ww ww VOLUME u y / NO. 5 SHEVAT 5767 / FEBRUARY 2007 s xc THEDaf HaKashrus A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR THEU RABBINIC FIELD REPRESENTATIVE Kedem continues to bottle grape juice appears on them. In addition, we have this year certified Yanovsky UP: WHAT’S under its own name as well as under the matzah baked in Argentina. This matzah is widely distributed in Savion, Gefen and Lipschutz labels. All Latin America. This company manufactures various types of NEW FOR ’07? these items have always been and will matzah. All matzah is always an eighteen minute product. Rabbi BY RABBI SHMUEL SINGER continue to be Mevushal. Kedem has Daniel Oppenheimer of Buenos Aires serves as the U rav one not Mevushal grape juice. This is hamachshir at this factory. bottled in 1.5 liter glass bottles and clearly labeled Non- This year Manischewitz has introduced whole wheat matzah meal Mevushal. In addition, Rokeach will have its own UP grape and whole wheat matzah farfel as new items made from juice. This will appear under the Rokeach label, as well as the Manischewitz U P whole wheat matzah. In addition they will Mishpacha labels. Manischewitz will once again have an UP grape juice under its own label. Both Rokeach and Kedem will again have spelt matzah baked from Passover spelt flour. offer a variety of UP Sparkling Grape Juices. Manischewitz has Manischewitz will again have a type of matzah ashirah known as also introduced Sparkling Concord and Niagara grape juice. All grape matzah, in addition to traditional egg matzah. The grape these grape juices are Mevushal. In addition, Rokeach will again matzah is made from flour and grape juice and may only be used produce a variety of UP cooking wines. Kedem and Rokeach when egg matzah is permitted, i.e. for Sefardim or those will also produce a variety of UP cooking wines. Kedem has Ashkenazim who cannot eat regular matzah. It is so marked on the introduced Pomegranate and Sparkling Pomogrape Juices with box. In addition, Manischewitz will have Passover Tam Tam crack- the UP certification as new items this year. ers in various flavors as it did last year. These crackers are made from egg matzah dough and are similarly subject to the restrictions The U has certified the Manischewitz matzah bakery in the of matzah ashirah. They are clearly so labeled on the box. This United States for the past years. For a long time this was the only year there will also be a line of regular matzah Tam Tams. These U matzah bakery in the world. It continues to be the only one in the United States. Other UP brands such as Horowitz are small matzos sprinkled with oil and spices after baking and are Margareten and Goodman’s are all baked at Manischewitz. The acceptable to Ashkenazim as well. Manischewitz will continue to UP U has also agreed to place the UP on Aviv, Osem, Yehuda and sell machine shmurah matzah under both the Manischewitz Rishon matzah products coming from Israel. The items are and Goodman’s labels. In addition, UP hand shmurah matzah supervised by local Rabbanim and are satisfactorily made with will be available from Gefen, Rokeach and Mishpacha. Kedem U Pesach guidelines. They are certified by the U when the UP will be selling Savion machine shmurah matzah. In addition they continued on page 19 The seminar was present- GETTING THE KNACK ed as part of the U Kashrut Harry H. Beren OF NIKKUR ASKU Community Lec- ASKU Seminar Draws Large and Diverse Audience ture Series, made possible by a grant from the Harry BY REGINA AVSHALUMOVA H. Beren Foundation of OU Public Relations Lakewood, NJ. The Beren grant to U Kashrut was With the intention to advance the process of setting recently renewed by the accepted standards in one of the most complex Foundation for a second aspects of kosher certification – nikkur, the de-veining year, in itself an unusual of meat, also known as treibering when the fat is action, and at a higher rate removed as well – the Orthodox Union Kashrut than the initial grant. Division on Wednesday, January 24, presented a This was a tribute, the Nikkur Seminar to representatives of a wide spectrum Reb Shimon Mendlowitz, assisted by Foundation declared, to of the Orthodox world, including many from the Rabbi Seth Mandel, shows proper technique. “the exceptional manner yeshivish and chasidish communities. Some six hun- in which the U has perpetuated and memorialized the name of the dred pounds of meat, delivered to the U that morn- unforgettable Mr. Harry H. Beren, z”l.” ing, lay on the table, to be treibered by Reb Shimon Mendlowitz, the proprietor of Monsey Glatt, and a “The purpose of the seminar was to have everyone dealing with meat fully butcher of great