Is Stouffer's Mac & Cheese kosher?
12 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. Cheese with rennet is permitted per the CJLS ruling on cheeses.
- IngredientHard cheese
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- Conservative practice on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
- CJLS (Rabbi Isaac Klein) on cheese and rennet · Permits cheese and rennetRead the ruling
No hechsher, and Mono- and diglycerides and Natural flavors can come from animal sources the label does not name.
- IngredientMono- and diglycerides
- 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: Mono- and diglycerides and Natural flavors.
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- IngredientMono- and diglycerides
- IngredientNatural flavors
- CCAR, The Sacred Table on approach to kashrut · BackgroundRead the ruling
No unclean animal ingredients found. Mono- and diglycerides and Natural flavors can come from animal sources; the label does not say which.
- IngredientMono- and diglycerides
- IngredientNatural flavors
- LabelMarked Dairy (D)
- Biblically clean tier on certification · BackgroundRead the ruling
Ingredients as printed
Cheddar cheese sauce: skim milk, water, cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color), cheddar club cheese (cheddar cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], water, salt, annatto color), bleached wheat flour, margarine (soybean oil, water, vegetable mono & diglycerides, salt, natural flavor, vitamin a palmitate added, vitamin d3), soybean oil, salt, potassium chloride, xanthan gum, yeast extract, lactic acid, calcium lactate. cooked pasta: water, semolina wheat flour, wheat gluten.
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.