Products That Don't Require Kashrus Certification

Aluminum Foil

Baking Powder 

Cocoa – plain, with no additives. 

Coffee – Plain – without flavoring.

Corn Starch 

Dried Fruit – with no oil or other ingredients listed (except for the usual preservatives, such as potassium sorbate, sulphur dioxide and sodium bisulfate). 

Flour – plain only.

Fruits – most plain canned and frozen fruits with no added ingredients besides water, salt, sugar, corn syrup, corn sweetener, citric acid, ascorbic acid, are acceptable without certification. Calcium chloride, lactic acid, and ferrous glutomate do not require certification, but beware of added ingredients such as spices, flavorings, colorings, or grape juice. Grape juice is especially common lately in “juice pack” and diet pack varieties of fruit which contain no added sugar or flavoring. 

Gin 

Guar Gum 

Honey 

Molasses 

Maraschino Cherries – without added flavoring.

Nuts – plain, with no oil or other ingredients (besides salt) on the label, when they have been dry roasted.

Oats

Pectin 

Petroleum 

Plastic Bags 

Plastic Wraps 

Popcorn Kernels – plain, with no oil, flavoring, etc. 

Raisins – plain, with no oil listed on the label. 

Raw Nuts 

Rice – plain, with no flavor or seasoning added. 

Riboflavin 

Rock Candy – unflavored only.

Rum 

Rye – straight liquor. 

Saccharin 

Sake – pure. 

Salt

Sorbitol 

Soy Beans 

Spices -`pure. 

Starch 

Sugar 

Tequila -without worm. (See article, page 200.) 

Tea – plain, with no added ingredients or flavorings. 

Vegetables – fresh and frozen – pure. Care must be taken to check for worms in leafy vegetables. (see page 222.) 

Wheat 

Wheat Germ – with no added ingredients. 

Yeast, regular

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