Jelly Belly Candy Company Steps Up to OU Kosher Certification: Sunkist Fruit Gems and Fruit Slices Are Now Made By the Company Known for the Finest Jelly Beans
Spangler and the OU: Make a Dandy, Candy Combination
From the Editor:
Zachlawi Fig Arak
Personal Notes by Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran
Transitioning Traditional Kosher Brands to the Mainstream: There are two new truths in the kosher food industry. FIRST, kosher isn’t just gefilte fish and borscht anymore. SECOND, a typical kosher shopper isn’t a bubbie named Sadie Rosenberg.
by Gayle Schindler
OU and Tribune Company Affiliate to Place Cents-Off Coupon Inserts in Major Newspapers Nationwide, in Certified Kosher Marketing Initiative
The OU’s Spice Maven: Tells Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
by Rabbi Israel Rothenberg
OU Companies Speak:
Adding Spice to Life: Gel Spice Company Proudly Displays OU Symbol on its Products
OU Certification Enhances R.L Schreiber, Inc.’s Quality Culture
The flowering of La Flor: A Spice Company Blossoms Under OU Certification
What’s New With Nu? A Spice Company Grows, With Its OU Certification
Foran Puts Spice in the OU
Schiff Food Products Spices Up Its Customers’ Business
The Move Away From Trans Fats & Your OU Kosher Program
by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
Kosher Organic: A Natural (And Profitable) Match
by Bayla Sheva Brenner
Is Your OU Kosher Program Running Smoothly
The China Syndrome: Booming in Finances and in Kosher Too
by Rabbi Mordechai Grunberg
A Fine China For The Kosher Palate: OU Business Is Booming in the Steadily Growing Giant
by Rabbi Donneal Epstein
Going Kosher has Become Good Business in China
by Evan Osnos (Chicago Tribune)
An Ingredient for Success: The IAR Ensures Standards That The Consumer Associates With OU Kosher Certification
by Rabbi Raymond Morrison
Rabbi, Wine is Fine, but Liquor?: Interesting Kosher Issues in the Liquor Industry by Rabbi Aharon Brun-Kestler
OU Companies Speak:
Anticipation is Bubbling Over for Zachlawi Fig Arak
Here Are the Cold Facts About Iceberg Vodka Corporation
A Pasteurizer Speaks Out: Being Kosherized and Loving It
by: Rabbi Avrohom Stone
Don’t Look Now, But Nanotechnology Deals With Substances You Can’t See, But Have An Impact On Kosher!
by Rabbi Eliyahu W. Ferrell
Kosher Food For the Princeton Tiger: How the Ou Partners With the Dining Hall at the Ivy League Campus
OU/SGS Partnership: Sub-Title: To Enable Simultaneous Kosher Supervision and Certification Audits
by Rabbi Gad Buchbinder
At Twin Rivers Technologies, OU Kosher Glycerin Is Now in Production
All in a day’s Work (Actually Many Days): Twin Rivers and OU Kosher Make a Complex Kosherization a Realityby: Rabbi Avrohom Stone
OU Companies Speak
In the Plain of Spain: An OU Rabbinic Coordinator Seeks Out Olives and Other Kosher Products by: Rabbi Aharon Brun-Kestler
Aceites y Salsas Muela: Expands into the Olive Oil Business with Help from the OU
La Morella Nuts Provides Ingredients for Recipes That Are Both Tasty and Healthful
The Olives of Seville: Loreto Specialty Foods S.L. Supplies OU Certified Olives to Worldwide Market, Including United States
Mario Camacho Foods Merges Seville with Omaha, with Quality and Safety as the Goals
Upstate Stories
Fortitech Holds the Fort
OU and Fortitech: A Mutually Fortifying Relationship
OU Profile: Rabbi Zvi Goodman
