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The TJs by us is now selling boxed fruit juice repackaged from Ceres (flavor names have changed but it's a product of South Africa) under their own label - K Star/Passover.
The prices is $2.49 each which is about the same as SoCal Ralph's during their Passover sales.
I also noticed in the new products section a peppadew variation with some hechsher that I couldn't identify (K on a country map - perhaps Peru).
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re: apathetichell
Mauriero
May 2, 2012 07:31 AM
They also sell Kosher Wine including some of the best values available today from Spain and Italy at $5-$6 per bottle.
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White bean humus, sea salt pita chips, "windmill" cookies, bake at home crescent dinner rolls, licorice scottie dogs, chocolate covered pomegranate seeds, sesame oil, anti-oxidant trail mix, kettle corn
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re: Prettypoodle
I like them. I am sure there is better kosher licorice available but this has a nice flavor & no nasty aftertaste. It is made by gimbal's and is gluten free (gf). In fact this is the only brand that I have found that makes gf & kosher licorice (if anyone knows of another brand that makes gf & kosher licorice I would be interested). It is 11 oz. I don't remember the cost.
Gimbals also makes a red scottie and a round shaped licorice candy. The following website has an extensive list of licorice with a section that is a list of their kosher products and other lists for gluten free, sugar free, etc (you cannot sort by more than one category). They do tell who makes the candy. Some of the gf & kosher licorice is also sugar-free but am not sure what they use for a sweetener. I have never ordered from this site but am thinking of trying the gluten free, sugar free licorice which is made by gimbal's.
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re: SoCal Mother
queenscook
Jan 19, 2012 02:48 PM
Regarding Fruit Gems being chometz . . .
This is not the first time this has come up here, and again, this info is INCORRECT. Here are the ingredients for the Fruit Gems:
INGREDIENTS: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Pectin, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Natural Orange, Lemon, Grapefruit, Raspberry, Lime Flavors and Artifical Colors, FD&C Yellow #5 and #6, Red #3 and #40, Blue #1.As you can see, there is nothing remotely close to flour. They aren't chometz, and are not forbidden to own on Pesach. (They are, of course, NOT certified kosher for Pesach because of the corn syrup.)
The ingredients for the red Twizzlers are not currently listed on Hershey's website, so I cannot speak about those. I was always under the impression that black licorice had flour, but that red did not, but I am not willing to say that without a label in front of me, or seeing it online.
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re: kosherGlutenFree
Thanks but my idea for them was struck down last night:( I had wanted to take some to my cousin in England who has a REAL scotty (Frank) as I thought it would be cute. My husband doesn't want to "smuggle" candy into Englad, though he is perfectly fine with me taking several boxes of Tasteycakes!
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They have these sweet and spicy walnuts that I love to put in salads. Some of the Trader Joe's Indian Fare have hashgacha's, although I don't recognize the symbol. Maybe someone on the board does?
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re: elmoz
Go to the bottom of this link and you'll see a lis:
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re: DeisCane
queenscook
Oct 18, 2011 01:41 PM
India Kosher Inspection Service. Symbol is a 7-branched menorah with an alef and a bet on the bottom and the word "kasher" (in Hebrew) on top.
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Other ppl mentioned the pareve chocolate chips. They are dangerous! I would prob lose 5 lbs if they lost their hashgacha b/c I munch on them all day (delicious!). Here are some other things I buy there:
Milk, OJ and eggs- super fresh due to very high turnover, Almond Milk and Soy Milk (low prices), Bread- whole wheat, sprouted, pita, wraps, bagels, etc. whatever kind you want, they sell it kosher and pareve.
I have bought Challah and Rolls there in the past but then I wondered if challah was taken cuz it didn't specifically say so on the package (montreal vaad). If anyone knows anything aboyut this, please let me know.
The sorbets are a great deal- they are so much cheaper than Sharon's Sorbet anywhere else. The Vanilla Soy Ice Cream will make you wonder why you ever bought Tofutti.
Fancy Sea Salts- Pink Himalayan Sea Salt in a grinder for $2???
Frozen veggies- not all have a hashgacha, some are blanched before freezing. Ask your rabbi.
Frozen fruit- Triple Berry Blend is awesome with Greek yogurt.
I know people who buy their pizza dough all the time (it's still kosher in my TJ despite a rumor last year). I think it is extremely hard to work with even when brought to room temp. I have given up on it.›6 Replies-
re: websterhall1994
queenscook
Oct 17, 2011 07:17 PM
I have no real info, but I can't imagine the Montreal Va'ad would give a hechsher to a bakery that would be required to take challah but didn't. The hashgacha itself is the guarantee that it's acceptable to eat; I'm almost certain that would include the taking challah aspect.
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re: Bzdhkap
queenscook
Oct 18, 2011 01:28 PM
Take another look . . . the Smoked Sea Salt, as well as the Himalayan Pink Salt Crystals (and probably many of those other salts, but they are not sitting here on my dining room table in front of me), have a hechsher from South Africa. The hashgacha is acceptable to my Rav; you probably should ask your own LOR, but the Rav I ask my kashrut shailot of is an OU kashrut Rav, so I imagine most will hold by this hechsher.
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re: websterhall1994
I think you may be confusing "Pas Israel" with being kosher. Bread from a bakery that is not Jewish owned can be certified kosher (I know people who work for the Vad doing this), but non-Jews do not have to take Challah. If the bread is certified kosher and Pas Israel, then a Jewish person at least turned on the oven. I'm not sure whether Challah would be taken in that case. A number of main stream bakeries here in California are certified kosher by various organizations, but are not Pas Israel. So the breads from Canada probably come from a non-Jewish bakery whose kashrut is Vad supervised.
