MACA root powder, raw (Passover) Acceptable without Passover Certification (cRc) (2025)

HAND SANITIZER- Any that do not list alcohol or ethanol may be used. If the only alcohol listed is isopropyl alcohol, it may be used. (Star-K 2025)
From the cRc: Do alcohol-based hand sanitizers require Pesach certification? Alcohol-based hand sanitizers such as Purell, typically contain at least 62% ethyl alcohol, which may possibly be chametz. However, Rav Schwartz ZT”L checked a sample of hand sanitizer and said that it is as inedible as other liquid soaps and may therefore be used on Pesach regardless of the source of alcohol.
May I use hand sanitizer on Shabbos and Yom To? Rav Schwartz ZT”L said that using a hand sanitizer such as Purell on Shabbos and Yom Tov is no different than using liquid soap; Iggeros Moshe (OC 1:113) holds that this is not permissible, but many Poskim are of the opinion that it is permitted. Rav Schwartz ZT”L accepts this latter approach. (cRc)

MILK & MILK SUBSTITUTES

• Lactaid, non-chewable pills (Passover) Acceptable without Passover Certification (cRc 2025) .
• Lactose free milk (Passover): Acceptable without Passover certification if purchased before Passover. This also applies to the generic brands of lactose-free milk. (cRc 2025)
• In areas where Kosher for Passover milk is not available, milk should be purchased BEFORE Passover. (Star-K)
• Nonfat Dried Milk without additives before Pesach: (Kosherquest.org 2025)
  Due to all the concerns noted above, very few companies are willing to go to the lengths required to produce a milk substitute which is certified as kosher for Pesach. This year, there is almond milk and coconut milk available with hashgachah for Pesach, and those are surely a first choice. Another alternative is to search the internet where one can find myriad simple recipes and instructions for producing milk-substitutes at home. Individuals can, thereby, create their own milk substitutes using kosher for Pesach ingredients.
• Milk Alternatives: The following products contain kitniyos and are acceptable for the infirm who need milk alternatives. They are acceptable only in shelf-stable containers. (OU 2025)
  • Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Original Unsweetened Almond Milk (shelf stable)
  • Westsoy West Life Plain Soy Milk
  • Califia Farms Go Coconuts Coconut Milk

Meat:

• Meat from the OU (2025): Raw meat and poultry sold in any venue, in original factory sealed packages, may be used for Passover when bearing an OU (even without an OU-P).
  Meat and poultry that is repacked in a local supermarket or butcher, should not be used for Passover, unless there is a special Passover program in place. For detailed information regarding any specific venue, please contact the local supervision.
  Ground, cooked, or broiled meat and poultry (including liver) may only be assumed to be kosher for Pesach when bearing an OU-P or another reliable supervision. Exceptions to this rule, can be found in the listing in the Pesach Guide.
  raw fresh or frozen (not ground) Acceptable without Passover Certification if in original packaging. If not certified for Passover, meat should be rinsed before use. (cRc 2023)
  • A.A. Rubashkin & Sons: raw unprocessed, including ground (2025)
  • A.D. ROSENBLATT BEEF raw unprocessed, including ground
  • AARON’S BEST BEEF & POULTRY raw unprocessed, excluding ground
  • Alle Beef, lamb, poultry, veal raw unprocessed, excluding ground (2025)
  • BETH YOSEF/KURSON KOSHER BEEF & POULTRY raw unprocessed, excluding ground
  • D. GRUENSPECHT BEEF & LAMB raw unprocessed, excluding ground
  • DAVID ELLIOT POULTRY raw unprocessed

    Empire: Poultry raw, unprocessed including ground (excluding 10lb tude) (2024)

  • HEARTLAND KOSHER BEEF & LAMB raw unprocessed, including ground
  • KEDAS POULTRY raw unprocessed, including ground
  • KEE-TOV POULTRY raw unprocessed, excluding ground
  • KJ POULTRY POULTRY raw unprocessed, including ground
  • KOSHER VALLEY POULTRY raw unprocessed, including ground
  • KOSHERS BEST POULTRY raw unprocessed, including ground
  • LAMM’S LAMB raw unprocessed, including ground
  • MARVID POULTRY raw unprocessed, excluding ground
  • Meal Mart ground beef should not be used on Pesach unless it bears an OU-P. (OU) (2022)
  • PELLEH POULTRY raw unprocessed, including ground
  • ROMANIAN BEEF, LAMB, POULTRY & VEAL raw unprocessed, including ground
  • SCHREIBER BEEF & LAMB raw unprocessed, excluding ground
  • Shor Habor: Beef and Poultry raw, unprocessed excluding ground (2025)
  • Solomons Beef & Lamb raw unprocessed excluding ground (2025)
  • TEVA BEEF raw unprocessed, including ground
  • YAAKOV’S PREMIUM MEATS BEEF & LAMB raw unprocessed, including ground
• Star-K: All packaged raw meat products should be used with Passover approval from a reliable certifying agency.
  Note: Ground beef is not always KFP; check with certifying agency.
  The following raw unprocessed meats are certified by STAR-K:
  • Glatt Mart (Brooklyn, NY, Ave. M) (Star-KP Required) Only packaged products with Star-KP
  • Glatt Ranch (Star-KP Required)
  • Grow and Behold Foods (Star-K No P Required)
  • Holy Wagyu (Star-K No P Required)
  • Kol Foods (Star-K No P Required)
  • Leafy Creek Farms (Star-K No P Required)
  • M&D Glatt (Star-K No P Required)
  • Marble and Grain (Star-K No P Required)
  • Market Maven (Balt., MD) (Star-KP Required)
  • Seven Mile Market (Star-KP Required)
  • Shlomo’s Meat Market (Baltimore, MD) (Star-KaP Required) Wasserman & Lemberger (Baltimore, MD) (Star-KP Re
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    The following raw meats are approved by Star-K without additional Passover symbol:
  • Aaron’s (No P Required) Raw unprocessed (excl. ground beef)
  • Alle/Meal Mart (No P Required) Raw unprocessed (excl. ground beef) Solomon’s (No P Required) Raw unprocessed (excl. ground beef)

