Is Healthy Choice Beef Merlot 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. Grape ingredients are noted per the CJLS ruling on wine.
- IngredientWine
- LabelMarked Meat
- Conservative practice on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
- CJLS (Rabbi Elliot Dorff, 1985) on wine and grape products · BackgroundRead 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: Wine and Natural flavors.
- LabelMarked Meat
- IngredientWine
- 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 Meat
- Biblically clean tier on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
Ingredients as printed
Sauce (water, onions, merlot wine, modified corn starch, beef flavor [cooked beef, yeast extract, beef tallow, beef extract, flavoring, salt, sugar, vegetable juice concentrates {onion, carrot, celery}, lactic acid], contains 2% or less of: burgundy wine, salt, canola oil, garlic, butter [cream, salt], flavorings), seasoned cooked beef and binder product (beef, water, contains 2% or less of: caramel color, dextrose, seasoning [natural flavor, salt, maltodextrin, dried whey, dried cauliflower, sesame oil], modified corn starch, potassium chloride, potassium phosphate, salt, sodium phosphates, spice extractives), russet potatoes, green beans, carrots. contains: milk.
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.