Is jelly a kosher food

Answer 1

AnswerAs you read the following answers, keep in mind the following:

• major companies do not always certify their products as kosher in all markets
• Kosher gelatin, at least in North America, is always parve.

In the western US (and maybe other areas) Jello brand gelatins contains a K, which is NOT a valid heksher. It only means the company thinks their product contains no unkosher ingredients.

Jello brand puddings contain a Circle K, which IS a valid heksher of the Organized Kashrus Laboratories, in Brooklyn NY.

Answer:Jello brand gelatin is not kosher. However, there are kosher brands of flavoured gelatin on the market, these are made from either seaweed, fish bones, and cow. Answer:

I have heard answers to this question which are consistent. But, until we get an official response from jello manufacturers, it may be urban myth. To be sure, the product packaging should have the rabbinical authority mark of a U in a circle followed by the letter D (for dairy) or P (for parve). However, as the story goes, certain manufacturers took advantage of a loop hole in the law to deceive the public. The letter K can not be copyrighted or registered as a trademark. So, without the official rabbinical assurance that jello is kosher, they put the letter K on the package. However, jello is made from the waste connective tissues of any butchered animal, including pork and horse, neither of which is kosher. So, unless the package assures you that there are no pork or horse byproducts used to make jello, it is NOT Kosher!

Answer:Corrections to the previous answer:OU-P means kosher for Passover. If a product is parve it may, or may not, have the world Parve displayed.

Waste connective tissues of a kosher animal is not kosher unless the animal was slaughtered and inspected according to Jewish Law.

As an observant orthodox Jew, I can tell you what I have been told by rabbis and others in the Jewish community.

"Jello" gelatin uses the animal by-products of non-kosher animals.

To check for authentic kosher products, look an the label for the rabbinical seal of approval: a U within a circle. If the product is dairy, it will have a small D or KD; if the product is parve, it will have a small P or KP; if it is a meat product, the rabbinical authorities do not put a special mark, just the U within a circle. Observant Jews know where to go to find a kosher butcher and which animals are kosher or not. A good example of this is the markings found on "Hebrew National" meat products.

Since you can not copyright a letter of the alphabet, the "Jello" company started putting a K on their products to mislead Jews into thinking that it was kosher.

As a note for non-Jews who keep changing this answer; until you have learned the mitzvot of kosher and how to recognize official rabbinical markings of kosher products, please stop changing this answer!

Moshe David ben Avraham b'eretz Yisrael

More Info:Gelatin is a protein produced by partial hydrolysis of collagen extracted from the bones, connective tissues, organs and some intestines of various animals. The question is if this process produces a new substance or not according to Jewish Law. If so then it might be kosher and parve. This would need to be determined by qualified rabbinical authority. A better solution is to produce gelatin from other kosher sources, such as plants or fish.

Answer 2

That depends; the FDA and USDA requirements for removal of bugs in vegetables is not as strict as the Jewish commandment to not eat any. So while technically yes, what is called vegetarian may in fact not be 100% free of animal or bug product.

Answer 3

Not necessarily. Even though something is kosher, it does not mean it is free from any animal meat. Kosher usually means no pork, shellfish, etc. Anything that The Bible says not to eat, is what kosher products refrain from using. Gelatin is made from animals, even the kosher brand. The website link below will explain it a little bit better.

It's made of cow, instead of pig- so it's not vegetarian. Agar agar (E406), derived from sea vegetables, is probably the easiest thing to replace it as it can be used in the same quantities as gelatin.

Answer 4

Jelloâ„¢brand gelatin is not acceptable. Kosher "jello" can be made with kosher gelatin, made from fish or from the bones and hides of kosher animals, or with agar agar or carrageenan, or some similar vegetarian gelling agent.

Here are the ingredients from a package of Elyon™ brand kosher gelatin (raspberry flavor): Sugar, Kolatinâ„¢Kosher Gelatin, Adipic Acid (provides tartness), Disodium Phosphate (controls acidity), Fumaric Acid (provides tartness), Artificial Flavor, Artificial Color (FD & C Red #40).

Answer 5

No. The majority of kosher gelatin is made from fish skin gelatin. Some kosher gelatin is made from cow hide.

There is kosher gelatin is made from seaweed with no animal products.

Answer 6

Jelly can be kosher, you'd have to check the package for kosher certification.

Answer 7

No. Gelatin is not vegetarian.

Answer 8

No, it isn't.