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4 Steps to Add Value to Your Private Label Brand with Kosher Certification
September 2023
By Etan Mayo, MBA – Private Label Specialist at OK Kosher If you’re like most CPG brand owners, you are always looking to improve brand image, increase recognition, and bolster sales.  And to those to which it’s relevant, private labelling ...
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Ilana Klein

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High Pressure Processing (HPP) in Kosher Manufacturing
August 2023
What are the advantages, disadvantages, and implications for kosher? High Pressure Processing, or HHP, uses physical pressure instead of heat to kill pathogens and secure shelf life in food products.  This pressure is applied to the outside of the product ...
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Ilana Klein

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What’s the Problem with Palm Oil?
July 2022
The Implications of Palm Oil: Exploring What’s Practical, Ethical, and Kosher. Food industry professionals aren’t the only ones talking about one of the world’s most common food commodities: palm oil.  It seems everyone from economists to the eco-conscious have taken ...
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Ilana Klein

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We Won’t Approve Most Kosher Collagen (or Gelatin). Yes, Even When it Says it’s Kosher.
February 2022
You asked, and we delivered.  One of the most common questions we get from companies looking to get kosher certified is why we don’t approve certain ingredients. Even when they have kosher certification.  And perhaps you’ve found yourself here on ...
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Ilana Klein

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More Plant-Based Brands are Going Kosher (and Vice Versa). Here’s Why.
December 2021
What’s all the hype with classifying foods as plant-based?  From meat replacements, to vegan cheeses and everything non-animal in between, ‘plant-based’ has become a staple household term by now.  Even products with no likeness to anything of animal origin seem ...
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Ilana Klein

CBD is Leading in Kosher Product Trends for 2020

Kosher Product Trends for 2020
January 2020
As another successful year at OK Kosher comes to a close, we’re reflecting on the close to 200 newly certified companies, hundreds of Private Labels and added manufacturing sites for existing clients now part of the OK Kosher family!  And ...
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Ilana Klein

Going Above and Beyond with Beyond Meat
July 2018
by Miri Rotkovitz, MA, RD If you find it hard to imagine going a day without meat, you’re not alone. According to USDA statistics, the average American will consume over 217 pounds of meat in 2019. Yet according to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the ...
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Four Yoplait Kosher Certified Greek Yogurts in Different Flavors

Yoplait Greek Yogurts Now Kosher Certified by OK Kosher
September 2013
Yoplait Greek 100, Liberté Greek and Liberté Méditerranée are now OK Kosher Certified. Greek 100, Yoplait’s hottest product in decades, appeals to health conscious consumers and those who enjoy its thick texture.   The recently released blended Yoplait Greek 100 ...
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Dina Fraenkel

Angelic Bakehouse Kosher Certified Sprouted Seven Grain Bread

Sprouting a Successful Future
June 2013
GMO-­‐FREE GRAINS, NATIONAL KOSHER CERTIFICATION AND NEW NAME POSITION CYBROS THE SPROUTED BAKEHOUSE FOR CONTINUED GROWTH Cybros the Sprouted Bakehouse, a leading producer of fresh sprouted grain breads, today announced that it will use only non-­genetically modified grains, natural sunflower ...
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Dina Fraenkel

Terressentia Fine Beverages Goes Kosher
June 2013
Terressentia, maker of unique, locally produced flavored alcoholic beverages, recently entered into a kosher certification agreement with OK Kosher Certification. The newly kosher certified products, under the brand name Local Choice, include Vodka, Strawberry Kiwi Flavored Vodka, Espresso Flavored Vodka, ...
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Dina Fraenkel

HomeFree Wins About.com 2012 Readers’ Choice Award For Best Allergy Friendly Sweets
April 2012
Windham, NH (PRWEB) HomeFree, LLC recently announced that HomeFree cookies have been selected as the About.com 2012 Readers’ Choice Award winner for best allergy friendly sweets. Now in its fifth year, the About.com Readers’ Choice Awards honor the best products, ...
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Dina Fraenkel