Lindt Chocolates

[lenchik]

In case anyone is interested, Lindt Chocolates (at least some of them) are now kosher - Chof-K supervision. Happy Day!

[Jay3fer]

Does anybody know if this will/ does include Lindt products in Canada?

[joebenjamin]

No big victory here for kosher consumers----the kosher Lindts are made in New Hampshire!!!!!!!

[phenanthrene]

Just tried the milk chocolate ones - delicious, and what a lovely texture! Thanks!

[koshergourmetmart]

found a large bag of assorted-red,blue and white wrappers at CVS on Eagle Rock. Yum!

[koshergourmetmart]

found every type including snowman at target on rt 10 in east hanover, nj

[joebenjamin]

TOO LATE FOR ME----I was at the LINDT outlet in Kittery Maine in August----they did not know what kosher even meant!!!!

[serenarobin]

I really wish they had a pareve designation. Looks like their dark chocolates --85%? 90%? 99%???--SHOULD be. Oh well...

[zsero]

That would be because running boiling water through the equipment ruins it, so it's almost impossible to kasher it from dairy to pareve. Thus even the pareve chocolates are DE. Some rabbis in Europe seem to allow kashering with molten chocolate instead of water, so after a run of non-dairy chocolate is put through they call the next run pareve, but I don't know how that can be squared with the Shulchan Aruch.

[IsItkosher]

Do not assume that dark chocolate designated as kosher-dairy without any dairy ingredients is DE.
Manufacturer could add traces of milk crumbs to prolong shelf life of dark chocolate.

[koshergourmetmart]

then in the allergen warning it would have to say may contain traces of milk

[zsero]

If the milk were a deliberately added ingredient it wouldn't say "may contain", it would say "contains".

[DeisCane]

Either way, KGM is right that it would be noted somehow.

[jdh11]

Until 10 years ago all hechsherim accepted that as the way to make a dairy chocolate line into pareve. So the European hechsherim are just continuing the old standard that everyone had until the American hechsherim decided that that was not good enough. This happened around the same time that Stella Doros almost went dairy, and Hershey's special dark became dairy. Most large chocolate manufacturers were not willing to risk ruining their equipment by running boiling water through it.

[zsero]

Yes, but I can't imagine on what basis the old standard was ever accepted, since it contradicts the black letter law. Though I suppose if it's only from dairy to parve then me'ikar hadin no kashering is probably necessary in the first place, so one can be lenient.

[Mashgiach]

Hershey's Special Dark went dairy because they changed it by adding butter. Stella Doro was going to change for a totally different reason. While you are correct that chocholate gys loath water, and some 20 years ago American hashgachos did kasher with cocoa butter and have stopped; the examples you cite aren't relevant.

[maga]

You're not the only one...

[azcohen]

That's funny, cause I was just looking at them at the drug store while waiting on line wondering why they did not have a certification yet.

[koshergourmetmart]

go here http://www.lindtusa.com/category-exec... and you can see the kof-k

[koshergourmetmart]

found the hazelnut one at stop n shop in west caldwell. it was yummy!

[phenanthrene]

Amazing! I have been waiting for this for YEARS! Thanks for posting!

[koshergourmetmart]

from their wsebsite
Lindt USA's INDOR truffles are now certified Kosher (dairy Kosher). The flavors are: Milk, White, Dark, Extra Dark, Peanut Butter, Hazelnut, Raspberry, Dark Orange, Mint, Vanilla and Peppermint as well as the seasonal flavor (milk chocolate surrounding white chocolate center): Snowman, Valentines, Spring and Halloween LINDOR truffles. Our coffee truffle is not Kosher certified. Not all LINDOR truffle packaging is carrying the Kosher certification symbol yet, but as new packaging is designed, the Kosher symbol will be included.

[DeisCane]

Wow, that's great. My wife will be thrilled.

[cheesecake17]

The truffles are actually on sale in Costco till next week!

[queenscook]

I had the peppermint ones; bought them at BJs already about two months ago. Have to say . . . I was unimpressed. Not enough to throw them out or give them away or anything, but I did not really think they were anything special. Just my opinion, of course.

[chazzer]

I find them to have a fake butter flavor that is very out of place. Not worth the calories especially now that Michel Cluizel is producing OU certified truffles.

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[brightside16]

You just made my day.