Corporate
A Honey Tree Grows in Michigan
HoneyTree has an 87-year heritage in the honey industry. Our 130,000-square foot facility in Onsted, Michigan is centrally located to serve the entire nation. HoneyTree markets a full line of honey products to the retail and food service as well as the industrial market.
V Chocolates: Loving Life as an OU Company
Ron Best has been making fine chocolates for 25 years, and friends say he has chocolate running through his veins. Five years ago, he found himself out of the chocolate business and selling insurance. It didn’t take long for the love of candy-making to pull him back into the business. In late 2004, Ron teamed with some friends and formed V Chocolates, to specialize in fine toffees, caramels and truffles.
Madelaine Chocolates: The Gourmet Chocolate for (OU) Kosher Consumers
For over half a century, Madelaine has been satisfying Americans’ cravings for high quality chocolate with incredibly delicious, premium chocolate, molded into a wide variety of highly detailed, foiled shapes, and a wide assortment of chocolate covered confections.
Endangered Species Chocolate: Tastes Good and Does Good at the Same Time
Endangered Species Chocolate was founded in 1993 in an effort to spread awareness and make a positive impact on the growing number of plant and animal species disappearing from the Earth. This company’s mission, to produce high-quality kosher chocolate made with the finest ethically traded, shade-grown cocoa and all-natural ingredients, fuels its philanthropic commitment to contribute ten percent of net profits to help support species, habitat and humanity.
What Is Kosher?
What Is Kosher? The word kosher means proper or acceptable, and it has informally entered the English language with that meaning. But kosher laws have their origin in the Bible, and are detailed in the Talmud and the other codes of Jewish traditions. They have been applied through the centuries to ever-changing situations, and these […]
OU Facts
The Orthodox Union [the “OU”] is the world’s largest kosher certification agency, certifying over 275,000 products produced in nearly 6,000 plants located in 68 countries around the world. This vast array includes consumer items, industrial ingredients, and food services. Like the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval, the logo, one of the world’s best-known trademarks, instills […]
First Steps: A Process of Mutual Learning and Discovery
As you become familiar with the Orthodox Union, its personnel and policies, you will appreciate why its endorsement is universally regarded as the premier kosher certification. The worldwide acceptability of OU certification is unrivalled and powers your brand with a competitive edge. Our commitment to new technologies ensures rapid and reliable response to your needs. […]
Communication and Information
From the training of your plant personnel to the updating of your marketing department, we believe that regular communication that informs and educates is the key to an effective and harmonious relationship. We have created many different communications vehicles through which you will continue to learn more about us: Behind the Union Symbol: a quarterly […]
Helping You Reach the Market
Once you have obtained OU Kosher certification, we can offer you various ways of reaching the growing market of people looking for kosher products. Our magazines, regular kosher news e-mail updates and other communications reach the core of the kosher market, the members and affiliates of the Orthodox Union itself. We can also work with […]
Kosher Certification Cost And Procedures
How much does Kosher Certification Cost? The cost of OU certification is comparatively small, and depends on a number of variables, such as the distance that our representative must travel to your plant, the frequency of visits that will be required, the complexity of your operation and the number of products involved in the kosher […]