Comments on: Candy Stores are a Trap

By: Shua

Shua — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:43:57 +0000

It may be a synthetic variant or as in many cases in kosher cofectionary, fish gelatine.

By: David

David — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:33:14 +0000

Afaik, the LBD (London Bet Din) do not allow and have never allowed animal based gelatin. I don’t know whether they have ever allowed animal based gelatin from a koshe shechted animal (such gelatin being halachic parev), but as far as I know, any non-Jewish products that contains animal gelatin is marked as “not-kosher” on their lists.

By: Shua

Shua — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:24:19 +0000

WARNING!

Some of the above mentioned stores/stalls claim that a certain brand of gummy candies are under Badatz London (London Beis Din). THIS IS NOT SO!
On further investigation I found out that they contain LBD approved gelatine, but thats as far as it goes. PLease do not confuse this with the KF (Dayan Lichtenshtein) approved candies which do actualy have a hechsher on them.

By: David

David — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:27:55 +0000

To “A Reader”,
Am no Rav (or not nearly close to being one) but I did hear once that there is a heter [=permissibility] when a possibly buggy product is frozen, because then the insects fall apart and so the laws of batal b’shishim [=annulled if less than one sixtieth] can play in.

By: yechiel-admin

yechiel-admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:18:32 +0000

FROM A READER: Hi,
Interesting you mention ice cream stores. . .
My wife and I have not been able to understand how these stores have frozen strawberries as toppings.

By: ephraim

ephraim — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:41:07 +0000

Please check out the store across from Gal Paz
when i asked him what Hechsher the Caramel squares was he assured me that it was mehadrin but when i asked to see it he told me he only gets it in twice a year and the hechsher is on the box needless to say i walked out he also has a big sign with an edia charadis and a ancient mechiras chometz

By: SA Oleh

SA Oleh — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:20:54 +0000

Thank you for sharing this important Kashrut information with the Israeli kosher-keeping public. I appreciate hearing these updates. After the simplicity and excellence of the South African Beth Din’s standards, it’s bewildering to deal with the kashrut jungle here in Israel. In a way it’s ironic, but כך היא הגאולה…