Does sugar need a hechsher?

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elisecohen

Thu, Dec 15 2005, 9:08 am

Does it if there are no ingredients other than sugar? I'm interested in fancy forms of baking sugar (larger and smaller granulations that plain old table sugar) but they don't have a hechsher and I don't know if they need or not.

amother

Thu, Dec 15 2005, 9:26 am

You can call the Star-K:
410-486-4110

adorable

Thu, Dec 15 2005, 10:15 am

as far as I know, regular granulated sugar does not need but confectinate sugar does.
as a side note, I also think thet flour does not need a heshcher.
but like amother said, check with a rav

daisy

Thu, Dec 15 2005, 11:48 am

I don't have info on specific types of sugar, but here is some info I got from the star-k about products requiring hechsherim:

Quote:

Thank you for your email

None of the products listed below require a hechsher.

If you need any further help, please feel free to contact us again.

At 02:05 PM 4/29/2004 -0700, you wrote:

Hello,
Please forgive me if this info is already on your site. I wasn't able to locate it.
Do the following products require kashrus certification?
flour
sugar
dried beans
dried barley
Thank you,

Star-K Kosher Certification
Baltimore, MD
410-484-4110
410-653-9294 - fax
www.star-k.org

amother

Thu, Dec 15 2005, 12:44 pm

woops! I see I wrote the wrong number.
it's 410-484-4110

girliesmommy

Thu, Dec 15 2005, 1:54 pm

In Europe there are no Hechsherim, you just have to know which companies are ok. I was told by my LOR that any sugar (regular or confectioner's) is ok, as is flour.

technic

Thu, Dec 15 2005, 2:02 pm

in england we had a problem w some of the brown sugars...

elisecohen

Thu, Dec 15 2005, 3:09 pm

Yes, here I've asked about flour and been told it doesn't need a hechsher. I thought that this was the story on plain sugar too, but just wanted to check what others had been told. Thanks, all.

shanie5

Thu, Dec 15 2005, 8:14 pm

I asked my rav if BREAD flour needs a hechsher. he told me to read him the ingredients, then said yes it does. im prety sure the problem is w/ ascorbic acid.
regular flour does not need a hechsher nor does regular sugar

613

Mon, Dec 19 2005, 11:48 am

what about brown sugar (in U.S.)? I just bought safeway brand and I didn't check so carefully, but at first glance I didn't see a hechsher.
(it was on sale, so I just grabbed it and figured if it wasn't good, I'd just return it)

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