Captive Audience: OU Kosher Provides Meals for the New York State Prison System by: Seth Eben Shapiro
Rabbi Bomzer’s Capital District OU Route
OU RFR Profile: Rabbi Moshe Bomzer
Birds of the Bible: Solving the Mystery of Which of the Species Are Kosher And Which Are Not by: Rabbi Chaim Loike
In An Absolute World: The Most Iconic Vodka Receives the Kosher Seal of Approval of the Orthodox Union
OU Kosher’s China Syndrome: How I Traveled to Shanghai to Promote the World’s Most Popular Kashrut Symbol and Experienced a Shabbat to Remember by: Phyllis Koegel
World-Wide Window to OU Kosher by: Bayla Sheva Brenner
Ask The Rabbi: Tanker Trailers by: Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz
It’s Anchovy Time by: Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
At Kingsburg Orchards, Kosher Coatings Make Their Fruits Peachy Keen by: Rabbi Gavriel Price
OU Kosher Supervisor in Louisville Plays Matchmaker Between Certified Companies and JFVS Food Pantry
Editor’s Letter: A Winning Story
by Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran
Survey Finds OU the Clear Leader in Kosher Certification
OU’s (Growing) Continental Connection
by Bayla Sheva Brenner
US Drives Global Kosher Ingredient Need
by Jess Halliday
Anuga: A Trade Show Lover’s Dream by Phyllis Koegel
ESP@DSP?: How a State of the Art Automated System Revolutionized Dairy Processing at an OU Certified Plant
by Rabbi Andrew Gordimer
Here’s Something to Chew On: How Granola Brings Benefits to Health-Conscious Consumers
by Rabbbi Yisroel Bendelstein
Kashi: Great Tasting, Nutritious, and OU Kosher Too!
Not a Half-Baked Idea: Baker’s Breakfast Cookies. Nutritious and Delicious, Proudly Bear the OU’s Symbol as a Sign of Quality
At Harlan the Pursuit of Growth with Grains. Granola and the OU by Diane Nagel
Cabot Quality Gets Stronger with OU Kosher Cheese by Donna Berry
Everything’s Popping! (With the OU and Popcorn) by Rabbi Aharon Brun-Kestler
It’s Cott to Be Good: If the Beverage is OU Kosher by Kathryn Bundy
Keeping it Simple in Sunnyside by Elena Olmstead
Have Tuna Will Travel: How OU Rabbis Survive on the Road Survive Without Kosher Restaurants
by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
Brandy is Dandy But Needs Special Attention to be Kosher as Well
by Rabbi Yaakov Mendelson
Certification of Wine: Dear Rabbi, How Do You Make Kosher Wine
by Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz
For the Lady or Gentleman Who Love Fine Chocolate in Liqueur Form, Godiva is the Product For You
For Goodness Sake: Takara Sake USA Bridges Cultural Divide by Becoming OU Kosher
At Takara, the Traditional and the Modern Combine to Produce High Quality Sake
by Rabbi Gavriel Price
No More Free Lunch: With No More Free Lunches (or Breakfasts and Dinners) in the Skies, OU Calls on Domestic Airlines to Provide Kosher Meals and Snacks for Purchase; Will Work Closely with Carriers to Bring Kosher Items on Board
by Stephen Steiner
OU Announces that its Universal Kosher Database is Being Made Available to the Public
OU Honors George Weston Bakeries Brands at Annual Dinner
Jelly Belly Candy Company Steps Up to OU Kosher Certification:
Sunkist Fruit Gems and Fruit Slices Are Now Made by the Company Known for the Finest Jelly Beans
Spangler and the OU Make a Dandy, Candy Combination
From the Editor:
Zachlawi Fig Arak Personal Notes
Transitioning Traditional Kosher Brands to the Mainstream
