Is Belvita Belvita Breakfast, Choc Chips kosher?
From Open Food Facts.
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Verdict by tradition
Orthodox practice relies on certification for processed foods. Nothing on the package shows one.
- NoteNo recognized hechsher on the package
- Recognized certifying agency on certification · Certification requiredRead the ruling
No hechsher on the package. Conservative practice prefers certification for processed foods.
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- Conservative practice on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
No hechsher, and Glycerin can come from animal sources the label does not name.
- IngredientGlycerin
- MJRC (pending) on gelatin and animal derivatives · BackgroundRead the ruling
- MJRC Standards of Observance on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
No hechsher on the package. Worth a look: Glycerin.
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- IngredientGlycerin
- CCAR, The Sacred Table on approach to kashrut · BackgroundRead the ruling
No unclean animal ingredients found. Glycerin can come from animal sources; the label does not say which.
- IngredientGlycerin
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- Biblically clean tier on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
Ingredients as printed
cereals 40,5 % [wheat flour 21,4 %, wholegrain cereals 16 % (wholegrain crushed buckwheat 12,2 %, wholegrain barley flour 1 %, wholegrain spelt flour 1 %, oat flakes 1 %, wholegrain wheat flour 0,8 %), rice flour 2,9 %, malted wheat flour 0,2 %), sugar, chocolate chips 11,2 % [cocoa paste, sugar, emulsifier (soya lecithin)], rapeseed oil, modified starch, isomaltulose***, humectant (glycerol), inulin, bulking agent (maltitol), emulsifier (soya lecithin, e472b, e475), wheat gluten, flavourings, glucose syrup, salt, raising agent (sodium hydrogen carbonate), skimmed milk powder, minerals (magnesium oxide, elemental iron), dextrose, vitamins [vitamin b6 (pyridoxine), vitamin b9 (folic acid)], *** isomaltulose is a source of glucose and fructose,
Hey Kosher reads what is printed on the package and matches it against published rulings. It is not a halakhic authority. For the final word, ask your rabbi or the certifying agency.