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Monday, April 04, 2005
Gold’s Horseradish
The story of Gold’s begins in 1932 when my grandparents started grinding horseradish in the kitchen of their apartment in Brooklyn. Our OU affiliation came shortly afterwards when we expanded to a small factory. Today, Gold’s is manufactured with the same recipe that was used at the start: horseradish, vinegar and salt.
To make red horseradish we add fresh beets. Gold’s is an all natural product and therefore we are one of the few manufacturers who can say,“Nothing artificial, no additives.” In 1948 we started manufacturing borscht and schav. Duck sauce, barbecue sauce, rib sauce, and chicken sauce, all pareve products, became part of our line in the late 1960’s. In the 1990’s, Gold’s became the top mustard manufacturer in the northeast, as we are to this day, with eight different mustards sold in squeeze bottles. Six years ago,we first produced the award-wining “squeeze horseradish sauce.” Recently we have started manufacturing two new items: Hungarian cabbage soup and “squeeze” wasabi sauce. All production is under OU supervision.
My grandfather, Hyman Gold, and my father, Morris Gold, decided that if we were going to reach the trade we wanted, it was essential to be certified by the OU. They sought out affiliation and the OU was pleased to provide it.
We started at 832 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn and then moved to 4127 18th Avenue in the late thirties. In 1956 we moved around the corner to 905 McDonald Avenue where we remained until 1994, when we re-located to Hempstead, Long Island. Even there, we are on Brooklyn Road.
Rabbi Jacob Gross and then Rabbi Jesse Elefant spent many years, day in and day out, at our plant. They became as proficient at making horseradish and borscht as the Gold family itself. The Golds always made sure that the rabbis had a chance to enjoy the product line. Their families were always quite pleased and had tears in their eyes.
Rabbi Shmuel Singer has been at our plant countless times over the years and we consider each visit a learning experience; in addition to being our rabbinic coordinator, he supervises Passover production for the OU. Moreover, when we need advice, we can pick up the phone and speak to Rabbi Moshe Elefant, the Executive Rabbinic Coordinator of OU Kosher; he has a special affinity for Gold’s because of his father’s involvement with our firm.
We are pleased to be certified by the OU and look forward to many more years of affiliation.
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Monday, January 24, 2005
Nature’s Choice Sunlight
With its Nature’s Choice and Sunlight Foods brands, Nature’s Choice is a leading manufacturer of quality dressings, sauces and salad products. We are headquartered in Miami, Florida, at our multi-million dollar, state-ofthe-art manufacturing and distribution facility. All of our products are blended, packaged, inventoried and delivered under strict quality control guidelines, resulting in lasting perfection, stability, and gourmet taste, providing optimum performance to our customers. Nature’s Choice and Sunlight Foods brands are supported by an organization of research and development professionals that include an on-site food technologist, a food chemist, and a nutritionist.
Offering kosher products is another important step toward meeting the rising expectations of our customers, enabling us to appeal to a broader base of consumers. The coveted OU symbol is one of the best-known trademarks in the world. It is a sign of quality as well as kosher certification. The OU symbol is recognized by kosher consumers as proof that our products meet the strictest standards of kosher. Another advantage of OU certification is that it helps propel Nature’s Choice and Sunlight Foods to higher sales.
It is very challenging to comply with the requirements of the OU kosher program. The process takes time, including the initial inspection, evaluation, ingredient compliance, re-inspection and certification; however, the benefits are worth it.
The high standard of maintaining the kosher program at Sunlight Foods and Nature’s Choice results from the tireless efforts of kosher coordinator Peter Lane, which have enabled the company to have
a long and mutually beneficial relationship with the Orthodox Union. Through hard work and effort and with help from Rabbi David Bistricer, the OU Rabbinic Coordinator, and Rabbi Manish Spitz, the
rabbinic field representative, we control all areas pertaining to the updating of Schedule A, Schedule B, storage areas, policy issues and labels, thereby addressing all ingredients used in kosher and nonkosher products manufactured at Nature’s Choice.
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Our Companies Speak: Walden Farms
Walden Farms began making salad dressing in 1972 using healthful ingredients with universal appeal to create consumer brand loyalty for our products.
When searching for kosher certification, our goal was again to create universal appeal by choosing the certifier most trusted and respected by those who look for kosher foods. As expected, Walden Farms consumer base, store count and market share have all benefited from our relationship with the Orthodox Union.
The supervising rabbis who work with us to assure our kosher status, not to mention our consumers, expect and insist on perfection in our
kosher program and will accept nothing less. When questions arise or we need a new ingredient for our kosher products, we need to only make one phone call to the OU and help is provided.
Our relationship with the Orthodox Union continues to blossom. Walden Farms senior management agrees that our kosher program enhances both our sales and the perception of quality in the
marketplace.
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