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Snack Bars
Snack bars have been marketed in many different forms to the consumer public. We find “Energy” bars, “Protein” bars, “Nutrition” bars, “Granola” bars, and good old “Snack” Bars. One thing that differentiates these tasty between-meal food products from regular old “candy bars” is that almost every name-brand candy bar IS kosher-certified by a rabbinical agency […]
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Chick-Fil-A Response to Going Kosher
Besides having some of the best tasting chicken available in a fast-food chain restaurant, Chick-Fil-A offers a variety of dipping sauces unsurpassed by competitors. Upon glancing at the front label of the small packages, we scrutinized every word and symbol for signs of official kosher-certification – to no avail! It seemed implausible that all these […]
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Dishwasher Detergents and Dish Soaps
This particular brand of popular dishwasher detergent is certified kosher by the largest kosher-certification agency in the world. But if this certification is to be attractive and benefit sales, consumers may wonder why the kosher symbol is so small (see the circled “U” below the “C” in Cascade)? You will also find the leading American […]
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All But a Few Breakfast Cereals Kosher Certified
You’d be hard-pressed to find a boxed cereal in your supermarket’s breakfast section that is NOT kosher-Certified (NKC). Our app lists them in its database when you use our imbedded grocery list feature. But why do so few people know this about products that many eat every day? Take a look at the cereal package […]
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Kosher Certified Coffee Filters
When you look at the large selection of different coffee beans, ground or whole, in your supermarket’s coffee aisle, chances are that all but one brand are kosher-certified. However, you may find it intriguing that even the leading brand of cone coffee filters in America certifies their products kosher, even though it is inedible. And […]
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First App of its Kind!
There are several apps written from within the Jewish community that feature databases of food products that ARE kosher-certified. However, the KosChertified? App goes in the opposite direction. It is the only app of its kind that helps consumers discern that a product is NOT Kosher-Certified (NKC)! It’s grocery list functionality makes for a better […]
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Most Orange Juice Kosher Certified
Our research has found ONLY ONE name brand Pure Orange Juice available without kosher-certification. It is featured in the KosChertified? App. But consider this, have you considered spending the little time to press out your own fresh-squeezed orange juice at home using four or five oranges? It probably doesn’t get much tastier than this!
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Daughters of the American Revolution
As reported in the New York Times on March 28, 1954 (“D.A.R. Joins Critics of ‘Kosher’ Speech”), a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution made a speech at their spring conference in Trenton, NJ, addressing the controversial aspects of kosher-certification proliferation. “In her talk, Mrs. Strack said ‘clandestine’ Kosher markings on canned goods […]
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CACK
CACK is our “Consumer Action Committee for KosChertified?”. It constitutes a group of volunteers who wish to become active members of a consumer group that will 1) seek out more products for our database, 2) write food producers regarding the issues of kosher-certification, 3) provide feedback to us on correspondence with food companies, 4) help […]
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Insects
Most everyone knows that pork is a prohibited item for consumption in the strict observance of a kosher diet. And because of pork’s prevalence in the every day eating affairs for much of our nation’s population, it has become a problem in honoring this prohibition for many followers of kashrus, especially because of its palatable […]
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