What can be wrong with pure fruit Juices?
A. Increasingly, even so called “pure” fruit juices contain added flavours based on ingredients that can present Kashrut problems. Flavours are specifically added to provide extra taste and as such their addition can complicate the application of even post facto leniencies regarding “Bittul” (nullification) in the final product. Some fruit juices and drinks have also been found to be produced on the same equipment (eg pasteurisers) as dairy or even non-Kosher products. In such circumstance it is necessary to carefully ascertain cleaning methods to avoid “contamination” of the juices sharing the same equipment. In order to avoid these potential problems Kosher Australia therefore only lists those juices, soft drinks etc about which it has positive information regarding ALL ingredients and production methods. Q. Why does Kosher Australia not advertise some products that are approved by other local authorities (or even NSW KA) e.g. Nutrigrain, Dolmio Pasta Sauce varieties, soft drinks etc