Noodles

• Shirataki Noodles needs certification

Nuts:

• OU: Shelled raw nuts that list BHA, BHT, or any other additive on the ingredient label require special Passover certification. If no additives are listed, raw nuts may be acceptable when bearing an OU symbol. Pecans that are whole or half are acceptable with an OU certification, midgets and pecan pieces require Passover certification (OU 2025)
• Raw whole, slivered, or chopped nuts are acceptable without Passover certification whether in or out of the shell and even if they are steam pasteurized, except if they are [a] blanched or roasted (all varieties), [b] finely ground into a powder, such as almond flour, [c] contain BHT or BHA, [d] shelled pecan pieces, or [e] peanuts (which are kitnios).(cRc 2025)
• Pine Nuts Acceptable without Passover Certification if free of BHT/BHA cRc (2025)
• Nuts: Raw, whether they are slivered, whole or chopped nuts (e.g., almonds, pine nuts, walnuts, etc.) without preservatives or other additives, such as BHT or BHA in corn oil, are approved for Passover.
  If label states that it is processed in a plant that processes kitniyos or chometz, then it requires a reliable KFP certification.
  The following processed nuts require KFP certification: Dry roasted, toasted, blanched, and ground.
  Whole and half pecans are similar to any raw nuts mentioned above; however, pecan pieces and midget pecans must bear a KFP symbol.
  Many consider peanuts as kitniyos, which are not permissible on Pesach. (Star-K) (2025)
• Cascade Hazelnut Meal (a No P Required), Hazelnuts (Filberts), Raw (Star-K No P Required), Hazelnuts in the Shell, (Star-K No P Required) (2025)
• Linden Nut Walnuts, In-Shell (Star-K No P Required), Walnuts, Shelled (Star-K No P Required) (2025)
• Poindexter Walnuts, Raw, Chopped (Star-K No P Required), Walnuts, Raw, Meal (Star-K No P Required) (2025)
• Smart Harvest Hazelnuts, Raw (Star-K No P Required) (2025)
• Stahmann's Raw Pecans, Halves, Large and Extra Large Pieces (Star-K No P Required) (2025)
• Turkhan Foods Almonds, In-Shell (Star-K No P Required), Almonds, Shelled (Raw) (Star-K No P Required), Almonds, Shelled (Steam Treated) (Star-K No P Required) (2025)

• Almond Meal & flour
  • Almond Flour needs Passover certification.
    OU: It is preferable to purchase almond meal with Pesach certification. If this is not possible, certain brands are approved when bearing a regular OU symbol. (2024)
  • cRc: Must bear reliable Passover certification: Kirkland Almond Flour is recommended for Passover when bearing K-ORC, even without specific Passover designation.
  • Costco/Kirkland almond flour with a Kof-K - Passover is acceptable for Pesach (Kof-K) (2025)
    • Barney Basics Almond Flour OU Symbol required. Kosher for Passover without special certification. (2025) Gefen Almond Flour Pareve OU-P Symbol required. Kosher for Passover ONLY when bearing special certification. (2025)
    • Pereg Almond Flour Pareve OU-P Symbol required. Kosher for Passover ONLY when bearing special certification. (2025)
    • Blue Diamond Blanched Almond Flour usable with an OK (2025)
    • Bob's Red Mill Almond Meal Flour: OK, Teichman not usable for Passover
    • Trader Joes Blanched Almond Flour is not Kosher for Passover. (OK)
    • Wellsley Farm Blanched Almond Flour is not certified Kosher for Passover. (OK) (2025)

  Oil:

• Olive Oil: Olive oil, extra virgin (unflavored) (Passover): Acceptable without Passover Certification (cRc 2025)
  • Chosen Avocado Oil & Spray - usable for Passover (OU) (2025)

    Wellsley Farms Avocado Oil Spray, Extra Virgin Olive Oil Spray (Star-K No P Required) (2025)

  • Pompeian, oil and spray : Grapeseed Oil, Extra Virgin (Robust, Smooth) Olive Oil, Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Star-K/No P Required) (2025)

