Pillsbury Update: 11-21-03

The following products are Clean and certified kosher by the Orthodox Union:
Frozen Homebake Classics Biscuits (found in the Frozen Food Section)
Ready-To-Bake Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip with Walnuts, Chocolate Chunk,
Shapes and Sugar Cookies.

Post Products Update: 11-14-03

Click here for a complete list of Clean Post products.


General Mills/Pillsbury Update: 10-23-03

Sam's Club Sandwich Croissants UPC 207085-104252 are made by Pillsbury.
They are free of pork ingredients and are designated Clean.


Frito Lay Update: 10-23-03

Cheetos Bacon Cheddar Artificially Flavored Crackers (Pork)
Unclean
Maui Style Onion Flavored Potato Chips (Pork)  
Unclean
Cracker Jacks: Butter Toffee, Fat Free Original, Original, and Original w/Peanuts   
Clean
Rold Gold Pretzels: Rods, Sticks, Thins, Twists and Tiny Twists   
Clean
Rold Gold Sourdough Pretzel Nuggets, Twists and Pretzels   
Clean
Ruffles Dip Mix French Onion and Dip Mix Ranch       
Clean
Tostitos Gold Tortilla Chips, Natural Organic Blue and Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips      
Clean
Tostitos Bite Size Tortilla Chips, Crispy Round Tortilla Chips and SCOOPS brand     
Clean
Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips and Sunchips brand Original Flavor Multigrain Snacks 
Clean


Aidell's Sausage Update: 10-03-03

Aidell's Sausages are available at Sam's Club and Costco stores.
Regular Sausages (20-30 Varieties) are Unclean
Mini Sausages: Chicken Apple, Tomato, and Cajun are Clean
Breakfast Sausages: Maple Bacon is Unclean
Mango Chicken is Clean

Colgate-Palmolive Update: 09-19-03

The following products are designated Clean:
*Colgate Herbal White Fresh Mint Toothpaste
*Colgate Fresh Confidence with Whitening
*My First Colgate Toothpaste-Barney/Looney Tunes
*Colgate Simply White Clear Whitening Gel, all varieties

Nestle Update: 08-26-03

Nestle's Carnation Good Start Milk Base Baby Formula's name will be changed to Nestle Good Start Supreme.  It contains a pork derived enzyme and is designated Unclean.

The following is a list of their Clean Baby formulas:
Nestle Good Start Essentials (formerly Nestle Carnation Follow Up), Nestle Good Start
Essentials Soy (Alsoy), and Nestle Good Start 2 Essentials (formerly Nestle Carnation Follow Up
Soy).  They are certified kosher by the Orthodox Union and bear a  (U)D kosher symbol.

AstraZeneca Update: 08-19-03

Prilosec is no longer designated Clean.  Prilosec now contains Gelatin derived from animal
(Pork/beef) and plant sources.  It is designated Unclean.

Heinz Update: 08-19-03

The following Heinz Soups are Clean and certified kosher by the OU:
Cream of Mushroom, Cream of Celery, Cream of Green Pea, Cream of Potato, Tomato Soup
and Vegetarian Vegetable.  Heinz sells them Wholesale, so please contact your local grocer and
ask them to stock Heinz soups.

Protonix Update: 08-19-03

Protonix is made by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and contains no animal ingedients and no gelatin.
The coating is a synthetic polymer.  There are no dyes, wheat, nor eggs used in the product.
It comes in Tablet and Intravenous forms.  It is designated Clean.

Prevacid Update: 08-19-03


Prevacid comes in two forms: capsule and oral suspension packets.  The capsule form contains
beef/pork derived gelatin and is designated Unclean.  The oral suspension (prescription
needed) contains Magnesium Stearate from beef sources, it is designated Clean.

Nestle Update: 08-08-03

Wonka Pixy Stix in paper straws contain Carmine and are designated Unclean.  The company
stated that the Sour Pixy Stix and the Pixy Stix in plastic straws do not contain Carmine.

Kraft (Callard Bowser-Succhard) Update 08-01-03

Altoid Mints are still designated Unclean.  They are still using Pork derived gelatin in the product.

Atkinson Candy Co. Update: 07-25-03 *(08-01-03)

Atkinson's Coconut Long Boys are pork free; the Mono-diglycerides are soybean based.  None of their other products contain ingredients derived from animal sources.  All of their products are
certified kosher by the Orthodox Union (OU).  Some of their products are: Chick-O-Sticks, MintTwists, Peanut Butter Bars, Rainbow Coconut Bars, and Assorted Sours (Hard Candy).
They are designated Clean.

*Judson-Atkinson Candies' is a sister company of Atkinson Candy Co.  The Judson-Atkinson
Assorted Sours (Soft Candy) contains carmine. These are the Cherry Sour Balls, as well as the
other flavors. None of their products are certified kosher.  They are designated Unclean.


George Weston Bakeries Update: 07-21-03

Thomas' Sahara Pita Breads are free of animal ingredients.  The product is vegetable based
and is certified kosher by the Orthodox Union (OU).  The Pita Breads come in 4 varieties:
White, Wheat, Oat Bran, and Onion. They are designated Clean.

Novartis Update: 07-11-03

Benefiber is 100% Guar Gum and does not contain any animal ingredients.  It is designated Clean.

Citrucel Update: 07-04-03

Citrucel powders are animal free and designated Clean.  The Citrucel Caplets may contain Beef/Pork derived Magnesium Stearate and is designated Unclean.

