Community Magazine April 2014

94 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE This Sephardic Passover List is applicable for 2014 only. Peanut Butter: Kitni OU Kitniyot Pet Foods: Fish food often contains meat andmilk ingredients and is forbidden for use the entire year. Most pet foods contain Hames. Since we are forbidden to derive any benefit from Hames, we may not feed any pets those varieties that contain hames 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 hames 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: Passover certification necessary, with the OU-P: Bloom’s, Herr’s, Pathmark, Manischewitz and Utz Potato chips. Also KFP:  Lieber’s. Quinoa: Due to reports of Chametz mixed in, use only marked with KP: Star KP: Setton Farms 12 oz, Natural Earth Products a16 oz OU-P: Pereg brand; Goolbaums Sugat Quinoa from Israel. Whole sale: Andean Naturals Brand StarKP Rice: The staple of the Sephardic Passover diet is Rice. It is the #1 question. Which rice is good? Most supermarket brands of rice are enriched. The enrichment is diluted with starch in order to distribute it evenly on the rice. This can be a corn, rice or a wheat starch base. Unlike for the past 25 years, we no longer have access to the detailed information about the enrichment processing ingredients, and therefore, We do not recommend enriched rice. White Rice: Any unenriched or organic rice is acceptable.   Star-SP has made a special run of certified unenriched Carolina and Goya Rice. It is not pre checked. Please check 3x according to our custom! Super Lucky Elephant brand (Star K) available at Costco and Walmart , or Golden Elephant Brand, sold on Ave. U are not enriched. Sugat brand from Israel. Kitni OU Kitniyot Short grain: Nishiki, KoKuho and Cal Rose brands (K-ORC) are also enrichment free. They can be found at Wegmans and most Oriental stores. Brown rice: Any brand without additives. The brand at Costco looked very clean and easier than most to check. Basmati: Deer Brand, Himalayim, B&J brand or any unenriched. Pure wild Rice: (looks like short black sticks is acceptable without a marking: it is from the grass family, not a legume at all. It has been our custom throughout the generations to check all rice three times before Pesach. While in Arkansas, I was informed that the crops are rotated yearly, and that it is very common to find grain in rice fields. Although there is equipment to remove any non rice pieces, it is not 100 % effective. Please be advised that every year grains are found in the rice, check carefully. Rice Mixes : Kitni OU Kitniyot Rice cakes : Kitni OU Kitniyot Salt: Regular (Pure) and Coarse salt are permitted for Passover use without special supervision. Check that dextrose and Polysorbates are not in the ingredients. Salt substitute: Freeda Free Salt, No Salt or Spice of Life No Salt\No Sugar must have KP marking. Soup Mixes: Beware containers bearing a “P” are often identical to the year-round variety! Sodas: Sodas must have Kosher for Passover certification due to possible Hames in the flavoring base. Many varieties are readily available. 2 liter and cans Coca Cola classic & Diet Coke, Sprite:  must have the OU-P on the cap (yellow). Canada Dry : Ginger Ale & Dr Browns (Kof K P) Pepsi products must bear a Kof KP on the cap Soy Foods: while actual soybeans are permissible for most Sephardim, products made of soy, such as soy sauce, TVP and tofu and are forbidden. These products are made through extraction methods that use grain alcohol in the processing of the soybeans. (See Milk alternatives under dairy) Seltzers:  Any unflavored seltzer with KP certification is acceptable. Flavored Seltzers certified OU-P: America’s Choice, Giant, Shoprite brands. Stop and Shop. Spices: Important change! Due to recent changes in the spice industry, even pure ground spices require reliable kosher for | Passover certification. Sugar: Any pure white granulated cane sugar may be purchased for Passover as long as dextrose or glucose are not listed in the ingredients. These may be derived from barley or wheat! Domino brand –OKP Raw Sugar: C&H Hawaiian Raw Cane Sugar. Palm Sugar: Sweet Tree Coconut Palm Sugar. Confectioner’s Sugar does contain 3% corn starch but according to some Sephardic customs, may be permissible for Pesach. Only sugar and cornstarch allowed! According to one Passover publication, they found that C&H brand contains wheat starch. It is therefore our advice that you should only use a marked brand, since it is impossible to make sure that there is no mixing of Chames. (chas v’shalom) Canadian Confectioner Sugar is also not permissible as it contains wheat starch instead of corn starch. There are several varieties of Confectioners sugar without corn starch: OUP:  Mishpacha and KAJ-P: Haddar brand. Vanilla Sugar: may contain grain alcohol and therefore, Passover supervision is required. Brown sugar: Needs Passover Marking: Domino and Brownulated are OK-P. C&H Golden Brown and C&H Dark Brown are acceptable without a mark as is Dixie Crystal Lite Brown. Sweeteners: OU-P: Gefen, Kogel and VIP Masters. Paskez Sweetie (Badatz) and Liebers (KFP) Equal&Splenda: are not recommended for Sephardim by the OU . California Delight made a Sucralose equivilant called Sucralis. It is Star Kp. Stevia must be marked KP Agave Nectar: (a natural sweetener) Goya OKP Health Garden Brand OKP, Maretai and Trader Joe OKP Xylitol: Healthy Garden OUP Teas: Any unflavored, non-herbal regular tea bags are acceptable without special KFP: Due to a hames ingredient used in the decaf process, decaf varieties should be used only with supervision: (Salada Caffeine free is Hames)