  Quinoa

  • Quinoa needs Passover certification, see Still Quonfused about Quinoa
  • OU: Pereg; LaBonne; Goldbaum's
  • Star-K: Quinoa is Kosher L'Pesach and is not related to the five types of chometz grains, millet or rice. However, because there is a possibility that quinoa grows in proximity to chometz grains and may be processed in facilities that compromise its Kosher for Passover status, quinoa should be accepted only with a reliable Kosher for Passover approval. The following is certified by the STAR-K:
    • Natural Earth (Star-KP Required) (2025)
  • Quinoa flour - needs Passover certification

  RAISINS:
  The following raisins are approved for use on Pesach, provided that "oil" does not appear in the ingredient panel (Star-K:) (2025)

  • Bowl and Basket (No P Required)
  • Great Value (No P Required)
  • Market Pantry (No P Required)
  • Sun Valley Raisins (No P Required)
  • Southern Grove (No P Required)
  • Trader Joe’s (No P Required)
  • Wegmans (No P Required)
  • Weis (No P Required)
  
  For more brands that do not require a P see the OU list:

  Salt

  • All brands of non–iodized salt that do not contain dextrose or polysorbates may be used. Even if it contains magnesium carbonate or sodium silicate it is fine to use on Pesach. (Star-K 2022)
  • Salt: Acceptable for Passover if it is free of iodine and other sensitive additives. Calcium silicate is an acceptable additive to non-iodized salt. (cRc 2023)

  Soda, Seltzer and Water:

  • Coca-Cola: Classic “OU P” on bottle cap, Classic Coke | Diet Coke, (OU P Required)
  • Pepsi: Pepsi “KP” on bottle cap Pepsi Cola (regular) – 2 Liter | Diet Pepsi – 2 Liter (P Required)
  • All unflavored bottled water, seltzer and sparkling water without any additives is Kosher for Passover, even without any Kosher supervision. (OU) (2025)
  • Distilled water does not require certification, even if it includes fluoride or minerals. The following waters require KFP certification: Flavored; containing citrate or zinc lactate; and 5 gallon containers (since they are reused). (Star-K 2025)
  • SELTZER: Any unflavored seltzer that does not list any citrates as an ingredient may be used. All flavored seltzer requires KFP certification (Star-K) (2025)

  Sweeteners

  • Sugar, pure white cane, : Acceptable without Passover Certification (cRc 2025)
  • Evaporated Cane Juice: Acceptable Without Passover Certification (cRc 2025)
  • Turbinado sugar: Acceptable for Passover assuming it is pure and without any other (sensitive) ingredients (cRc 2025)
  • Agave Syrup - Must bear reliable Passover certification (cRc) (2023)
  • Honey - needs certification (OU) (2025)
  • Maple Syrup: needs certification for Passover Palm Sugar, Coconut Sugar- Must bear reliable Passover certification (cRc 2025)
  • Non Nutrative Sweeteners- needs Passover certification
    • Gefen Harmony Sweetener Zero Calories (P Required)
    • Lieber's Stevia Sweetees (P Required)
    • Sucralis Low Calorie Sweetener (Star-KP Required)
    • Xylitol: needs Passover certification (cRc 2024)
    • Xyla Xylitol no-->
  • Sugar
    • Lantic (Rogers) Sugar (aside for the icing sugar) kosher for Passover without a P (MK) (2023
    • Lantic & Redpath Brown Sugar (no P needed) (MK & COR)
    • Domino Sugar & other sugar products bear an OK P year round.

Tea

• Lipton Decaffeinated tea no longer useable for Passover (2023) Plain black tea does not need certification

Vegetables:

• Raw vegetables that are usable for Passover do not need a hecksher
• Packaged Baby Carrots  yes if contain on sensitive additives (cRc); OU-wash first
• Peeled Garlic with Star-K, no P- large list on the here
• All fresh packaged salads require KFP certification. All fresh packaged salads certified by STAR-K are Kosher for Passover only when bearing the Star-KP symbol.
• Bagged vegetables such as pre-washed lettuce (other than Star-K certified brands above), baby carrots, shredded carrots, shredded cabbage, raw cole slaw mix, etc. are acceptable for Passover use if they do not contain sensitive ingredients. However, they should be purchased prior to Passover and must be checked for insects when necessary. (cRc) (2020)
• Frozen Vegetables- need Passover certification (cRc)
• Sundried tomatoes require certification (cRc)
• Veggie Wash: Fit (OU)- wash product with water before using; contains kitniot (2022)

VINEGAR: Requires reliable KFP certification

• Roland (Star-K/No P Required): Balsamic Vinegar

Parchment Paper

• Any Parchment paper with a hecksher is usable for Passover (OU personal communication 2022)

Personal Care products

• Lip balm does not need Passover certification (cRc)
• cRc Pesach Lipstick Search

* Note: From the Star-K: If label states that it is processed in a plant that processes kitniyos or chometz, then it requires a reliable KFP certification. Note: Many consider peanuts as kitniyos, which are not permissible on Pesach. Also, dry roasted nuts and ground nuts require reliable KFP certification.

The COR -Kashruth Council of Canada explains allergen declarations on labels at Note Regarding "May Contain" Declarations

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