Shopping from Home: Items That Do Not Require Hashgacha For Year-Round Use

Not Intended For Pesach

By Rabbi Sholem Y. Fishbane                                                            

Kashrus Administrator, Chicago Rabbinical Council

Recommendations are for products purchased in the United States.
Additional items and information are available at www.ASKcRc.org.

Due to COVID-19, more consumers have turned to online shopping for their groceries, which makes it difficult to determine whether a given item is kosher-certified. To facilitate shopping in this new reality, the cRc has compiled a short list of items that do not require certification. These items are inherently kosher, and nothing is done to them during the manufacturing process that affects their kosher status. This list can be used for both online and offline shopping, and even when we return to in-person grocery shopping.

 

Agave syrup… pure, no additives

Allspice

Almond flour

Almond meal

Almonds…….. raw, without flavor or additives

Anise, dried

Apple Juice Concentrate.. pure, no additives

Apple Sauce… if unflavored and unsweetened

Apricots, dried

Baking Powder

Baking Soda

Barley

Barley Flour

Basil, dried

Bay Leaves

Bean Flour

Beans, dried

Bell peppers, frozen……… pure, no additives

Black Pepper

Brown sugar

Buckwheat

Buckwheat, roasted

Canned fruit… if free from flavor, grape juice, and sensitive ingredients, and not from China or Israel

Caraway

Cardamom

Carrots……….. fresh (or frozen) without additives

Cashews……… raw, without flavor or additives

Cassava Flour

Cayenne pepper

Chervil, dried

Chia Seeds

Chickpea Flour

Chili Peppers.. fresh, dried, or powdered

Chives, dried

Cilantro, dried

Cinnamon

Cinnamon Sticks

Cloves

Cocoa…………. pure, no additives

Coconut flour

Coconut sugar

Coffee, instant…………….. unflavored

Coriander

Corn bran

Corn Flour

Corn Meal

Corn Starch

Corn syrup

Cornhusks, dried

Cornstarch

Cream of Tartar……………. pure, no additives

Cumin

Daikon radish seed

Dill, dried

Dishwashing Soap……….. includes pods

Eggs (white or brown)….. raw, whole, in shell

Farina, unflavored (including instant)

Farro

Fennel seeds

Fenugreek seeds

Filberts……….. raw, without flavor or additives

Flax meal

Flax seed

Flour

Garbanzo flour

Garlic, dried

Garlic, granulated

Ginger

Ginger, dried

Hazelnuts……. raw, without flavor or additives

Hominy………. pure, no additives

Kamut Flour

Lemon Grass

Lemon peel, dried

Lentils, dried

Maca root powder, raw

Macadamia Nuts………….. raw, without flavor or additives

Mace

Mango, dried. pure, no additives

Marjoram, dried

Milk (unflavored)…………. preferable to purchase with certification

Mint, dried

Mustard Powder

Mustard Seed

Nutmeg

Oat bran

Oat Flour

Oatmeal………. unflavored, including instant

Oats, steel cut

Olive oil, extra virgin only

Onion, dried

Onion, granulated

Onions, frozen

Orange Juice.. pure, no additives

Oregano, dried

Palm sugar

Paprika

Parchment paper, silicone

Parsley, dried

Pasta…………… raw, unflavored, without additives

Peanuts……….. raw, without flavor or additives

Pectin (without gelatin)… pure, no additives

Pepper, black or white

Peppercorns (any color)

Pineapple, dried…………… pure, no additives

Pink Himalayan Salt…….. pure, no additives

Popcorn kernels……………. pure, no additives

Poppy Seeds……………….. pure, no additives

Prunes………………………… pure, no additives

Pumpkin Seeds, raw…….. pure, no additives

Raisins………… if from USA

Red pepper….. crushed, flakes

Rhubarb, frozen…………… pure, no additives

Rice (all types)…………….. raw or parboiled (but not instant), without sensitive additives

Rice Flour (white or brown)

Rock candy, unflavored

Rosemary, dried

Rye Flour

Saffron

Sage, dried

Sago Flour

Salmon, frozen

Salt

Seltzer, unflavored

Sodium Alginate

Sorghum Flour

Soy Flour

Spelt Flour

Sugar………….. includes white and brown

Sumac (Pure)

Sushi rice, raw

Tamarind pulp

Tamarind, dried

Tarragon

Tea bags (green, black, orange pekoe), unflavored     includes decaffeinated

Thyme, dried

Turmeric

Vanilla Beans

Water, unflavored………… includes with minerals and fluoride

Wheat bran

White Pepper

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