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In addition to the great suggestions already, the Trader Joe's meringues (OUD) are known in our house as "the ever popular meringues." They are actually dairy equipment and the back of the box explains in detail why. We keep these around as a treat, especially for children who don't care for more sophisticated desserts or who want to desert the table early and leave more for the adults. We were quite disappointed when TJ's eliminated the kosher certified Kalamata olives. Our email elicted only a tepid response.
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My local Trader Joe's has finally opened (Staten Island, NY); and though I had planned to print out your recommendations to take to my first visit, I forgot. The place was very crowded, and it was a bit overwhelming to search so many unfamiliar products for hechsherim, so I do hope to return - list in hand - right after Succos.
If anyone has any additions to the suggestions already given, I would really appreciate them.
Thanks!
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re: Bzdhkap
The best values are the nuts and dried fruit, which are top quality. Also worth buying is the olive oil, wild smoked salmon, goat cheese, Israeli feta, flowers, and quinoa. Be careful with the 'fresh' produce--it is often but not always older than ideal. The processed snacks and treats are frequently delicious, too--right now my favorite is the peanut butter wafer cookies. Exercise extreme caution with them.
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I almost forgot a few staples that we get at TJ's - sorry. My husband and teen LOVE the "Nutra Grain" style bars that TJ"s sell. Husand says there is more fruit filling ans less "cake wrapper"They come in several fruit flavors. They also make yummy granola style bars and surprisongly good brown rice based "rice crisppy treats".
If you have a dog in your life BOTH of my last pood;es LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the peanut bitter flavored dog treats. They were small enough for my toy but big enough that his "bother" who thought he was larger than a Great Dane and would only eat big treats for big dogs. (he was a large toy!!)
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We enjoy Trader Joe's challah here in St. Louis, slightly sweet with a bit of vanilla. It has a CRC (Chicago Rabbinical Council) hecksher. We also enjoy the Soy Creamy Cherry Chocolate Chip soy frozen dessert, which is pareve. The vanilla is not as good, in our opinion. As everyone else said, their chocolate chips are the best.
Aside from the good challah, we have not been impressed with the pies and cakes, etc. at TJ's. So we don't buy them anymore.
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They have some great values in kosher wine that nobody else has anywhere. Look for Sarah Bee Moscato, Banero Prosecco (sparking wine) and some red and white wines under the brand name Terrenal. In California the red Terrenala are $3.99 and are quite good. The prices are amazing.
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re: SSWiditor
queenscook
Aug 16, 2011 08:55 AM
Don't know where the OP is posting from, but unfortunately, here in NY, the TJs don't sell wine (with the exception of their one dedicated wine store in Manhattan . . . definitely not convenient to most of the kosher communities of NY).
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At my easr coast TJ's (PA) MOST of the bread IS kosher, almost all the premade cales.pies.rtc sadly are NOT. Check at YOU store to be sure.
Ine pretty unique thing is the availability of cresent rolls and cin. buns in the tubes similar to the Pillsbury ones. they show for every holiday meal on TV. My family LOVES them. Sadly they are dairy but they are KOSHER! -
First off, much of their merchandise is regional or East Coast / West Coast. I live in California.
In my local TJ's:
Sesame oil, Empire chicken (they even have organic,) some beef (Teva brand,) Israeli feta cheese, spiced mozzarella (the regular is not kosher,) nuts, boxed soup, soy and almond milk, tomato sauce, humus (although much of it is dairy for some unknown reason,) frozen spinach (Mexico Alef-Alef,) Israeli frozen garlic, basil and cilantro (I HATE cilantro,) Sue Bee Moscato wine (not as sweet as the "blue bottle,") yogurt, all sorts of chocolates and cookies (although most are dairy,) parve chocolate chips, Morningstar stuff, Dr. Prager veggie burgers, parve ice cream and Persian cucumbers.
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As discussed on this board, their pareve chocolate chips are great. Off the top of my head:
pareve frozen fruit bars, pareve honey whole wheat pretzels, lots of pareve bread. They also carry Empire chicken and turkey (I guess depending on the location). Enjoy!›11 Replies-
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re: DeisCane
queenscook
Oct 11, 2011 04:37 PM
Yes, but it's the only one in all of NY State, as far as I know, while many states have wine in every TJs.
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The best thing about Trader Joe's is that they have really top quality food , things like really good olive oil and chocolate chips, as store brands at lower prices than similar items of this quality in other markets. That said, they do this by contracting directly with producers, and, therefore, any particular favorite item may at any moment disappear, replaced by a virtually item of equal quality but without a hechscher for the simple reason that Joe found a production line that could being in the top quality more cheaply, on a nonkosher production line.
They also offer frozen vegetables that yo rarely see elsewhere, like leeks and mangoes. Again, at great prices.
I like their par-baked baguette, which can be frozen, then baked and served. And their chicken thighs http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/792891
Their meat selections vary, but they have consistently had beef at an astonishingly low price in the kind of low-fat cut that simmers beautifully for Friday evening pot roast or overnight in a slow-cooker.
I also adore their chocolate chips. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/791281
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They do offer both Triangle K and OU meat. Not probably at the same store at the same time. As I said, they're wonderful but irregular.
I don't buy the beef there often (I don't cook much red meat, and more often often want to do lamb dishes when I do, because I find the flavor more interesting ot work with) but I have seen OU as well as Triangle K (though I haven't looked to see what beef they have at the store that recently opened in my neighborhood) and for all I know they may sometimes have other hechscherim as well.
You could ask your manager and see if he would try the OU line in your store.
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