Over the past two years, plant-based food consumption has grown by 49% across the EU, reaching a total sales volume of €3.6 billion.
Kosher Issues in Canned Vegetables 1
2025-05-15
I often hear the question: "What's wrong with regular canned vegetables? They're just vegetables, water, and salt!" Yes. Today you can buy kosher vegetables,(Jewish)Salt, Kosher(Jewish)Water, even kosher food(Jewish)The jar! But1+1+1+1equal4A Kosher(Jewish)Can consumers buy canned corn off the shelf without hesitation? Or should it be kosher?(Jewish)Consumers beware?
As long as humans have been harvesting food, the challenge of preserving it has persisted, and so people have developed the science of food storage, extending the shelf life of produce right from the field. Ancient food storage methods include drying, salting, seasoning, and fermenting. Canning is a18A relatively recent method of food storage, discovered in the19century and became a major form of food storage.21The century continued to develop.
Canning is the most common method used to produce products that require low cost, high quality, and a long shelf life. Canned products range from dairy products to meat products, from dehydrated milk to canned meat, and many more in between. Today, there are more than600There are 20 canning factories, many of which have more than one type of production equipment and are prepared to produce a variety of products.
Today, in this rich country, canned vegetables play an important role in this huge industry.(Jewish)Questions? Kosher(Jewish)Let’s look at these different processes and focus on kosher canning of vegetables.(Jewish)question.
The industry divides canned vegetables into six categories:
1、root vegetablesThese primarily refer to beets, carrots, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, also known as "yams." Like most vegetables, root vegetables are seasonal. Potatoes are harvested in the spring and summer, while yams are a summer and fall product.
2、 leafy vegetablesInclude spinach and other garden greens like kale, collard greens, and mustard greens, which are spring and summer varieties.
3、 green beansIts various forms (cut, whole and French-style) make up a canning company's green bean line.
4、Fresh packagingIncludes fresh corn and peas.
5、Dry packagingRefers to a variety of dried beans, such as chickpeas, kidney beans, great northern beans, butter beans, and black-eyed peas.
6、 Specialty canned vegetablesMushrooms, asparagus, or kohlrabi are good examples of specialty canned vegetables.
For kosher issues regarding canned vegetables, please refer to the document "Kosher Issues in Canned Vegetables 2”
Or call Jacob Star for specific kosher certification matters.