Metamucil Update: 07-04-03

Metamucil Powders and Wafers are animal free.  The gelatin used to make the capsules is beef.  These products are designated Clean.

Aldi's Update: 06-13-03

Aldi’s SnackRite Snack Crackers are Clean.
Aldi's Kirkwood Turkey Bacon is Unclean.

Special Notice: 05-31-03

The IOG Chicago Camp has started a Newsletter. The June Issue will be available June 10, 2003.

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Lofthouse Cookies Update: 05-23-03


All of Lofthouse Cookies are Clean except for the Pink Sugar Cookies.
They are sold at Food 4 Less Stores in their Fresh Bakery Section.

Special Notice 1: 05-12-03

The Clean and Unclean Product Pages have been updated.  These pages can now be seen
correctly using Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.  They can also be printed correctly,
therefore the printer friendly pages have been deleted. If you still have problems printing the
pages please adjust your margins.

Special Notice 2: 05-12-03

To see our SITEMAP please
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Nestle Candy Update: 05-03-03

Nestle's Spree Candy contains Carmine, it is designated Unclean.

Special Notice: 04-05-03

The IOG Research Committee Website has a new URL:
http://www.theisraelofgodrc.com

Wyandot Inc. Update 03-21-03 (Updated 1-13-06)

Click here for the newest information on these products.  They are now Clean.
Clancy's Cheese Flavored Crunchy (Aldi's) is free of pork ingredients, it is desigated Clean.
Wyandot's Casa Mamita Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips (Aldi's) contain Parmesan
Cheese that is unclean.  This product is designated Unclean.  Wyandot makes Nacho Cheese
Flavored Tortilla Chips for Casa Mamita, Kroger, Myers and Albertsons(Jewel's).
All of these brand named Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips are Unclean.

Dannon Update: 03-15-03

The following Dannon yogurt products are clean and certified kosher by the Orthodox Union:
Dannon Flavored (Coffee Flavored, Cran-Raspberry Flavored, Lemon, and Vanilla Lowfat Yogurt)
Dannon Plain (Plain Lowfat, Plain Nonfat, Natural Plain, and Organic Plain)
Dannon Frozen ( All Varieties)
Soft Frozen Fat Free (Blueberry Pie, Strawberry, Chocolate, French Vanilla, Orange Blossom, Peach Passion, Praline Pecan, NY Cheesecake, White Chocolate Mousse, and Red Raspberry Yogurt)
SS No Sugar Added (Vanilla, Chocolate, and Nonfat Gourmet Variety Pack Mix)  

General Mills Update: 03-15-03

Yoplait yogurt contains gelatin derived from sheep or beef sources.  They are designated clean if they have the OU kosher symbol on the product.

Hormel Foods Update: 03-15-03

Chi-Chi Salsa is pork free and designated clean.

Nature's Care Update: 03-03-03

Nature's Care Natural Toothpaste hasn't any animal ingredients: it is designated clean.

Special Notice (1): 02-27-03

We have been seeing a lot of products with the phrase "kosher gelatin", please understand that this phrase does not mean that the gelatin is pork free..  Some kosher organizations will give a product containing gelatin that has been processed as a non-food ingredient a kosher status of Clean, such as the Ko symbol. These products are not CLEAN.

Special Notice (2): 02-27-03

Sam's Club Bakery Items have not been researched as of yet, but we have noticed that a lot of their products contain Cysteine-L as well as other ingredients that might be from pork sources.
We contacted them by email and were told that we have to contact the individual stores.
Please read all labels!

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Berner Foods, Inc. Update: 02-27-03

The following products made by Berner Foods, Inc. (Aldi Products) are pork free and
designated Clean:  Casa Mamita Salsa Con Queso Mild and Leland Cheese Topping. 

Farley's & Sathers Candy Co. Update: 02-27-03

The following products are Clean: JuJyFruits & Friends, JuJubes, Red Raspberry Dollars, Mexican Hats, Chuckles Jellies, Chuckles JuJubes, Sour Dudes, Wild Cherry JuJy Drops, and Cool Grape JuJy Drops.  These products do not contain gelatin nor carmine/cochineal.

The Amazin' Fruit Gummi Bears (both original and tropical) and the Heide Gummi Bears contain gelatin.  The gelatin is made of pork.  They are designated Unclean.

Hormel Foods Corp. Update: 02-27-03

Hormel's Chili No Beans and Hormel Chili With Beans are pork free.  They are designated
Clean. Hormel's Turkey Spam is processed on the same machinery used to process the
original Spam which is made of pork.  It is designated Unclean.

Tom's of Maine Inc. Update: 02-27-03

Tom's of Maine Inc. Natural Toothpaste is free of animal ingredients and is certified kosher by the Orthodox Union.  It is designated Clean.

Dole Foods Inc. Update: 02-04-03

Most of Dole's Fruit N' Gel Bowls are Clean except for those containing Cochineal. Please read all labels.

Novartis Update: 01-10-03

Tavist Allergy contains pork. It is unclean.  None of Novartis' products have been certified kosher.

Natural Balance Co. Update: 01-10-03

Natural Balance Colon Clenz is unclean, the capsules are made with pork gelatin.

King's Hawaiian Bread Update: 01-07-03

King's Hawaiian Bread and Rolls now contain Cysteine-L, they are no longer designated as a clean product.  They are now UNCLEAN.  Please make a note of it in your pamphlets.

Kashi Products Update: 01-07-03

The following Kashi products are also clean:
Kashi TLC's (Crackers), Waffles and the Heart To Heart Cereals.
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