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The following chart offers guidelines for products that are ( חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח (שעה”פ . “Yes” next to a product indicates the product is subject to the halachos of חמץ שעה”פ . Following Pesach, one may purchase these products only from a Jewish owned store that properly sold its chometz, or from a store owned by a gentile. “No” next to a product indicates the product is not subject to the halachos of חמץ שעה”פ . These products may be purchased at any store after Pesach.
Product |
?חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח |
|---|---|
| Barley (if pearled, raw and packaged) | No |
| Beer | Yes |
| Bran (Wheat, Oat) | Yes |
| Bread /cake/cookies | Yes |
| Cereal with primary ingredient of wheat, oats or barley | Yes |
| Chometz content is more than a k’zayis. | Yes |
| Chometz content in entire package is less than a k’zayis but is greater than 1/60 of the cooked product (e.g., Corn Flakes cereal) | Yes |
| Chometz content in entire package is less than a k’zayis but is greater than 1/60 of the uncooked product | No |
| Chometz content is less than 1/60 of the product | No |
| Chometz Nokshe (e.g., chometz glue) | Yes |
| Condiments containing vinegar (ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, pickles) | No |
| Corn Flakes (brands that contain malt flavor – e.g., Kellogg’s) | Yes |
| Cookies | Yes |
| Cosmetics | No |
| Couscous | Yes |
| Detergents | No |
| Extracts | No |
| Flour (including whole wheat flour or if contains malted barley) | No |
| Chometz products non-edible even for canine consumption | No |
| Food coloring | No |
| Gefilte fish (that contains chometz or non-KFP matzo meal) | Yes |
| Ketchup | No |
| Kitniyos | No |
| Malt extract in product (e.g., Rice Krispies) | Yes |
| Maltodextrin | No |
| Maltose (in product) | Yes |
| Matzah and matzah meal (not certified for Pesach) | Yes |
| Mayonnaise | No |
| Medicine containing chometz | No |
| Modified food starch (from unknown source) | No |
| Mustard | No |
| Oatmeal (instant, regular, baby) | Yes |
| Pasta | Yes |
| Pickles | No |
| Pretzels | Yes |
| Processed on chometz equipment with no chometz content in product (if it was not known to have been processed on Pesach) | No |
| Rice Krispies (brands that contains malt flavor – e.g., Kellogg’s) | Yes |
| Rolled oats | Yes |
| Salad Dressing | No |
| Soy Sauce (containing wheat) | Yes |
| Vanillin and Ethyl Vanillin | No |
| Vinegar (from unknown sources) | No |
| Vitamins containing chometz | No |
| Wheat germ | Yes |
| Wheat gluten or wheat protein (unknown amount in product) | Yes |
| Whiskey | Yes |
| Yeast (Baker’s) | No |
| Yeast extract | No |
