Company Profiles

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.

Salmones Multiexport & Aquafarms International

Salmones Multiexport is a salmon farming company located in beautiful Puerto Montt, Chile, where the landscape consists of towering snow-capped volcanoes, beautiful crystal clear glacier-fed lakes, and impressive and expansive fjords. Not only is this location awe-inspiring in beauty, but it is also ideal for rearing salmon and steelhead. The Puerto Montt area has become the world’s mecca for farmed salmon. The ideal water conditions and currents provide the perfect environment to grow healthy and robust fish.

An RC Explores The Lifestyles of Chilean Salmon, or, How are You Going to Keep Them Down on the Farm

As the wave of healthy eating pervades American consumers, even the most entrenched in their bags of junk food have begun to take notice of the trend. Among the foods our couch-potato society has begun to more actively incorporate in its diet is fish, particularly salmon. As such, news reports have highlighted the differences between wild and farmed salmon

Dettling Swiss Kirsch: A Cherry Brandy to Savor for Purity and the OU Symbol

In 1867, Franz-Xaver Dettling established a trading company in Brunnen, Switzerland specializing in Italian wines and operating a distilling plant for mountain cherries from Central Switzerland. Dettling’s business quickly became successful.

Building on a Great Relationship: Dean Foods Northeast Discovers the Joys of Consolidation

The company describes itself as proud to be in the business of enhancing and enriching the lives of its consumers. The fact that the OU shares these noble goals explains the Dean Foods Northeast Region and the OU’s consummate connection.

Unilever United States: Adding Vitality to Life with the Orthodox Union

Univeler’s corporate mission—to add vitality to life—responds to 21ST century consumers. But the spirit of this mission has infused our entire history, starting in the late 19TH century.

Sound The Bell For Bell’s Bialys (& Bagels)

About 50 years ago, Warren Bell’s father started making bialys (which take their name from the Polish city, Bialystok) in basements in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, NY. Since that time,Warren has built the family business into a global supplier of bagels and bialys. Given today’s new machinery, anyone can make a bagel, but no one can make a bialy like us. Unlike bagels, bialys are not glazed.These days many companies use freeze dried onions;we only use fresh onions, which makes our bialys so unique.

Just Bagels: Crunchy On The Outside, Chewy On The Inside

Just Bagels started as a small retail and wholesale bagel store in 1992. Today, the company occupies a 44,000-square-foot facility in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, NY, running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, offering an extensive line of fresh, frozen, and parbaked products.

Unlocking The Magic Of Nature Through (OU KOSHER) Biological Solutions

NOVOZYMES is the biotechbased world leader in enzymes and microorganisms. Using nature’s own technologies, at Novozymes we continuously expand the frontiers of biological solutions to improve industrial performance everywhere. In 2004, Novozymes had a market share in industrial enzymes of approximately 44 percent, and sales of approximately $100 million. Novozymes’ more than 600 products are a key factor in the production of thousands of products you use in your everyday life – from the textiles in your clothes to the food you eat. In more than 40 different industries and 130 countries, our biological solutions improve industrial performance and quality, while at the same time saving water, energy, raw materials and waste.