{"id":14405,"date":"2019-11-05T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=14405"},"modified":"2019-10-25T12:38:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T16:38:02","slug":"kosher-marshmallows-and-gelatin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/05\/kosher-marshmallows-and-gelatin\/","title":{"rendered":"KOSHER MARSHMALLOWS AND GELATIN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/n1377254.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/n1377254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/n1377254-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At this year\u2019s Natural Products Expo East we saw Hudson Valley marshmallows that had gelatin in the ingredients and was labeled OU D (kosher). When we asked the exhibitor, we were told it was kosher beef gelatin, so not vegetarian. Their promotional materials said it was dairy-free, though manufactured in a facility that processes milk. An OU-D (U in a circle) symbol means the product contains dairy or has been on dairy equipment. <br> <br>Though there may be an assumption that a beef product couldn&#8217;t be kosher and consumed with dairy, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/oukosher.org\/blog\/consumer-kosher\/gelatin-revisited\/\">https:\/\/oukosher.org\/blog\/consumer-kosher\/gelatin-revisited\/<\/a> &#8220;due to the method of processing the hides, gelatin produced from all parts of the hide are considered pareve and may be used with dairy.&#8221; So if you are vegan and\/or vegetarian, if a product is kosher and contains gelatin, you should check the source of the gelatin. <br> <br>Also at Natural Products Expo, we saw Smash marshmallows, which their promotional materials marked as containing kosher certified gelatin. The exhibitor told us this contained bovine gelatin. <br> <br>When getting warm with vegan hot chocolate on a chilly day, you may want to check out Dandies: <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/dandiesmarshmallows.com\/\">http:\/\/dandiesmarshmallows.com\/<\/a> They too indicate their marshmallows are kosher, but do not contain gelatin and are vegan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this year\u2019s Natural Products Expo East we saw Hudson Valley marshmallows that had gelatin in the ingredients and was labeled OU D (kosher). When we asked the exhibitor, we were told it was kosher beef gelatin, so not vegetarian. Their promotional materials said it was dairy-free, though manufactured in a facility that processes milk. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14408,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14405\/revisions\/14408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}