by Gayle Schindler
Certified Kosher Coupon Program: OU and Tribune Company Affiliate to Place Cent-Off Coupon Inserts in Major Newspapers Nationwide, in Certified Kosher Marketing Initiative
The OU’s Spice Maven Tells Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
by Rabbi Israel Rothenberg
OU Companies Speak:
Adding Spice to Life – Gel Spice Company Proudly Displays OU Symbol On Its Products
OU Certification Enhances R.L. Schreiber, Inc.’s Quality Culture
OU Companies Speak:
The Flowering of La Flor: A Spice Company Blossoms Under OU Certification
What’s New With NU: A Spice Company Grows, With Its OU Certification
OU Companies Speak:
Foran Puts Spice In The OU
OU Companies Speak:
Schiff Food Products Spices Up Its Customers’ Business
A Healthy Connection: The Move Away From Trans Fats & Your OU Kosher Program
by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
Kosher Organic – A Natural (and Profitable) Match
by Bayla Sheva Brenner
The China Syndrome: Booming In Finances And In Kosher Too
by Rabbi Mordechai Grunberg
A Fine China For The Kosher Palate: OU Business Is Booming in the Steadily Growing Giant
by Rabbi Donneal Epstein
Chicago Tribune: Going Kosher Has Become Good Business In China
An Ingredient for Success: The IAR Ensures Standards That The Consumer Associates With OU Kosher Certification
by Rabbi Raymond Morrison
Rabbi, Wine is Fine, but Liquor?: Interesting Kosher Issues In The Liquor Industry
by Rabbi Aharon Brun-Kestler
OU Companies Speak
Anticipation Is Bubbling Over For Zachlawi Fig Arak
OU Companies Speak:
Here Are The Cold Facts About Iceberg Vodka Corporation
A Pasteurizer Speaks Out: Being Kosherized and Loving It
by Rabbi Avrohom Stone
Don’t Look Now, But Nanotechnology Deals With Substances You Can’t See, But Have An Impact On Kosher!
by Rabbi Eliyahu W. Ferrell
Kosher Food For The Princeton Tiger: How the OU Partners With the Dining Hall at the Ivy League Campus
OU /SGS Partnership To Enable Simultaneous Kosher Supervision Ander Certification Audits
At Last, the UDB Becomes a Reality
by Rabbi Yaakov Luban
Here’s the Buzz on Certifying Veggies as Insect-free
by Rabbi David Bistricer
Why the OU Bugged a Mathematician or Why I’m Going to Think Twice Before Buying any Packaged Product with Fruit or Vegetables that Doesn’t Have an OU on the Label
by Dr. Bruce Bukiet
Bodek Kosher Produce – First in the Kosher Vegetable Revolution
by Frimet Blum
Sally Sherman Foods: Family Values Make Sally Sherman Food a Salad Lover’s Delight
By Vasili E. Zisis
Van Drunen Farms: Commitment to Quality for More Than a Century
Sol Dios Tequila: Is a Hit — Not in Record Stores, But in Liquor Stores — Following OU Certification
OU’s Longtime RFR’s — Kashrut Supervision Legends in Their Own Time
by Bayla Sheva Brenner
Spray Dryer’s and the Koshering Process
by Rabbi Raphael Ya’akov Blugrond
Sugar Flower Plus: When a Wedding Becomes an Even Greater Celebration
by Terry Becker and Alex Koffler
Market Intelligence: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
by Elie Rosenfeld
World Ethnic Market
by Rabbi Aharon J. Brun-Kestler
Michelman: Your One Source for True Kosher Packaging, with OU Quality Assured
Manischewitz Says You Can Have Your (Pareve) Cake Mix and Eat It Too
Absolutely Marvelous News in the World of Vodka!
Absolut is Certified Kosher by the Orthodox Union
Love your OU Kosher Starbucks Coffee?
