Without contacting Ghirardhelli I would not know which, but knowing something of cost as well as the market demands of vegetarians, would be more likely to assume fish. My assumption is that if it has a reliable, mainstream Orthodox American hashgacha (which would include the Kof-K), that the gelatin is Kolatin or fish derived. This is why yoghurts with such gelatin will bear a plain "K" while other yoghurts from the same company will have an OU. That may seem obvious but in this case it's a specific issue: when a label says "kosher gelatin" it typically means bovine gelatin from non-shechted animals. HOWEVER, if you see an item with "kosher gelatin" in the ingredients, WITHOUT A RELIABLE HASHGACHA, this is problematic. bovine rather than porcine) but that the animals be shechted. The OU requires that gelatin come not only from a kosher animal (I.e. The main issue is the source of the gelatin. There are numerous sources saying that gelatin is no longer fleischig, although at one point the Star-K did say they would not allow gelatin to be used in yoghurts. Go to for kosher alerts and more.įri, Mar 27 2015, 2:07 am The OU considers Kolatin, which is made from beef, to be pareve. There have been instances of things like canned rattlesnake and octopus bearing an (obviously bogus) OU. The numbers of manufacturers putting unauthorized kosher symbols on their packages is staggering. When in doubt, contact the hashgacha organization. If a hashgacha seems suspicious, it probably is. I am not sure whether gelatin with Conservative hashgacha has to come from kosher shechted animals my guess would be that it does not, based on the same logic that declares it pareve. Formulas change.)Ĭonservative kashrut accepts beef gelatin as a neutral material on the premise that it has been so processed and broken down chemically that it is its own thing and bears no relation to meat. (Moral of the story, always read the label of every package you buy, every time you buy it. But I could be wrong here, as reliable kashrut agencies allow teas with milchik ingredients to be made under their hashgachot, and goodness knows lots of people serve tea after their fleishik Shabbos meals. And considering that candy is something often eaten between meals as a snack and is usually pareve or milchik, I think reliable kashrut agencies would hesitate to allow fleishik candies to be sold commercially. In practice, I would be very surprised if reliably kosher candies would be made with gelatin and not be at least labeled fleishik. Rabbanim differ as to whether or not they consider gelatin to be fleishik.
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