Kashrut

The Synagogue keeps strictly kosher, with facilities for both meat and dairy. Kosher meat is available through the Synagogue cooperative.

Congregation Kol Ami

Youth Lounge Dairy Potluck Policy

Appendix B

Foods which do not require kosher symbols

Applesauce (unflavored only)
Baby Corn (canned - not from China)
Baking Powder
Baking Soda
Bamboo Shoots (canned- NOT from China)
Basmati Rice (unseasoned)
Beans (dried) canned beans must have a hechsher
Beets (canned - without flavor or color added)
Brown Sugar
Cane Juice
Carob Powder
Carrots (canned)
Cheeses (hard or soft cheeses, factory packaged (not deli-sliced), with no additional ingredients added)
Cinnamon Sugar
Cocoa
Coffee (unflavored)
Coconut Milk (not from China)
Corn (plain and cream style - frozen or canned)
Corn Grits
Corn Meal
Corn Starch
Corn Syrup
Couscous (unseasoned)
Dried Fruits (when there are no additional flavors added)
Eggs (raw, whole, non-processed. However, they should be checked for blood spots)
Evaporated Milk (with no additives - from the U.S.)
Fish (fresh or fresh frozen fish with fins and scales)
Flour (plain only - without enzymes)
Fruits - most plain, canned and frozen fruits with no added ingredients besides water, salt, sugar, corn syrup, corn sweetener, citric acid, ascorbic acid, are acceptable without certification. Calcium chloride, lactic acid and ferrous glutamate do not require certification. Flavorings or colorings in the ingredients require certification.
Grape juice must have a hechsher if used for kiddush
Green Beans (canned)
Hearts of Palm (canned)
Honey (pure, unflavored)
Juices: (fresh or frozen) apple, cranberry, grapefruit, orange and pineapple juice, either fresh or from concentrate, do not need certification at present time. This is only when these are pure juices with no additives such as flavorings, or glycerin.
Lemon Juice
Lemonade (clear only, with no added flavor)
Lime Juice
Maple Syrup (from Canada or Vermont)
Molasses
Milk (in the U.S. or Canada only. Cow milk with no added ingredients other than vitamins)
Miso (unflavored)
Mixed Vegetables (canned)
Mushrooms (canned - in water and citric acid NOT from China)
Mustard (ground - powder)
Nori (seaweed sheets)
Nuts (plain, dry roasted with no oil or other ingredients besides salt on the label, or raw)
Oats (unflavored)
Okra (canned)
Olives (domestic without vinegar or propolyn glycol)
Peas (canned)
Peas and Carrots (canned)
Pimientos
Polenta (non-processed, unseasoned)
Popcorn Kernels (plain with no oil, flavoring etc.)
Raisins (plain, with no oil listed)
Rice (plain, with no oil listed)
Rice Pasta (containing only rice flour and water)
Rock Candy (unflavored only)
Saccharin (as an ingredient)
Sake (pure)
Salt
Seltzer (unflavored only)
Semolina
Soy Beans
Spices (pure)
Starch
Sugar (regular, powdered and brown)
Tapioca (pearls)
Tea (unflavored)
Vegetables (fresh and frozen pure)
Wasabi Powder
Water (unflavored only)
Wheat
Wheat Germ (with no added ingredients)
Yams (canned)
Yeast (regular, not wine yeast)