The Fames Symbol Now Graces the Bottles of Starbucks Liqueurs as Well
L’Chaim to Absolut Vodka, Starbucks Coffee and Cream Liqueurs, and Don Q Rums
From the Editor: Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran
Inside The World Of Chocolate
by Rabbi Kalman Scheiner
OU Companies Speak:
Madelaine Chocolates: The Gourmet Chocolate For (OU) Kosher Consumers
Endangered Species Chocolate: Tastes Good and Does good At The Same Time
V Chocolates: Loving Life as an OU Company
Hoffman Chocolates: From the Florida Tropics Comes a Really Hot Product
The OU Becomes the Big Cheese At European Dairy Companies
by Rabbi Andrew Gordimer
OU Companies Speak: In A Corner Of Old England, Making Cheese The Old-Fashioned Way At Ashley Chase
By George: Dew Lay Royal George Kosher English Cheese has Brought its Quality and Personal Service to the American Market
OU Orthodox Union Kashruth Division Presents A One Day Seminar for the Dairy Industry
Getting the Flavor of Certifying Flavors: A Primer
by Rabbi Moshe Zywica
Don’t Forget to Take Your Vitmains – Don’t Worry, They’re Kosher!
by Bayla Sheva Brenner
From Puerto Rico Comes Big News in the World of Rum
Don Q is Now OU Kosher
Rum & Coke: Reuniting a Famous Pair, Under the OU Symbol
by Rabbi Norman Schloss
Kosherization made easy>>> Well, Not Exactly Easy, But Understandable
by Rabbi David Bistricer
ASKOU8 - Learning From the Masters: Two OU Late Summer Programs Train the Next Generation of Kosher Supervisors
by Regina Avshlumova
The Simple, But Extraordinary, Industriousness of the Bee
by Rabbi Gavriel Price
OU Companies Speak: At Balparmak—Honeybunch, The Beautiful Turkish Flowers Result In Great Turkish Honey
A Honey Of A Story
How Tropical Blossom Went From A Backwoods Cabin To Worldwide Sales
A Honey Tree Grows In Michigan
Gluten Free Certification Organization Moving Ahead; OU Partnership Critical To Program’s Success
Unilever United States - Adding Vitality to Life with the Orthodox Union
The Hole Truth: Together, Bagels and the OU
by Rabbi Yisroel Bendelstein
Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee - Especially with the OU Symbol
Just Bagels: Crunchy on the Outside, Chewy on the Inside
Sound the Bell for Bell's Bialys
Dean Foods Northeast Discovers the Joys of Consolidation
by Bayla Sheva Brenner
Dettling Swiss Kirsch: A Cherry Brandy to Savor for Purity and the OU Symbol
by Andrea Baumgartner
How to put the OU Symbol on Your Label
by Rabbi Avraham Stone
Have a Hot Kosher Question? Call the OU Kosher Hotline and We'll Set You Straight
by Rabbi David Polsky
An RC Explores the Lifestyles of Chilean Salmon, or, How are you Going to Keep them Down on the Farm, after they've Seen Salmones Multiexport?
by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
Salmones Mutliexport and Aquafarms International
by Brian MacDonald
Marine Harvest's Emphasis on Quality Includes the Symbol
Exploring Glycerin Uses
by Lynn Grooms
Let the World Know You are Kosher. Not just Kosher, OU Kosher
OU Announces Certification of Miss Roben's Allergen-Friendly Baking Mixes
Novoenzymes: Unlocking the Magic of Nature Through (OU Kosher) Biological Solutions
Experiencing a Maalox Moment: Following Triaminic, the OU Certifies Novartis
Consumer Health’s Famed Heartburn Remedy
Chemical Engineer and Kosher Coordinator
by Jes Knudsen
When It’s Enzyme Time Call on the OU
by Rabbi Menachem Adler
OU Profile: Rabbi Menachem Adler
October is National Inclusion Month at the OU
New Food Safety Program: Independent Certification Program for Gluten-Free Food Processing Utilizes OU Kosher Expertise
“I Have to Check With the Senior Rabbis”
What Happens When A Question of Jewish Law Goes to the OU’s Poskim
by Rabbi Dovid Cohen
