is the "O" "V" a reliable hechsher?

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Is the "O" "V" a reliable hechsher?

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imokay

Mon, Aug 18 2008, 5:28 pm

I saw it on a cereal box today and wanted to know what it was and if it was considered reliable. anybody familiar with it?
I bought it with the hope that it wud be ok, and I'm so in the mood for it, so if anybody has any info on it, please share!

cassandra

Mon, Aug 18 2008, 5:33 pm

AFAIK it's the Vaad of St. Louis. Maybe someone from St. Louis can give you more info or you can investigate on your own.

FWIW, we use it.

soldat

Mon, Aug 18 2008, 5:50 pm

I'm quite sure it is reliable, I've also heared it's st louis
we use it too

imokay

Mon, Aug 18 2008, 5:59 pm

thanks. I am so hungry!

alpidarkomama

Mon, Aug 18 2008, 6:55 pm

Oh my, I'm laughing out loud here. I just assumed it was some kind of vegan symbol!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought they were just mimicing the kosher symbols. Oh my. I can't remember what I saw it on thought, and it was a while ago...

cassandra

Mon, Aug 18 2008, 7:04 pm

There is a "V" symbol which means vegan-- a white V in a black box.

But there is also an OV which is a kosher symbol.

chavamom

Mon, Aug 18 2008, 7:30 pm

/waves from St. Louis

O V Kosher.

greenfire

Mon, Aug 18 2008, 7:35 pm

so do we get to know what the craving was ... I'm craving s/t but no idea what ...

manhattanmom

Mon, Aug 18 2008, 7:51 pm

In case you are interested I know that the AKC--The Atlanta Kashrus organization worked very hard to make a card--about the size of a business card that you could keep in your wallet that is laminated and has all the reliable hechsherim that you'll find in the US.
You may be able to contact them to get one. It's already come in handy so many times for me while shopping and traveling.
http://www.kosheratlanta.org/index.htm

Marion

Mon, Aug 18 2008, 8:42 pm

OV is reliable. The OU accepts it as well. The most "popular" item that I've seen it on is the Wilton products.

imokay

Mon, Aug 18 2008, 9:07 pm

Quote:

so do we get to know what the craving was

u wud think it was something really good, but it was just puffed wheat. I was just so in the mood for it.
try and explain the cravings of pregnany ppl....

TightRopeWalker

Tue, Aug 19 2008, 10:32 am

My mom called Rabbi Wikler from the kashrus magazine the 1st time we saw the OV (I was still a kid), and he said it was fine.

bubs

Tue, Aug 19 2008, 8:56 pm

This hechsher is fine. It is on a lot of the no name cereals and stuff. At one point, rice crispies was dairy equipment so the one with the OV was pareve-great for rice crispies squares.

daamom

Wed, Aug 20 2008, 11:42 am

I discovered this hechsher in my health food store, on quite a number of products.

ruthla

Mon, May 11 2015, 8:36 pm

I'm so glad I found this post! Trader Joe's gluten-free breads now carry this hecksher- a few months ago they carried Udi's breads which have an OU. Good to know that this is fine- unless anything has changed in the past 7 years to make it less reliable?

I couldn't find it on the kosherquest website, but I also had some computer issues that prevented all the images from loading.

Oh, my. Looks like I haven't updated my signature in about 5 years. I should go fix that.

srbmom

Mon, May 11 2015, 9:11 pm

Just for future reference, the CRC has a list of common reliable hechsherim

http://www.crcweb.org/agency_list.php

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