kineret, Mishpacha; Star –K P: Unger’s Milk alternatives : many brands or varieties  of Soymilk and Rice dream are not recommended for Passover use, as they have questionable ingredients. Many varieties are available this year. Visit www.crcweb.org for an extensive list. Exceptions: (purchase before Passover): - These brands and only these varieties. All others may actually contain hames! Soymilks-Original variety only!: 365 Everyday Value, Best Choice, Fit & Active, Harvest Farms, Hy-Vee, Natures Place, Natures Promise Organic Original, Shoprite Soy Milk unflavored, Stop and Shop,Winn-Dixie Organic Original. NOTE: SoyDream is NOT on the list! Ricemilks: Original plain variety only! Full Circle, Hy-Vee, Nature’s Place, Market Basket Enriched, Natures Promise Enriched, Price Chopper Enriched, Wild Harvest Enriched. Included at the end of this bulletin is a recipe for home made rice milk and almond milk. NOTE: Rice Dream is NOT on the list! Almond milk- Original only :  365 Everyday Value, Almond Sense, Fresh & Easy, Full Circle, Nature’s Place, Ralph’s, Shoprite, Trader Joe’s, Tree of Life, Shoprite and Winn Dixie. All of the above unflavored. Detergents and Cleansers: All varieties of detergents both liquid and powdered do not require Kosher for Passover certification. For those who are interested: 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, Cascade Eggs:  Some have the custom to purchase before the holiday. Egg substitute: Kinnert OUP; Healthy Morn OUP. Fruits:  All fresh fruits are acceptable. 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 : Most must be marked Kosher for Pesach. 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. Regular variety: Calavo*, Sunworld* and Sun Glow* brands Pitted and whole. Carmel whole Medjul OU Available with supervision: Setton Farms: OK-P; Sun World pitted OUP; Yum Tee - OU-P; Carmel brands OU 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. A 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, Shoprite and Sun maid are acceptable with just a plain OU. Trader Joe plain Star K. May we remind you, banana chips require kosher supervision for year round use as they are sometimes fried in the same oil as unkosher cheese. They are not recommended for Passover use. Fish: Canned Tuna and Salmon : The hydrolyzed protein in tuna may contain Hames. Kosher for Passover tuna is readily available: Star-KP: BenZ’s, California Delight (Bishul Yisrael for Sephardim) With the OU-P:  Dagim, Gefen, Glick’s, Mishpacha, Shoprite and Season Frozen Fish Fillets: Benz, Costco,  Dagim,  Kinnert, Schindler Breaded: Dr. Praegers OUP Breaded Fish sticks Grains- Kitniyot: Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Chia Seeds, Flax Seed and Hemp Seed: Whole only May be used after checking for other grains. 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 hames vinegar or may have citric acid from a hames origin. Please note! 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