My thoery on food labeling? does it make sence?

Question

ok, so im a lacto-ovo vegetarian.

if there is an OU kosher certification symbol on a product, and its doesnt say that it is manufactured in a facility that processes fish or fowl, would it be okay for me to have?

or is that theory a bust?

some ingredients confuse me

Answer 1

OU or OU D should be fine.

"An ‘OU’ symbol indicates

The product is Kosher (but not necessarily Kosher for Passover).

The product contains neither dairy nor meat, nor any dairy or meat derivatives.

The product was not made on equipment also used for making dairy products.

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An ‘OU-D’ symbol indicates:

The product is a Kosher dairy product (but not necessarily Kosher for Passover),

The product contains a dairy ingredient or a dairy derivative.

Alternatively, the product, while not containing dairy ingredients itself, was made on equipment also used for making dairy products.

Kosher laws do not permit a dairy food to eaten or cooked with meat or with foods made with meat ingredients.

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Answer 2

I've never researched kosher goods in depth, so I may be wrong...

...but I think kosher just means a product hasn't mixed meat and dairy.  So it could have one or the other.  If you see the "pareve" symbol, that means there is no meat OR milk (but may have fish).

For whatever reasons, some religions don't classify fish as meat, so you probably can't rely on kosher labels if you are a vegetarian.

Answer 3

As far as I know, JR is correct.

Kosher Law was not created for vegetarians and is not a reliable way to determine if something is vegetarian.

Fish is not considered "meat" according to kosher law.

I have never seen a food label that says the product was "manufactured in a facility that processes fish or fowl."

Answer 4

Well do labels that have foods manufactured in facilities with fish/fowl even say that they are?

Also, if something is kosher, can't it still have something to do with beef? Like there is even a kosher gelatin that is made with fish/fowl or a certain kind of plant, but usually fish.

But your thinking is on the right track. Also when there are some ingredients that confuse you, write them down and look them up on the internet (it can get pretty interesting) and you will have that information stored away for next time