Is Smart Balance Smart Balance Whipped Buttery Spread kosher?
13 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.
- Conservative practice on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
No hechsher, and Natural flavors and Mono- and diglycerides can come from animal sources the label does not name.
- IngredientNatural flavors
- IngredientMono- and diglycerides
- 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 Mono- and diglycerides.
- IngredientNatural flavors
- IngredientMono- and diglycerides
- CCAR, The Sacred Table on approach to kashrut · BackgroundRead the ruling
No unclean animal ingredients found. Natural flavors and Mono- and diglycerides can come from animal sources; the label does not say which.
- IngredientNatural flavors
- IngredientMono- and diglycerides
- Biblically clean tier on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
Ingredients as printed
vegetable oil blend (canola, palm, extra virgin olive, and flaxseed oils), water, less than 2 percent of: salt, pea protein, natural and artificial flavors, sunflower lecithin, vitamin a palmitate, beta carotene (color), vitamin d, monoglycerides of vegetable fatty acids (emulsifier), and potassium sorbate, lactic acid, tbhq and calcium disodium edta (to protect freshness),
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.