Is Perfect Bar Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Protein Bar kosher under Orthodox standards?

Kosher under the OU. Orthodox Union certification, dairy.

Is Perfect Bar Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Protein Bar kosher under Conservative standards?

Kosher under the OU. Orthodox Union certification is accepted in Conservative practice.

Is Perfect Bar Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Protein Bar kosher under Messianic standards?

Kosher under the OU, per MJRC standards. Orthodox Union certification is respected under MJRC standards of observance.

Is Perfect Bar Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Protein Bar kosher under Reform standards?

Here are the facts; the choice is yours. Certified by OU. No commonly questioned ingredients.

Is Perfect Bar Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Protein Bar kosher under Biblically clean standards?

Clean per Leviticus 11. No ingredient from an unclean animal appears on the label.

Is Perfect Bar Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Protein Bar kosher?

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Verdict by tradition

Ingredients as printed

Peanut Butter, Honey, Nonfat Dry Milk, Dried Whole Egg Powder, Rice Protein, Dried Whole Food Powders (Kale, Flax Seed, Rose Hip, Orange, Lemon, Papaya, Tomato, Apple, Alfalfa, Celery, Kelp, Dulse, Carrot, Spinach), Flax Seed Oil, Sesame Seed Oil, Olive Oil, Pumpkin Seed Oil, Dark Chocolate (Chocolate, Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter), Sea Salt

Not yet classified: Dried Whole Egg Powder, Dried Whole Food Powders, Flax Seed, Rose Hip, Papaya, Alfalfa, Kelp, Dulse, Flax Seed Oil

Rulings behind these verdicts

Recognized certifying agency on certification

OrthodoxRequires hechsher

Processed foods are relied upon only with a recognized hechsher, because ingredients, equipment and processing aids cannot be verified from the label alone. Hey Kosher reports what is printed on the package; the agency has the final word.

Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah 118-119; contemporary agency practice

Conservative practice on certification

ConservativeInformationalour summary, pending review

A reliable hechsher is the preferred way to establish that a processed food is kosher. Where none is present, the ingredient list is read against CJLS rulings and the result is marked for your judgement.

Rabbinical Assembly, "A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice" (Klein, 1979), ch. 21

MJRC Standards of Observance on certification

MessianicInformationalour summary, pending review

A recognized hechsher settles the question. Without one, the ingredient list is read for unclean species and questionable animal derivatives.

MJRC Standards of Observance, Kashrut section

MJRC Standards of Observance on kashrut as a whole

MessianicInformationalour summary, pending review

The MJRC standards call members to a Torah-based kashrut: biblically clean species, separation of meat and dairy, and respect for the kosher certification system. Hey Kosher's reading of these standards is pending MJRC review.

Messianic Jewish Rabbinical Council, Standards of Observance, Kashrut section

CCAR, The Sacred Table on approach to kashrut

ReformInformational

Reform Judaism frames kashrut as informed personal and communal choice, weighing tradition, ethics and sustainability. Hey Kosher shows you the facts on the label and does not issue a verdict for this tier.

Mary L. Zamore (ed.), The Sacred Table: Creating a Jewish Food Ethic (CCAR Press, 2011)

Leviticus 11 on clean and unclean animals

Biblically cleanForbids

Land animals must both chew the cud and have a split hoof. Pig, camel, hare and rock badger are named as unclean, and their flesh and fat are not to be eaten.

Leviticus 11:3-8; Deuteronomy 14:4-8

Biblically clean tier on certification

Biblically cleanInformational

This tier reads the ingredient list against Scripture's clean and unclean lists. It does not require rabbinic certification and does not separate meat and dairy.

Tier definition

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.