The first two days (sundown of Friday, March 30—sundown Sunday, April 1 and last two days (sundown of Thursday, April 5—Motza’ei Shabbat, April 7) are observed with Shabbat restrictions on work and creative activity, with the exceptions of carrying and the use of fire (with respect to cooking and preparation of food). An erev tavshilin...Read More

Many Jewish people have been getting ready for Purim — by baking hamantaschen cookies, triangular treats made of dough with poppy seeds or fruit jam in the middle. Asked what the dessert signifies, many celebrants would quickly answer that they’re in the shape of the triangular hat supposedly worn by Haman, the villain of the...Read More

Most Americans eat food which is kosher every day, but chances are they are not aware of it. Take a walk down the aisle of any supermarket and you will see that Kosher symbols appears on an ever-growing list of America’s kosher certified foods. Over $? billion of Kosher certified products are consumed annually, and...Read More

All of Guayakí’s products are certified kosher. To keep up with the increasing demand for quality, Guayaki has undergone all the requirements to become certified kosher from Kosher Supervision of America (KSA). In doing so, our processing plant was thoroughly inspected by a Kosher Rabbi. The Rabbi found the cleanliness and sanitation to be of...Read More

Each kosher certifying agency around the world has its own policies and procedures, as well as its trademarked symbol. Whether or not a product will be accepted is based on the standards, reliability and most importantly the symbol familiarity of the certifying agency in the marketplace. Consider the agency’s reliability among kosher authorities and its...Read More

New York…2018 is already shaping up to be a year of more innovation, creativity and expansion. In interviews with a half dozen food mavens, there was agreement that 2018 would be a year of moving more into the natural and organic, both as ingredients and as a blend for customary foods. “We’ve gone well beyond...Read More

KSA – The products are Pareve (contain neither milk or meat ingredients). KSA-D – The products are Dairy. These products either contain dairy ingredients or have been processed on dairy equipment. *Products are endorsed as kosher only when bearing the KSA symbol on the label. Consumers are directed to check the ingredient panel of products on...Read More

Jerusalem – by Menachem Lubinsky – Chanukah is in the air and in the open Machne Yehuda market sufganiyot (doughnuts) are already filling stalls. “Most people can’t wait till Chanukah for the sufganiyot,” says Mish, one of the many vendors displaying almost every flavor filling a sufganiya. So what’s the most popular flavor? Jelly is...Read More

Kosher Supervision of America – KSA does NOT certify any Frozen Yogurt / Soft Serve Yogurt stores. WE ONLY CERTIFY THE PRODUCTS IN THEIR ORIGINAL SEALED CONTAINERS WHEN BEARING THE KSA-D SYMBOL.Read More

DE stands for “Dairy Equipment” and means that a hot product, while pareve in its essence, has been manufactured using equipment that was also used to manufacture hot dairy products where no kosherization occurred in between.Read More