Is Great Value Chocolate Chip Chewy Granola Bars 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 Natural flavors and Glycerin can come from animal sources the label does not name.
- IngredientNatural flavors
- 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: Natural flavors and Glycerin.
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- IngredientNatural flavors
- IngredientGlycerin
- CCAR, The Sacred Table on approach to kashrut · BackgroundRead the ruling
No unclean animal ingredients found. Natural flavors and Glycerin can come from animal sources; the label does not say which.
- IngredientNatural flavors
- IngredientGlycerin
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- Biblically clean tier on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
Ingredients as printed
Granola (whole grain rolled oats, whole grain brown rice flour, sugar, whole wheat flakes, high oleic canola oil, molasses, enriched wheat flour [bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], calcium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, nonfat dry milk, soy lecithin, caramel color), corn syrup, semisweet chocolate chunks (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, anhydrous dextrose, soy lecithin, vanillin [an artificial flavor]), whole grain brown rice flour, sugar, corn syrup solids, glycerin, dried coconut, palm oil, invert sugar, less than 2% of: calcium carbonate, molasses, soy lecithin, salt, cocoa, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, mixed tocopherols (a preservative), caramel color, prune juice concentrate.
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.