skill. continued on page 19 THE DAF HAKASHRUS is a publication of the UNION OF ORTHODOX JEWISH CONGREGATIONS OF AMERICA, Eleven Broadway, New York, NY 10004 17 WHAT’S NEW will be selling, as they did last year, Savion matzah Savion will again sell couscous and granola mix. Both of them sticks. This is matzah baked in stick form under the contain matzah meal. Savion will also be producing Passover cere- continued from previous page Savion label. Manischewitz makes a product known al made with matzah meal. This year Manischewitz will be intro- as matzah crackers. Both of these are ordinary matzah ducing a line of Passover cereals not made from matzah meal. products and not matzah ashirah. The various Israeli U matzah These will include Cocoa Crunch, Fruity Magic and Sunny O’s. companies will all be selling machine shmurah matzah as well. Savion will be selling a line of muffin and cake mixes. Coca Cola will again be available with an UP for Pesach. Aside Manischewitz will again have Passover meringue cookies this year. from the New York metropolitan area, Coke will be available in This product contains no matzah meal. In addition, Kineret will Boston, Baltimore-Washington, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, expand its line of Passover cakes and cookies. Bernie’s Foods will Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. This year, in New York, Coca again offer potato starch cakes under the Frankel label and matzah Cola items will be made with an U P in 2 liter bottles and in meal rolls and burger rolls under the Dayenu label. Manischewitz cans. Other locations will have more limited Coke items made is introducing a new UP sugar free biscotti and sugar free maca- in different sizes. All these items, of course, require the UP sym- roons, as well as sugar free cookies. The biscotti and cookies con- bol. Most of the bottling plants servicing these markets will des- tain matzah meal. Mishpacha will have UPmacaroons also made ignate the Passover Coke items with a distinctive yellow cap in without matzah meal. Gefen will have a line of cake mixes all addition to the UP symbol on the cap or shoulder of the bottle. made without matzah meal. Similarly, the Le Tova UP line of baking mixes made from potato starch will be available. Of course, This year the UP will appear on various Cholov Yisroel dairy Manischewitz and Rokeach will continue to have their traditional products. These include milk from Ahava with the Best Moo line of matzah meal based baking mixes. Manischewitz will be label as well as a full line of Ahava dairy products. Dairy Delight introducing a line of UP reduced sugar macaroons. In addition, will be selling Cholov Yisroel sour cream and yogurt under the Bartenura will be selling amaretti cookies as a new UP item made Norman’s label. In addition, Norman’s will also sell Cholov with almond flour and no matzah meal. Yisroel ready to eat puddings with the UP label. Norman’s has developed a new UP line of Cholov Yisroel low carb yogurt and As in years past, U P potato chips will be made by Bloom’s, Herr’s, yogurt drinks. Cholov Yisroel UP hard cheese will appear this Utz, Pathmark, Rokeach and Manischewitz. Manischewitz will year under both the Norman’s label and the Kirkeby label. The also have UP potato stix and sweet potato chips. Rokeach and Kirkeby cheeses are imported from Europe and also carry the Empress will again have a full line of chocolate items for Pesach, London Beth Din hechsher. Cabot Creamery will be introduc- as will Manischewitz and Elite. Barton’s continues as an U label ing U P cheddar cheese. This item is not Cholov Yisroel. and will have a full line of both dairy and pareve chocolate and Mishpacha will also have a new Passover non-dairy UP topping. candy items. As in years past Cyrk will have ice cream and ices Manischewitz will again be selling Passover noodles this year. with the UP label. Pesach ice cream sandwiches and ice cream These noodles are made from potato starch. Gefen and Flaum cones will again be available under the Tovli label. Tovli will have will again have potato starch UP noodles. Savion is introducing ice cream and ice pops as well as plain cones with the UP label. a new product which is frozen macaroni and cheese made with Tovli will also have UP lemon wafers and chocolate wafers made potato starch noodles. Frankel’s also will again have frozen UP without matzah meal. Manischewitz will be introducing pareve potato starch noodles. Frankel’s has introduced a line of frozen UP ice cream and ices as new products this year. As in years past, foods including blintzes, waffles and pizza. All of these are made continued on page 19 from potato starch.