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Orthodox Union Kosher, known as OU Kosher or OUK, is a kosher certification agency based in New York City. It was founded in 1923 by Abraham Goldstein. It is the certification agency of about 70% of kosher food worldwide, and is the largest of the "Big Five" major certification agencies, which include OK, Kof-K, Star-K, and CRC. [1]
The Orthodox Union (abbreviated OU) [note 1] is one of the largest Orthodox Jewish organizations in the United States.Founded in 1898, [2] the OU supports a network of synagogues, youth programs, Jewish and Religious Zionist advocacy programs, programs for the disabled, localized religious study programs, and international units with locations in Israel and formerly in Ukraine.
They supervise a number of major brands, including Del Monte, Hebrew National, [2] Ocean Spray, Sunsweet, Sunny Delight, SunChips and Wonder Bread. [3]Minute Maid products used to be supervised by Triangle K. [4] Since 2013, the Orthodox Union has been providing kosher certification for Minute Maid products instead.
Upon Rabbi Don Yoel Levy’s death in 2020, the Executive Rabbinical Council took responsibility of the OK. [4] With more than 10 million consumers seeking kosher products in the United States alone, the kosher food industry has seen rapid growth in the past two decades, with sales reaching $165 billion in 2002. [5]
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Menachem Genack (born 1949) is an Orthodox rabbi and the CEO of the Orthodox Union Kosher Division, a supervisory organization of kosher food.As such he oversees the kosher certification of over 1.3 million products and over 14,000 facilities in 104 countries.
Kosher Supervision of America is a not-for-profit Kashrut organization based in Los Angeles, California, United States which was certified to operate as of January 31, 1996. [1] Its primary purpose is to certify food as kosher. The Kashrus Administrator is Rabbi Binyomin Lisbon.
L'Chaim Kosher Vodka is a corn-based vodka made with water from springs in the Golan Heights, in Israel-occupied Syria. The vodka undergoes a triple distillation process in Or Akiva, Israel. [6] The product line is certified as kosher. [3] In 2012, L'Chaim launched a kosher for Passover vodka made from beets instead of corn. [7]