Is Met-rx Big 100 Super Cookie Crunch Meal Replacement Bar 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 and Natural flavors can come from animal sources the label does not name.
- IngredientGlycerin
- 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: Glycerin and Natural flavors.
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- IngredientGlycerin
- IngredientNatural flavors
- CCAR, The Sacred Table on approach to kashrut · BackgroundRead the ruling
No unclean animal ingredients found. Glycerin and Natural flavors can come from animal sources; the label does not say which.
- IngredientGlycerin
- IngredientNatural flavors
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- Biblically clean tier on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
Ingredients as printed
METAMYOSYN® Protein Blend (Cocoa Soy Crisp [Soy Protein Isolate, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Tapioca Starch], Milk Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Concentrate, Egg White, L-Glutamine), Corn Syrup, Sugar, Canola Oil, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Fractionated Palm Kernel And Palm Oil, Fructose, Glycerine, Water, Cocoa, Natural Flavor, Milk, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Whey, Nonfat Milk, Oligofructose, Soy Lecithin, Partially Defatted Peanut Flour, Butterfat, Salt, Xanthan Gum, Almond Butter, Tocopherols Added To Protect Flavor., Potassium Phosphate, Tricalcium Phosphate, Ascorbic Acid, d-Alpha-Tocopherol Acetate, Niacinamide, Zinc Oxide, Copper Gluconate, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Potassium lodide, Cyanocobalamin.
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.