Nutritional Supplements for Pesach —5773/2013

The products on this list are not certified for Pesach by the OU. Despite the OU’s best efforts, OU certified manufacturers of nutritional supplements have not agreed to special Pesach productions. In an effort to help Rabbanim make decisions about nutritional supplements for Pesach the OU has identified those products that are halachically acceptable for cholim.

Please note the following points:

• Many of the products contain kitniyot and some contain kitniyot as the primary ingredient.
• Some of the products contain ingredients that could be produced from chametz-based raw materials. Flavors, for example, can contain components that were fermented from wheat-based glucose. Vitamins and citric acid salts such as potassium or sodium citrate can also be derived from wheat-based glucose fermentation.
• With the exception of flavors, however, the ingredients that could be made from a chametz-based raw material are batel b’shishim in any given supplement.
• Even in cases where a given ingredient would not be batel – as in the case of flavors, which are avidah l’taimah – the majority of world production does not make use of chametz-based glucose or other chametz-based ingredients. Furthermore, it is difficult and sometimes impossible to determine if such ingredients are chametz-based.
• Therefore, the products on this list are permitted on Pesach and can be given to someone who is infirm (a cholah sh’ain bo sakanah).
• None of these products should be provided if a certified alternative is made available.
• Products that contain flavors should only be provided when no unflavored alternative exists. Since natural flavors are more likely to contain a chametz-derived compound than an artificial flavor, an “artificial flavors” designation on an ingredients label is preferable to “natural flavors” or a “natural and artificial flavors” designation. Most nutritional supplements contain flavors; unflavored products will be marked accordingly.
• Liquid nutritional supplements typically contain sensitive ingredients at below bitel proportions. In general liquid supplements are preferable to the same product in powder form, which may contain sensitive ingredients that may not be batel.
• Although the OU certifies these products year-round, the OU does not always have information about the ingredients for these products as they relate to Pesach. In order to guarantee that some products are available to the public the OU has researched the products on this list. Other products not on the list may also be acceptable for Pesach. If a specific product must be reviewed please feel free to call the number below.
• If you have a question about a product not on this list, please email the Webbe Rebbe at kosherq@ou.org and we will try to be of assistance.

Medical Nutritional Supplements:

Arginaid
Arginaid Extra
Benecalorie
Beneprotein
Boost Glucose Control
Boost High Protein
Boost Kid Essentials
Boost Kid Essentials 1.0
Boost Kid Essentials 1.5
Boost Kid Essentials with Fiber
Boost Nutritional Pudding
Boost Plus
Boost VFC
Diabetisheild
Diabetisource AC
Dietsource Sweet N’ Free
Sugar Free Drink Mix
Ensure (not Ensure Fiber with FOS)
Ensure Complete Nutrition Shake
Ensure Complete Therapeutic Nutrition
Ensure Enlive
Ensure Flavored Powder
Ensure Glucerna OS
Ensure Healthy Mom Shake
Ensure High Calcium Shake
Ensure High Protein Shake
Ensure HN
Ensure Homemade Shake
Ensure Plus
Ensure Plus HN
Ensure Plus HN Drink
Ensure Plus Next Generation
Ensure Shake
Isocal Globe
Isosource VHN
Jevity (except Jevity 1.2 and 1.5)
Liquid Diabetisource AC
Liquid Fibersource HN
Liquid Fibersource with Nutrishield
Liquid Isosource
Liquid Isosource HN with Fiber
Liquid Isosource with Nutrishield
Nepro
Nepro Vanilla
Nepro with Carb Steady Flavored
Nestle Fibersource HN
Novasource 2.0
Novasource Renal
Nutra Balance
Nutra Focus
Nutren (Product line)
Nutritious Drink Mix
Nutritious Pudding
Optifast 800
Optifast 800 Soup
Optifast HP Drink Mix
Optitrim
Osmolite (unflavored)
Osmolite 1.0, 1.2, 1.5
Osmolite Fiber
Osmolite HN (unflavored)
Oxepa
PBM
Pediasure Peptide
Pediasure Vanilla Powder
Pediasure Shakes
Pediatric Electrolyte Solution
Peptamen
Peptinex
Perative
Polycose
Promote (except Promote with fiber)
Pulmocare
Resource 2.0
Resource Benefiber
Resource Boost Breeze
Resource Boost Fruit Flavored Beverage
Resource Dairy Thick
Resource Diabetic
Resource Diabetishield
Resource Frosty Thick
Resource Fruit Beverage
Resource Glutasolve
Resource Health Shake
Resource Health Shake No Sugar
Resource Just for Kids with Fiber
Resource Milk Shake Mix
Resource Optisource High
Protein Drink
Resource Plus
Resource Sweet N’ Free Sugar Free Drink Mix
Resource Thicken Up
Resource Thickened Coffee Powder
Resource Thickened Juice
Resource Thickened Water
Shake Plus
Suplena
Tow-Cal HN
Ultracal
Vivonex Pediatric
Vivonex Plus
Vivonex Ready to Feed
Vivonex Ten

Pediatric Supplements:

Boost Kid Essentials
D-Vi-Sol (U.S. & Canada)
Enfamil 5% Glucose Water
Fer-In-Sol (R) Drops
Poly-Vi-Sol (R) Drops
Tri-Vi-Sol (R) Drops
Resource Just for Kids with Fiber

Questions about OU certified nutritional supplements not on this list should be directed to the OU Kashruth Hotline at (212) 613-8241.