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GLUTEN FREE MARKET NOW A $4.2 BILLION MARKET

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GLUTEN FREE MARKET NOW A $4.2 BILLION MARKET

Posted on September 18, 2013

FROM ADVERTIZING AGE Touted by everyone from the Pillsbury Doughboy to Miley Cyrus, gluten-free foods have entered the mainstream. Even Twinkie is considering jumping in a market estimated by research group Packaged Facts to be worth more than $4.2 billion in sales this year. And last month, the Food and Drug Administration clarified its rules Continue Reading »

BUT WHAT WILL JET BLUE DO NOW?

Posted on September 12, 2013

(Jet Blue serves only blue potato chips) We’ve grown accustomed to choosing our food from a spectacular rainbow — care for an impossibly pink cupcake, a cerulean blue sports drink or yogurt in preppy lavender? But there’s a growing backlash against the synthetic dyes that give us these eye-popping hues. And now scientists are turning Continue Reading »

KETIVA V’CHATIMA TOVA TO EVERYONE!

Posted on September 4, 2013

Here at the offices of the Kosher Nexus, yom tov is in the air. Chef Andrea is busy in the UTJ’s Southern Test Kitchen, Chef Amy in Efrat is cooking up a storm, and here in Jerusalem we are cooking and baking day and night. To you, our faithful readers, we wish you a year Continue Reading »

GINGER INFUSED ROASTED CARROT SOUP

Posted on September 3, 2013

FROM CHABAD Ginger Infused Roasted Carrot Soup Ingredients: 5 purple onions ¼ cup + 1 tbsp. olive oil 2 tsp. salt (divided) 1 tsp. brown sugar 1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar ¼ tsp. garlic powder 2 lbs. carrots 2 ½ cups water 1 inch cube of fresh ginger, peeled 2 cups unsweetened almond milk Directions: Cut Continue Reading »

COCONUT SPLIT PEA SOUP

Posted on August 30, 2013

FROM THE ENGLISH UPDATE MAGAZINE 2 cups yellow split peas 8 cups water 2 medium carrots diced 2 tablespoons minced ginger 2 tablespoons curry powder 2 tablespoons coconut oil 8 scallions (green onions)thinly sliced and divided in half 1/3 cup raisins 1/3 cup tomato paste 1 14 ounce can of coconut milk 2 tsp sea Continue Reading »

WHEW! NO HUMMUS SHORTAGES COMING IN THE USA!

Posted on August 27, 2013

Garbanzo bean plantings increase You should find a few more California-grown garbanzo beans at the market in the coming year. The state’s farmers intend to plant 2 percent more garbanzos than they did last year. Farmers will plant more kidney beans, too, but otherwise California bean plantings will decrease, compared to a year ago. Plantings Continue Reading »

NAKED SEA SALT

Posted on August 21, 2013

Adding salt to your food is about to become much healthier and tastier thanks to a new Israeli product that is dubbing itself the “the world’s healthiest gourmet salt.” It’s known as Naked Sea Salt and the wholesome granules come from the shores of the Dead Sea. Entrepreneur Ari Fruchter, founder and CEO of the Continue Reading »

MARY’S GONE CRACKERS

Posted on August 20, 2013

We first wrote about Mary back on July 20, 2009. Today we are happy to alert you to two new crackers: Hot N Spicy Jalapeno and Super Seed. Both are OU certified. Not only are these babies wheat and gluten free, they are also whole grain, vegan, pareve, non- GMO, contain no hydrogenated oils and Continue Reading »

BAKERY ON MAIN

Posted on August 19, 2013

This fine company makes a full line of OU certified products, all of which are certified gluten free. They are also non GMO. So what do they make? OATMEAL FLAVORS: Strawberry Shortcake, Apple Pie, Traditional, and Maple Multi Grain Muffin. GRANOLA BAR FLAVORS: Cranberry Maple Nut, Peanut Butter Chocolate, Chocolate Almond, Apple Cinnamon, and Peanut Continue Reading »

WELL, IT’S ABOUT TIME!

Posted on August 16, 2013

FROM KOSHER TODAY (AUG. 12) AKO Reminds Members to Keep an Eye Out for Health Violations By Staff Reporters 08.12.13 – Mashgichim_healthcodes.jpg CHICAGO — Kosher supervisors (mashgichim) were reminded to make sure that the facilities they certify are in compliance with health codes. Several agencies have recently taken the position that they would reconsider their Continue Reading »