Hey, is it kosher?
Ask your phone in the aisle. Hey Kosher reads the barcode and answers for the tradition you follow, with the ruling behind the answer.
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Is it kosher for me?
Pick your tradition once. Every scan answers for all five, side by side.
Biblically clean, Reform, Conservative, Messianic and Orthodox each read the same label against their own standard. Yours comes first; the other four are one tap away, and none is ranked above another.
Kashruth Council of Canada certification, dairy.
- HechsherCOR (Kashruth Council of Canada) printed on the package
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- Recognized certifying agency on certification · Certification requiredRead the ruling
Kashruth Council of Canada certification is accepted in Conservative practice.
- HechsherCOR (Kashruth Council of Canada) printed on the package
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- Conservative practice on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
Kashruth Council of Canada certification is respected under MJRC standards of observance.
- HechsherCOR (Kashruth Council of Canada) printed on the package
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- MJRC Standards of Observance on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
- MJRC Standards of Observance on kashrut as a whole · BackgroundRead the ruling
Certified by COR. Worth a look: Natural flavors.
- HechsherCOR (Kashruth Council of Canada) printed on the package
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- IngredientNatural flavors
- CCAR, The Sacred Table on approach to kashrut · BackgroundRead the ruling
No unclean animal ingredients found. Natural flavors can come from animal sources; the label does not say which.
- IngredientNatural flavors
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- Biblically clean tier on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
One scan, five answers. Open a row for the ruling behind it.
Says who?
Never a bare yes or no. Every answer names its source.
You will read “Kosher under the OU” or “Permitted per the CJLS ruling on gelatin”, then open the ruling itself. Where a tradition needs a hechsher, the app will not guess from the ingredient list alone.
What if you’ve never seen it?
Then you get to add it, in about a minute.
Hey Kosher checks Open Food Facts for a head start, then asks for a photo of the kosher symbol and the ingredient list. The ingredients are read on your phone. Check what it read and send it. Once a reviewer has looked it over, everyone who scans it after you gets the answer instantly.
What about Passover?
Turn on Passover mode and every scan checks for chametz.
It looks for a Kosher for Passover mark, and kitniyot follow your tradition’s ruling. Keeping chalav Yisrael or pas Yisrael? Switch them on once and the Orthodox lens applies them to everything you scan.
What does it cost?
Nothing.
Looking something up is free. No account to make, no email to give, no ads.
And when the store has no signal, the products you scanned recently are still on your phone.
Ask it in the aisle.
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Scan to open Hey Kosher on Google Play.
Hey Kosher reads certifications and collects published rulings. It is not a halakhic authority: the certifying agency or ruling body has the final word, and when in doubt, ask your own rabbi or teacher. App screens show sample products.