Updated June 2025

Listed below are products that do not require kosher certification provided:

• they do not have additives, and
• [if food items] are not a product of Israel. Food items from Israel need reliable certification.

Please review this list regularly for any updates as the information may change.

NOTE: THIS LIST IS FOR YEAR-ROUND USE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PASSOVER

Aluminum Foil

Applesauce – Plain Only (even with high fructose corn syrup and vitamins)

Baking Powder

Baking Soda

Barley, Raw – Requires checking for insects. See the STAR-K Insect Checking page.

Beer, Domestic and Unflavored

Beans, Dried (not in cans) – Black, Garbanzo, Kidney, Northern, etc.

Bran, Unprocessed

Buckwheat, Raw

Carob Powder

Cocoa Powder, Plain (NOT cocoa mix)

Coffee, Whole Bean/Ground, Unflavored

Coffee, Instant, Regular/Decaf, Unflavored

Cornmeal

Corn Powder

Cornstarch

Dental Floss

Dishwashing Gloves

Farina – Plain, Raw

Grains, Raw – May require checking for insects. See the STAR-K Insect Checking page.

Honey – Pure and Unflavored

Lentils, Red/Black – Raw

Molasses, Unflavored

Quinoa, Raw – Requires checking for insects. See the STAR-K Insect Checking page.

Oats – Pure, Raw

Oven Cleaner

Paper Goods – Plates, Cups, Napkins

Rice, Brown/White – Raw. Brown requires checking for insects. See the STAR-K Insect Checking page.

Salt

Silver Polish

Split Peas, Green/Yellow – Raw

Sugar – Cane, Beet, Brown, Confectioners

Tea, Unflavored

Water, Unflavored (even with fluoride)

NOTE: THIS LIST IS FOR YEAR-ROUND USE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PASSOVER