The Fancy food Show 2023 in New York highlighted a number of categories of products. The show included quite a few innovative and delicious kosher products. These included Plant-Based, Vegetarian, and Keto foods, some of which were kosher-certified.

Plant-Based Foods was one of the categories of products at the show.

Plant-based meat alternatives caught my eye as an item of interest to the kosher consumer. Meal Mart featured Mon Cuisine chicken nuggets, ground beef, and chicken shreds, all made with soy. Another company, Nutcase Vegan, produces a line of nut-based “meats” made from brown rice, nuts, and seeds. Both were tasty.

Plant-based dairy. Plant-based milk replacements have become a big business. Many of these products are kosher pareve, though some are dairy equipment. These products inherently lend themselves to the kosher market and fill needs including the ability to be eaten with or after meat meals and to be used by lactose-intolerant and Cholov Yisroel consumers. Plant-based dairy in other formats were also presented, including pareve cheeses made by Plant Ahead (feta block, shredded Parmesan), Vevan (shredded cheese, cheese melts, uncreamcheese), Seed to Spoon (yogurt, cream cheese, pudding, sour cream), Elmhurst Dairy (pareve sour cream, creamer), as well as other buttery spreads, vegan “milks”, yogurts, sour-creams, and creamers.

Kosher Dairy Cheeses: I was excited to see Kosher cheeses at the Fancy Food Show.

Anderson International featured “Sincerely, Brigitte” cheeses (cholov stam), including Camembert cheese with guava and Camembert cheese with apricot, both of which were tasty. They also presented creative cholov stam cheeses including lemon-sage, black truffle, tomato olive, and chipotle. Anderson also produces Cholov Yisroel cheeses under the “Natural and Kosher” label. Exciting news from the show is that BelGioioso fresh Mozzarella cheese has now obtained OU-D cholov-stam certification. It is available in the regular sections of supermarkets and club stores.

Keto: Many products approved for the Keto diet include cheese, so such products are difficult to find as kosher. Dare to be Different exhibited kosher, grain-free, Keto-friendly plant-based foods, with their dairy products being Cholov Yisroel. Some are their products are kosher for Passover year-round. The crusts, gnocchi, crisps and pizza products are certified as kosher by the Kof-K, and the cauliflower crumbs are certified as kosher by the COR. I was sent samples to taste, and the products were tasty.

I saw other interesting products at the show:

• One unique and fun product was Sh’mallow marshmallow topping in a spray can. At the show they sprayed the marshmallow onto a spoon and used a small torch to roast the outside. This product is pareve and certified as kosher by Oregon Kosher.

• Ideal Fish has OU-certified Branzino,

• Sfoglini Pasta had the OK certification

• Guittard now has a plant producing pareve chocolate.

My visits to the Fancy Food Show have introduced me to innovative, delicious, Kosher gourmet products.