OU PROFILE: Rabbi Dovid Cohen
The China Syndrome: Products Help to Fuel Giant Economic Growth
by Rabbi Mordechai Grunberg
The New China: Booming Economy, Growing OU Presence
by Rabbi Donneal Epstein
OU PROFILE: Rabbi Donneal Epstein
OU COMPANIES SPEAK: And OU Tea from Argentina Too
by Horacio Clein
OU Certification Suits Sri Lanka Company to a Tea
Looking for Kosher Sushi or MSG? If it’s OU Certified, it’s on the New Website Product Search
by Rabbi Yonatan Kaganoff
So You Hate Regulatory Paperwork? The OU Comes to the Rescue
by Howard Katzenstein
The Kashrut of Color Additives
by Rabbi Gavriel Price
The Health Benefits of Fish: Without the Fish
Now Kosher, MEG-3™ Brand Omega-3 Powder and Fish Oil Offer Food and Supplement Companies an Explosive Opportunity
by Susan Michel, MBA
Spring 2005 Kashrut Conference
Nothing Fishy Here: Beyond the Four-Year Process at Ocean Nutrition to Make Fish Oil Kosher
by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
Culture for the Masses: The Complexities of Yogurt Certification
by Rabbi Andrew Gordimer
OU Companies Speak
Leaving No Stone Unturned at…Stonyfield Farm
By Chris Halverson
Stonyfield Farms: An OU Rabbi’s Dream Company
by Rabbi Gershon Segal
Organic Valley Dairy Cooperative: Independent and Farmer-Owned
by Jim Pierce
An Axelrod to Grind at the OU
by Jerry Gaube
OU KOSHER
Bringing Boom for Business & Consistent Quality to Consumers
by Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran and Bayla Sheva Brenner
The Case of the Baffling Bialy
by Rabbi Avrohom Stone
Shaimos - A Brand Name That Has Withstood Time
by Rabbi Yisroel Bendelstein
When Dreams Become Reality: The Marvels of OU Special Productions
by Rabbi David Bistricer
The Sleeping Giant: The Kosher for Passover Market
by Rabbi Yaakov Luban
Keeping Up with Passover Trenditions
by Bayla Sheva Brenner
Not a Half-Baked Idea: Baking for Passover Offers Tasty Rewards
by Rabbi David Bistricer
The Kosher for Passover Snack: A Rarity No More
by Rabbi Dov Schreier
Meeting the Challenge of Certifying Flavors for Pesach
by Rabbi Nathan Neuberger
A Chemical Reaction at Passover
by Rabbi Eliyahu W. Ferrell
Behind the Chometz-Free Certification
by Rabbi Avraham L. Juravel
Continuing a Kosher Tradition... Bumble Bee Seafoods Offers Prime Fillet Kosher for Passover Solid White Albacore
by Jennifer Hayes
The Modern Passover Marketing Story
by Menachem Lubinsky
The Big Three - For Generations, These Firms Have Defines Kosher for Passover Food
by Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran
How Our Seafood Producers Navigate the Waters of kosher for Passover Supervision
by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
With a Keen Eye Towards the U.S. Kosher Consumer Marketplace, Israel's Tnuva Dairy Giant Initiates Massive Preparations for Passover
by Shlomo Stephens
A Real Tear Jerker: Here's the Story of the Relationship Between the OU & Gold's Horseradish
by Marc Gold
Is there a Doctor in the House? Dr. Praeger is on Call, During the Year and at Passover
by Rabbi David Bistricer
MilMar's Marvelous Meals
Ever Hear of Pasta Ice Cream? Why Dairy Products Must Be Kosher for Passover
by Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
From Around the World to Your Table: Wine this Passover is Different From All Others
by Bayla Sheva Brenner
Glad Tidings from the World of Plastic Wraps
Making a Date for Passover
by Rabbi Binyamin Kaplan
A Special Concern for Wheat Derivatives
by Rabbi Gavriel Price
Nestlé USA: Providing Good Food for Kosher Life
by Nicole Turner-Stone
Behind the Scenes of the Amazing(ly secret) World of a Flavor Company
by Rabbi Nathan Neuberger
A Primer on Flavors and the Kosher Process: Yummy, This Tastes Good!
