OU Kosher Staff

Through The Bluegrass And On The Highways: An RFR’s Kentucky (And Indiana) Derby

I have been a full-time OU rabbinic field representative for the past 12 years. My job has taken me to all types of places and has given me exposure to people and plants of which I never dreamed.

Panic-Free Passover!

Each year, Passover strikes an acute sense of panic in the hearts of most homemakers long before the spring holiday actually arrives. Several weeks in advance, the search starts – looking through cookbooks and recipe clippings, calling friends and family members asking about long-lost recipes, or searching the world-wide web for Passover recipes – something old, something new, something borrowed, something tried and true.

A Passover Primer

Any traditional Jew will tell you that the most pivotal time of the kosher year is the Festival of Passover. But it is also the most intense period of the year for the many food companies who try to offer their products to the kosher market. This is because kosher keeping Jews are spending a lot of time and money buying food for Passover. In fact, according to one estimate, forty percent of all kosher products are purchased during the six weeks prior to Passover.

Everything You Wanted To Know About OU Direct And Never In Your Wildest Dreams Thought To Ask

From the moment it appeared upon the scene and changed the face of kosher certification forever, OU Direct has been the subject of intense speculation, rampant rumors and wild conjecture. What can it do? Where did it come from? What powers it? Who is behind it? Why is there grass growing in the ice cream […]

Wise Foods Encourages Snackers To Snack Loud! Snack Proud!…And Snack Kosher!

At Wise® Foods, our goal is simple; to make real food for real people…great tasting snacks made from the finest ingredients and backed by exceptional customer service. From our familiar favorites to our newest varieties, we strive to be the snack our customers are proud to share with friends and family.

Chips Off The Old Block: In Its 90th Year, Utz Quality Foods Follows Traditions Of Its Founders

In the snack food industry, Utz Quality Foods, Inc. has always been known for freshness and the quality ingredients that it uses in manufacturing its products. It’s been that way since the company’s humble beginnings 90 years ago this year, when Bill and Salie Utz began making potato chips in their Hanover, PA home. Salie used her knowledge of good ‘ol Pennsylvania Dutch cooking to provide customers with the highest quality potato chips in the marketplace and Bill Utz delivered them directly to stores and farmer’s markets in the Hanover and Baltimore areas.

Have you Herrd? Herr Snack Foods Have Been OU Kosher For 30 Years

For over 30 years, Herr Foods Incorporated has been manufacturing snack foods with OU certification. A recognized leader in the snack food industry, Herr’s is headquartered in Nottingham, in Southeastern Pennsylvania, about an hour from Philadelphia and Baltimore. The family-owned and-operated company began 65 years ago and has mastered the ability to continually introduce innovative products and packaging needed to satisfy ever-changing appetites and tastes of the snack food consumer.

Crystal Head Vodka Awarded OU Kosher Certification

Crystal Head Vodka, created by entertainer Dan Aykroyd and American landscape artist and portraitist John Alexander, is now certified kosher by the Orthodox Union, the world’s largest and most respected kosher certification agency.

From The Heart Of Chilean Wine-Growing Country Comes Luis Felipe Edwards Wines

Chile has a long history as a wine producing country, with Spanish colonists bringing vines with them as they settled the country during the sixteenth century. It wasn’t until the 1980’s that Chile flourished as a major wine producing country. During this time there was significant investment in modern winemaking equipment and upgraded winemaking technology, which gained Chile an international reputation for producing good quality, easy drinking wines. Chile had arrived on the world winemaking map.

Using Recipes From South Africa: Joburg Brings Kosher Delicacies To American Tables

For the first time ever, kosher Biltong dried beef and Boerewors beef sausages will be broadly available at U.S. retail stores and food service establishments. Delectable and satisfying, these gourmet quality products are made with a 40-year old recipe brought to the U.S. from Johannesburg, or ‘Joburg,’ by David Libesman, Founder of Joburg Kosher Foods, LLC. “We selected the OU,” said Libesman, “based on input from customers and due to its stature as the most widely recognized kosher certification symbol.”