From The O/U: Newly Certified – Contessa Annalisa Collection Wines
The following products, manufactured by Contessa Annalisa Collection Wines, is now certified Kosher under O/U supervision. These wines are all Mevushal and Kosher for Pesach …
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Dry Red Wine 2015
Pinot Grigio Emilia Dry White Wine 2016
Prosecco Extra Dry Sparkling Wine
Carino Semi-Sweet Red Wine 2015
Dry rose Wine 2016
From The O/U: Newly Certified – Naturik Oils
The following products, manufactured by Naturik brand, are now certified Kosher under O/U supervision…
Agauje Pulp Oil
Avocado Oil
Canihua Toasted
Sacah Inchi Roasted Unsalted Seeds
Sacha Inchi Extra Virgin Oil With Natural Mis Tocopherols
Amaranth Extruded Powder
Choco Quinoa Mix
Cacao Nibs
From The O/U: Newly Certified – Launch
Launch brand bar is now certified Kosher under O/U supervision.
From The O/U: Newly Certified – Coco Chill
Coco Chill brand Organic Coconut Smoothie is now certified Kosher under O/U supervision. This product is pareve.
From The O/U: Newly Certified – MaGi
The following products, manufactured under the MaGi brand, are now certified Kosher under O/U supervision…
Texas Rolled #5 Gluten Free
Oat Regular Rolled #5 NON GF
Oats Cut Quick #21 Gluten Free
Steelcut Oats Regular
From The O/U: Newly Certified – Bark Luxe
Bark Luxe brand Potato Chip Bark and Oh My S’mores! Bark are now certified Kosher (dairy) under O/U supervision.
From The O/U: Newly Certified – Amazonia
Amazonia brand Coconut Water & Green Tea, Coconut Water & White Tea and Coconut Water & Peach Tea are now certified Kosher under O/U supervision.
From The O/U: Newly Certified – Gordon’s
Gordon’s Tomato Ketchup is now certified Kosher under O/U supervision.
From The O/U: Newly Certified – French’s
French’s Ketchup, Buffalo Ketchup and Garlic Ketchup are now all certified Kosher under O/U supervision.
From The O/U: Newly Certified – Zego
The following products, manufactured by Zego, are now certified Kosher under O/U supervision…
Just Fruit Pear
Fruit+Chia Strawberry
Seed+Fruit Coconut Ribbon
Seed+Fruit Fudgy Chocolate
Fruit+Chia Blueberry
From The cRc: Checking Strawberries
The following are instructions from the cRc (Chicage Rabbinical Council) as to their most recent approved method of washing/checking strawberries for use by the Kosher consumer. This method is suggested by the cRc based on their findings of a high occurrence of insects currently found in strawberries, making the previous method insufficient. Until further notice, the cRc recommends the following method to clean strawberries from insects…
- Cut off the green tops of the Strawberry (trying to avoid making a hole in the process).
- Soak and agitate the strawberries in soapy water (don not substitute with vegetable wash), using a concentrated solution of approximately one tablespoon of dishwashing liquid mixed together with no more than 8 cups of water. This process should last for about 2 minutes. The cRc suggests using Seventh Generation non-Fragrance Natural Dish Liquid Soap, as it leaves the least amount of “soapy aftertaste” on the strawberry.
- Rub each strawberry thoroughly under a stream of cold water with hand (or preferably with a bristled brush like a toothbrush).
- Soak and agitate the strawberries a second time for 2 minutes in new soapy water with the same ration as stated above.
- Rinse strawberries well.
Once all five steps have been done, the strawberries may be used without further inspection. The cRc points out that this does NOT apply to organic strawberries, that are very difficult to properly clean and check for bugs, and therefore, should be avoided at this time. If one wants to avoid this whole process of cleaning strawberries, one may simply cut off the tops and peel off the entire outside of the strawberry, followed by a rinse.
From The O/U: Berkeley & Jensen and Wellsley Farms Cocktail Beef Franks in Pastry
A precious O/U advisory on this product stated it would no longer be Kosher. BJ’s has decided to keep this product O/U certified.
From The cRc: Classic Kitchen Pump Pots and Urns
The cRc is happy to report that Classic Kitchen has redesigned their pump pots and urns so that all opinions will agree that cold water can be added on Yom Tov, when the device is in Shabbos/Yom Tov mode. The upgraded models can be identified by checking the “copyright date”, the upgraded models are copyright in 2016, while the older models will show an earlier year.
From The O/U: Baker’s Corner Frostings
The O/U currently certifies a variety of Aldi Frostings (under the brand name Baker’s Corner) as O/U Pareve, including the Milk Chocolate and Cream Cheese Frostings. These products correctly bear an O/U symbol. However, the same product from a previous supplier is also available without the O/U and are non-Kosher. As the older supply is depleted, this problem will be self-corrected.
From The O/K: Newly Certified – Emmi Meister (Heritage Kosher Dairy) Cheese
Emmi Meister Cheese (under the Heritage Kosher Dairy brand) are now certified Kosher under O/KD certification. This product is Cholov Yisroel.
From The O/K: Newly Certified – Fancy Cheese
Fancy Cheese Co. is now certified Kosher under O/K supervision. These products are dairy and Cholov Yisroel.
From The O/K: Newly Certified – Maple Creek Natural Products
Maple Creek Natural Products, producers of maple syrup, is now certified Kosher under O/K supervision.
From The O/K: Newly Certified – Penn Cheese
Penn Cheese products are now certified Kosher under O/K supervision.
From The O/K: Newly Certified – Rise Brewing Co.
Rise Brewing Co. (cold coffee brew) is now certified Kosher under O/K supervision.
From The O/K: Newly Certified – Summit Life Science (MTC Industries)
Summit Life Science, Inc. is now certified Kosher under O/K supervision. This company produces nutritional supplements.
