Rabbi versus Rabbi

May 15, 2007 - 4:00 PM by

Oh how an ounce of whey can throw a wrench into a day!

MasterFoods – producers of Mars, Snickers, Bounty, Milky Way, etc. – started using rennet – a curdling enzyme taken from calf stomach lining – in the above mentioned candy bars in May.

No biggie.

Unless you’re a vegetarian (who are REALLY upset, BTW) or if you keep kosher.

The British rabbis – where the candy bars with rennet are being manufactured – have given the grand thumbs up. Calf gut? No problemo.

Wait just one minute, say the rabbis here in Israel. They’re looking closely at the situation and deciding what to rule. Which might mean pulling the Kosher certification off the chocolate bars we all know and (some of us) love.

Boo hoo. But I’m with Master Chocolate Connoisseur “The Big D.B.” (that’s “Mr. Brinn” to the rest of youse guys):

Oh good. As long as it’s not Reese‘s.

Tags: • Category: A New Reality, Food, Life 

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  1. Avi on Tue, May 15th 2007 4:18 PM

    2. Hmm, they should be able to get a sefardi teuda. Rennet is not accepted by American Orthodox rabbis (it’s accepted by the Conservative movement, with legitimte support) so maybe just maybe it’ll still be here.

    OTOH, as a (kosher keeping, but I don’t have a prob w/ rennet from that end) vegetarian, I am very upset!

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