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Passover 5768 Product List

Legend:

 Any – Permissible without any special certification or certification for Pesach

Any Kosher – Permissible for Pesach provided it has regular reliable Kosher Certification

Cert – Required Reliable Certification for Pesach specifically.

Kitniyot – A list of products classified as Kitniyot can be found at www.seattlevaad.org/Kitniot.html

ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING YOUR SPECIFIC CUSTOMS OR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PREVIOUS YEARS’ LISTS AND THIS YEAR SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO YOUR RABBI.

Product        

Ashkenazim

Sephardim

Air Fresheners

Any

Any

Airline Meals

Cert

Cert

Alcohol, Isopropyl

Any

Any

Aluminum Foil, Disposable Pans

Any

Any

Ammonia

Any

Any

Anchovies, canned

Cert

OK w/Salt and/or Olive Oil only

Antacids

Cert

Cert – Tums not permitted

Apple Juice

Cert

100% w/no additive OK

Apple Sauce

Cert

Mott’s: plain, cinnamon, chunky, natural

Baby Cereal

Cert

Discuss with your Rabbi

Baby Food

Cert – Note: Beech Nut is not doing Passover Certification this year.

Beechnut Babies First Water, Golden Delicious Applesauce, Chiquita Bananas, Yellow Cling Peaches, Bartlett Pears, Tender Sweet Peas, Butternut Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans, Apples & Apricots, Bananas, Cherries, California Peaches, Carrots & Peas, Mixed Vegetables, Plum with Apples, Tropical Blend Nectar, Prunes with Pears and Plums with Apples & Rice, Gerber St. Applesauce, Bananas, Peaches, Pears, Prunes, Carrots, Green Beans, Peas, Potatoes, Squash, Sweet Potatoes, 2nd Apple Blueberry, Applesauce, Applesauce Apricot, Apricots with Tapioca, Banana with Pineapple with Tapioca, Bananas with Tapioca, Peaches, Pears, Pear Pineapple, Plums with Tapioca, Prunes with Tapioca, Beets, Carrots, Creamed Corn, Garden Vegetables, green Beans, Peas, Squash, Sweet Potato, 3rd Apple Banana, Apple Blueberry, Applesauce, Apricots with Tapioca, Banana Pineapple with Tapioca, Banana Strawberry with Tapioca, Bananas with Tapioca, Fruit Salad, Peaches, Plum with Tapioca, Carrots, Squash and Sweet Potatoes.

Baby Formula

Any Kosher: Use separate utensils due to Kitniyot

Any Kosher

Baby Oil, Creams, Ointments, Powder, Wipes

Any, but wipes only without Alcohol

Any

Baking Powder

Cert

Cert

Baking Soda

Any

Any

Balloons

Without powder

Without powder

Band-Aids

Any

Any

Benefiber

Not permitted – chometz

Not permitted – chometz

Beverages (except unflavored water/seltzer)

Cert

Cert

Bicarbonate of Soda

Any

Any

Butter

Cert

Cert

Candles

Any

Any

Candy

Cert

Cert

Canola Oil

Not permitted

Not permitted

Carrots – raw, including baby carrots, peeled carrots without additives

Any

Any

Cereal

Cert

Cert

Charcoal Briquettes

Any

Any

Cheese

Cert

Cert

Chicken, Turkey (ground)

Cert

Cert

Chicken, Turkey in BBQ Sauce

Cert

Cert

Chicken, Turkey Raw, Fresh or Frozen (not ground)

Any Kosher

Any kosher

Chocolate Chips

Cert

Any kosher

Cleansers – Powders, Liquids

Any

Any

Cocoa Powder

Domestic – Any Kosher; Outside US – Cert

Any Kosher

Coconut Flakes

Cert

Cert

Coffee Drinks

Cert

Cert

Coffee Filters

Any

Any

Coffee, Decaf & Instant, Any Flavored

 

Cert (Folgers & Nescafe Taster’s Choice Regular [not decaf] Instant Coffee are acceptable with a plain OU)

Coffee, Whole & Ground Caffeinated, Unflavored

Any

Any

Contact Lens Products

Any

Any

Contact Paper

Any

Any

Cookies (note: for those who eat Matza Shemura only, Matza Shemura cookies are required)

Cert

Cert

Cooking Wine

Cert

Cert

Cooking/Food Release Sprays

Cert

Pam - original and butter flavor; any all natural olive oil sprays

Cottage Cheese

Cert

Cert

Cranberry Sauce

Cert

Cert

Dental Floss

Any unflavored

Any unflavored

Denture Products

Any

Any

Deodorants

Any

Any

Dish and Dishwasher Detergents

Any

Any

Dried Fruit

Cert (Dole & Del Monte Raisins are are acceptable with a plain OU)

New packages without powder coating

Dried Milk

Cert

Dry Milk: Alba, Carnation non-fat dry milk (not chalav yisrael)

Dried Vegetables

Cert

Pure without additives

Egg Substitutes

Cert

Cert

Eggs

Any – purchase before Pesach

Any-purchase before Pesach

Ensure

Consult Rabbi

Regular, Plain, Light, Plus, Puddings; Ensure Fiber is chometz

Fish Fillets, Frozen, Raw, Unseasoned, Plain, No Additives

Any kosher

Any kosher

Fruits, Canned

Cert

Cert

Fruits, Frozen

Any without additives

Any without additives

Furniture Polish

Any

Any

Gefilte Fish

Cert

Cert

Gelatin Desserts and Puddings

Cert