Is Birds Eye Voila! Alfredo Chicken kosher?
21 oz
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. Cheese with rennet is permitted per the CJLS ruling on cheeses.
- IngredientHard cheese
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- Conservative practice on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
- CJLS (Rabbi Isaac Klein) on cheese and rennet · Permits cheese and rennetRead the ruling
No hechsher, and Natural flavors can come from animal sources the label does not name.
- IngredientNatural flavors
- 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: Natural flavors.
- 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
Ingredients as printed
Vegetable (carrots, broccoli, peas), alfredo sauce (water, light cream blend (cream, skim milk, nonfat milk powder), parmesan cheese ([pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes]), butter concentrate [butter (cream, salt), flavor], cheese flavor (parmesan cheese [pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], water, salt, disodium phosphate, sodium citrate). contains 2% or less of: nonfat milk, modified food starch, salt, garlic powder, seasoning (wheat flour, yeast extract, spices, sugar, sodium caseinate, hydrolyzed corn gluten, xanthan gum, dextrose), spices, xanthan gum), cooked enriched macaroni product (water, enriched durum wheat semolina (semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid)), cooked diced chicken breast meat with rib meat (chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, isolated soy protein, seasoning [sugar, garlic, romano cheese [part skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], dehydrated onion], salt, sodium phosphates, natural flavor, coated with: corn flour, enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], salt, corn starch, spices, paprika, maltodextrin, caramel color, garlic powder, extractives of paprika).
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.