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OU Symbol Dropped From K-Cups

Alert: Coffee drinkers who consume the popular Keurig machine coffee won't be finding the OU kosher symbol on individual cups anymore. Full Story

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Pinchos
November 28, 2014 2:02 pm

yes the utensils are washed with plates which have had treif product on them.

Notice: Hinting Kash us issues with many coffee shops etc.!
November 27, 2014 11:00 pm

Being that the utensils are being washed – in boiling water – together with dirty dairy or treif utensils, the coffer utensils become not fit for use.
the article spells out how to use the machine again, but it definitely needs to be Kashered to some extent, and can not be used for 24 hours!
this could apply on airplanes, in coffee shops, and with any home or office coffe machine of this sort.
The OU and our Rabonim should write a more extensive article about the subject. A Yerei Shamayim should be careful what he puts into his mouth

k cups
November 27, 2014 6:19 pm

lipton tea sooth dunkins doughnuts roast is kosher what’s wrong with those k cups

To #10
November 27, 2014 12:00 pm

1. Yes, the ones that were kosher are still kosher. Yes, it’s a labeling issue; what part of the article made you think otherwise? If you see the box the cup came from, you can check for the OU. But if you get only an individual cup, you have no way of knowing whether it’s kosher. 2. Yes, there are brands of K-cup that have other hechsherim 3. Yes, there are treife K-cups 4. Yes, there are cholov akum K-cups. To #9, you have no idea what you’re talking about. Not all K-cups are kosher. To #11, NOT all K-cups… Read more »

Be Aware
November 27, 2014 7:07 am

Many businesses offer free coffee to their customers. The article is also saying that people before you may have chosen an OUD flavor or even a non-kosher brand which could cause problems with the machine itself .

sorry but article is misleading and confusing
November 26, 2014 11:41 pm

your headline says one thing, your article another.
It seems that whoever wrote this needs a strong cup of coffee.

Design issue?
November 26, 2014 11:09 pm

I’m guessing it’s a design issue. K cups having very little space on the actual cup didn’t want to put the hechsher on it thinking of you buy the box you’ll know it’s kosher and they don’t sell them individually. OU thinks this is a bad idea for some reason and decided to publicize it.

#10
November 26, 2014 10:03 pm

there are o-u-d flavors out there and there are non kosher flavors as well

CafeSitton
November 26, 2014 8:00 pm

The coffee subject is something I have to the attention of several rabbis. My family has been in the coffee business for over 100 years and not all coffee is kosher. As the prices go up, check your coffee well as sometimes it does contain beans or corn. Buying ground coffee could be even more problematic.

2 issues
November 26, 2014 7:17 pm

1. Read what it says that some places wash their equipment with the non kosher
2. Read up how flavored coffee is made and then you’ll know why you need a hechsher.

Kraft has capsuls (like a K-cup) which have an OK symbol on each cup
November 26, 2014 6:52 pm
To #9 I disagree
November 26, 2014 6:26 pm

If coffee is as you say: kosher because it’s done only in a coffee-only facility – then how is it that these coffees have flavors?

Title is misleading
November 26, 2014 6:24 pm

It seems some are Kosher, others aren’t, and it may not be clear anymore which ones are – because there is no symbol on the individual cups. That seems to be the gist of teh article. I wonder why the company decided to take off the symbol from their cups..?

can somone explain why plain roasted coffe needs a hechsher in the first place
November 26, 2014 5:45 pm
#1 Who said anything became unkosher?
November 26, 2014 4:45 pm

The cups that were kosher remain kosher, and the ones that were treif remain treif. The only change is that they’re no longer printing the OU on each cup, but only on the box. So if you see an individual cup you can’t know whether it’s kosher without asking to see the box it came from, which may not always be available. This is a major incovenience for the kosher consumer. I realise that the cup labels are small, and real estate on them is at a premium, but this decision seems poorly-thought-out.

Misleading
November 26, 2014 4:44 pm

Kcups are still kosher. Please don’t stir up controversy with the guise of frumkeit and misleading titles.

So let me get this straight....
November 26, 2014 4:39 pm

1) Are the k-cups still o-u kosher, as long as the box the cups came in has the hechsher? (If so, this seems to be a labeling issue, not a kashrus issue.) 2) Are there flavors/types of k-cups that have a hechsher but not that of the o-u? 3) Are there flavors/types of k-cups that are NOT kosher (I am seldom in a position to drink k-cup hot beverages.)? 4) Are there flavors/types of k-cups that have the o-u but are o-u-D (which would mean they’re not cholov Yisrael)? I ASK THAT SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER THESE. Let’s just hope this… Read more »

Politics
November 26, 2014 4:38 pm

Exactly !!! No need for hechsher for coffee , it’s always done in a coffe only fecilaty , it’s all about the money!!!

Chaim
November 26, 2014 4:33 pm

in short the ou symbol will only be printed on the box and not the individual kcups

It's not unkosher
November 26, 2014 4:28 pm

This article doesn’t say that the cups changed ingredients to become non-kosher but rather the company is removing the symbol so we won’t know if it’s kosher or not unless you see the box.

Please explain
November 26, 2014 4:21 pm

So if it does have an OU on the actual cup, does that mean its Kosher?

Read...
November 26, 2014 4:18 pm

Read the article. The hechsher was not removed.

Answer
November 26, 2014 4:12 pm

Read the article. They are still Kosher. They just do not have the OU on each individual container. Thus, if you don’t take it out if the box yourself, you don’t know if the box had the OU on it.

TJs
November 26, 2014 4:09 pm

best coffee and least expensive – and an an OK on it FYI

Still kosher
November 26, 2014 4:05 pm

@1, Did you read the article? They are still certified, but the symbol does not appear on the cup itself, making it hard to tell if an individual cup is kosher or not. I noticed this two weeks ago at work (although I have access to boxes, which do have the Ou on them).

question
November 26, 2014 2:35 pm

Exactly what became unkosher? Sorry to be cynical, but maybe they didn’t change anything, but just didn’t want to pay the price

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