[net.religion.jewish] Kosher gelatin - a correction

jin@hropus.UUCP (Jerry Natowitz) (09/21/86)

> I cannot describe strongly enough how horrified I am at your
> posting.
> Dannot Yogurt definitely does not use agar-agar; it uses gelatin.  They
> call it `kosher gelatin', now that they have lost their rabbinical
> supervision, to recover some of the lost clientele.  Few courts in the
> country are going to undertake to determine what is and what is not `kosher',
> so they can put `kosher gelatin' on their ingredients list with
> impunity.
> 
> If they used agar-agar they would list `agar-agar' as an ingredient,
> and
> they would still have Rabbi Ralbag's trademark on their cartons.
> 
> Please, please, please! -- Cancel your article immediately.  And please
> post a retraction, before someone relies on your word and eats nonkosher
> yogurt.
>
>					jfs

I received this mail concerning my posting about kosher gelatin.  I
did not know of the controversy concerning Dannon's use of the term
"kosher gelatin".  I have seen "kosher gelatin" used as a name for agar
in the past and I presumed Beatrice used it because it sounded better than
agar-agar.

I guess my response to Susan's posting should have been more on the line
of "why would you want to icky fruit flavored yogurt when you can
add the fruit yourself and it's much better".

Sorry if I aided and abetted anyone's violation of kosher or vegetarianism.
-- 
Jerry Natowitz (HASA - A division)
Bell Labs HR 2A-214
201-615-5178 (no CORNET)
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