Five traditions, side by side
Pick one in the header and every verdict on the site reads through it. Nothing is ranked; the facts stay the same and the lens changes.
Orthodox
Recognized certifying agency
A recognized hechsher on the package, with optional stricter dairy and bread standards.
- Hechsher
- Required
- We check
- Recognized hechsher; sub-options for chalav Yisrael and pas Yisrael.
- Rulings
- 4 on file
Conservative
CJLS teshuvot (Rabbinical Assembly)
Certification preferred, with published CJLS rulings on specific ingredients.
- Hechsher
- Preferred
- We check
- Hechsher, plus CJLS ingredient rulings (gelatin, hard cheese, kitniyot on Passover).
- Rulings
- 6 on file
Messianic
MJRC standards of observance
Torah kashrut as the Messianic Jewish Rabbinical Council frames it.
- Hechsher
- Per MJRC standards
- We check
- Hechsher and ingredients against MJRC standards.
- Rulings
- 4 on file · pending MJRC review
Reform
CCAR guidance (The Sacred Table)
Informed personal choice. We show the facts; you decide.
- Hechsher
- Not required
- We check
- Facts only: hechsher, ingredient flags, designation. No verdict is issued.
- Rulings
- 1 on file
Biblically clean
Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14
Clean and unclean animals as Scripture lists them. No certification required.
- Hechsher
- Not required
- We check
- Ingredients: pork derivatives, shellfish, lard, gelatin source, carmine, blood.
- Rulings
- 6 on file