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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 |
Status |
| 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 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 |
| Chometz products non-edible even for canine consumption | No |
| Condiments containing vinegar (e.g., ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, pickles) | No |
| Corn Flakes (brands that contains 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) | No1 |
| Food Coloring | No |
| Gefilte Fish (even if 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 sources) | 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 chometz) | 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 |
| Vitamin tablets containing chometz | No |
| Wheat Germ | Yes |
| Wheat gluten/wheat protein (unknown amount in product) | Yes |
| Whiskey2 | Yes |
| Yeast (Baker’s) | No |
| Yeast Extract | No |
- This applies to flour that is not an ingredient in a product (e.g., flour sold in bags). However, as an ingredient in a product it is usually חמץ גמור.
- This includes bourbon, rye, liquors, gin, scotch, whiskey (unless they are certified for Pesach or are known to be from non-chometz sources).