by Ilana Kurts
Mother Murphy’s Laboratories
by Pamela Murphy
S&S Flavors
Gold Coast Ingredients
Test Your Kosher IQ
by Rabbi Avrohom Stone
We Mourn Rabbi Syshe Heschel
Let’s Talk More Turkey
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
Nestlé And The OU: A Relationship Built On Communications
The Entenmann’s-Bakers Treat Connection: A Tale of Rugelach, Philanthropy & OU Kosher
If You Provide Kosher Food, Let the Consumer Know: ‘Your Meal Is Waiting’
by Elie Rosenfeld
Your LOC: What’s in a Name? Plenty.
Resources for Success
By Rabbi Reuven Nathanson
Please Pass the Pareve – A Light-Hearted Look At Pareve Certification
How becoming pareve can broaden your consumer base – A Pareve Primer – Kosher Pareve- A World of Opportunity – Another Lost Pareve Product – Miss Meringue Cookies Become OU Pareve
Striving to Create an Honest Tea Experience
Are your Enzymes Edible? – MSG, It’s Not Just A Garden
Industry Issues examines concerns in the biotechnology industry – How I Keep it Perfectly Kosher at Northwestern Foods – City Harvest – An Opportunity to Help in New York City
– The Best Thing Since Flintstone Vitamins
On the Road with the OU – The Golden State At A Glance
An inside look at an RFR’s life in California
0n the Road with the OU – Behind The Bamboo Curtain:
An inside look at an RFR’s life in China
Days of Wine & Chocolate – Life’s Little Luxuries Loom Large:
The art of kosher wine & chololate reaches new heights
Snack Attack! – Snazzy, Salty Foods—More Popular Than Ever – Industry Issues examines concerns in the snack market niche. – Nabisco Putting the KOSHER in Kookie
Lactic Acid Approved For Passover
Glossary of Kosher Concepts & Terms
Prepared for the Oleochemical Industry
Life Is Like A Box Of Godiva Chocolates:
You Always Know What You’re Gonna Get…Quality
Nantucket Nectars: Loyal To Quality And The OU
To Market, to Market – Engendering Product Loyalty Recognizing the value of the OU symbol
On the Road with the OU:
Keeping it Kosher in Japan – An inside look at an RFR’s daily life
Tips on Getting Your LOC
Tetra Pak’s Remedy
A 2-Day Seminar to Simplify your Life Making equipment and systems kosher adaptable
Behind the Union Symbol is the highly acclaimed quarterly magazine of the Orthodox Union’s Kashruth Division for current and prospective Kosher certified companies.
The publication, which in only a few years has become the premiere kosher trade magazine, features technical articles on the scientific and halachic aspects of kosher food production, company profiles, tips on maximizing a kosher program, as well as sometimes whimsical and always fascinating articles on how the OU’s rabbinic experts bring their skills to more than 6,000 plants in 77 countries worldwide. A must read for food executives, marketing officers and plant personnel.
Behind the Union Symbol is the highly acclaimed quarterly magazine of the Orthodox Union’s Kashruth Division for current and prospective Kosher certified companies.
The publication, which in only a few years has become the premiere kosher trade magazine, features technical articles on the scientific and halachic aspects of kosher food production, company profiles, tips on maximizing a kosher program, as well as sometimes whimsical and always fascinating articles on how the OU’s rabbinic experts bring their skills to more than 6,000 plants in 77 countries worldwide. A must read for food executives, marketing officers and plant personnel.
Behind the Union Symbol is read by over 6,000 food executives and reaches 6,000 food manufacturing facilities worldwide, as well as food industry leaders, editors and analysts.
Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran, the OU’s Vice President of Marketing and Communication and Senior Rabbinic Coordinator founded Behind the Union Symbol and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief.
You can view and download current and previous issues in pdf format by using the dropdown menu below and you can request a free subscription to Behind the Union Symbol by calling 212-613-8346 or 8238 or by emailng Safrane@ou.org.
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