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 FAQ
  1.  If grape juice is listed in the ingredient panel, is the grape juice mevushal?
  2.  Are Tabatchnik Soups that are certified KOF-K Dairy, Cholov Yisroel?
  3.  What is the proper brocha for Food-For-Life Ezekiel Bread (flourless)?
  4.  What is the Pas Yisroel status of Food-For-Life?
  5.  What is the Pas Yisroel status of The Baker?
  6.  What is the Passover status of Seaworthy salmon fillets?
  7.  What is the Cholov Yisroel status of KOF-K certified products?
  8.  What is the Pas Yisroel status of Tofutti Cuties?
  9.  What is the Yoshon status of Tradition Soups?
  10.  What is the Yoshon status of Food-For-Life products?
  11.  What are KOF-K standards concerning hotels, tours, and cruises?
  12.  Does KOF-K rely on the "heter mechira" for Shmittah?
  13.  Sprouted Whole Kernel Corn Tortillas – Food for Life
  14.  Sprouted Grain English Muffins – Food for Life
  15.  Beracha on Brown Rice Tortillas – Food for Life
  16.  Gabila knishes ----Are they Bishul Yisroel?
 
 ANSWERS
 
Q: If grape juice is listed in the ingredient panel, is the grape juice mevushal?
A: All the grape juice used in products that are certified by the KOF-K is always mevushal.
 
Q: Are Tabatchnik Soups that are certified KOF-K Dairy, Cholov Yisroel?
A: Tabatchnick soups are NOT Cholov Yisroel.
 
Q: What is the proper brocha for Food-For-Life Ezekiel Bread (flourless)?
A: The proper brocha for sprouted grain Ezekiel Bread is Hamotzi.
 
Q: What is the Pas Yisroel status of Food-For-Life?
A: All KOF-K certified Food-For-Life products, with the exception of pita bread, are Pas Yisroel. Pita bread is KOF-K Parve, but not Pas Yisroel.
 
Q: What is the Pas Yisroel status of The Baker?
A: All breads manufactured by The Baker, certified by the KOF-K, are Pas Yisroel when bearing the KOF-K Parve symbol.
 
Q: What is the Passover status of Seaworthy salmon fillets?
A: Seaworthy salmon fillets that are unseasoned and unflavored are Kosher for Passover, even without the Kosher for Passover symbol. Blackened salmon is not certified Kosher for Passover.
 
Q: What is the Cholov Yisroel status of KOF-K certified products?
A: Products certified by the KOF-K as Kosher-Dairy are generally NOT Cholov Yisroel, unless it is specifically indicated on the packaging.
 
Q: What is the Pas Yisroel status of Tofutti Cuties?
A: Tofutti Cuties (Parve ice cream sandwiches) are Pas Yisroel.
 
Q: What is the Yoshon status of Tradition Soups?
A: Tradition soups are NOT certified as Yoshon.
 
Q: What is the Yoshon status of Food-For-Life products?
A: Food-For-Life products are NOT certified as Yoshon.
 
Q: What are KOF-K standards concerning hotels, tours, and cruises?
A: Any hotel, tour or cruise has to comply with all aspects of Orthodox Jewish life. Besides the kitchen which, of course, meets the highest standards of kashrus, KOF-K supervised facilities only have separate swimming, family entertainment with no Kol Isha,  and no gambling.
 
Q: Does KOF-K rely on the "heter mechira" for Shmittah?
A: NO. Israeli products which carry KOF-K certification are "shomer shvi'is", mehadrin, and trumos and ma' asros are taken. All Israeli products certified KOF-K Dairy are exclusively Cholov Yisroel.  
 
Q: Sprouted Whole Kernel Corn Tortillas – Food for Life
A: The Food for Life company makes sprouted whole kernel corn tortillas. The product is made without corn meal or corn flour. The correct beracha is hadama.  
 
Q: Sprouted Grain English Muffins – Food for Life
A: The Food for Life Company has four English muffin varieties.

Genesis 1:29- is made with organic sprouted wheat flour, and the beracha is hamotzei.

7- Sprouted Grains- is made with organic sprouted wheat, and the beracha is hamotzei.

 

Ezekiel 4:9- Cinnamon Raisin – is made with organic sprouted wheat, and the beracha is hamotzei.

Ezekiel 4:9- is made with organic sprouted wheat and organic sprouted millet, but the beracha is hamotzei.

 
Q: Beracha on Brown Rice Tortillas – Food for Life
A: The Food for Life company makes a brown rice tortilla. When rice is made into flour and used in making bread, the beracha on the bread is a mezonos. It is different than other grains in that if fills one up, but since it is not one of the five  grains, the beracha is not hamotzei.

Therefore, the correct beracha for this product is mezonos.
 
Q: Gabila knishes ----Are they Bishul Yisroel?
A:  There is a discussion in the poskim if steaming is considered bishul. The opinion of the Shulchan Aruch is that smoking is not subject to the laws of bishul akum. There is a debate in the poskim if steam is comparable to smoking or not. The opinion of  There is a discussion in the poskim if one is able to rely on a pilot light. The Kof-K relies on the pilot light and considers it bishul yisroel.