Comments on: Coffee Shop Kashrus

By: rachelle

rachelle — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:26:14 +0000

Does anyone know if Rabbi Charlop, who certifies the pepsi syrups, is also in charge of sierra mist?

By: Denisse

Denisse — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:38:05 +0000

http://www.Kosherstarbucks.com is the web site that i
use for kashrus info about Starbucks.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:42:41 +0000

OC — Thanks for clarifying.

By: OC

OC — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:05:29 +0000

Meredith

My understanding is that the syrups and the NY bottler were, at one time, both under R. Charlop (and bottles used to just have a “k” on the bottle tops). The NY bottler a few years ago made the change to have the Kof-K certify the bottling plant but kept R. Charlop as the certifier of the pepsi syrups (that are used throughout the country).

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:58:09 +0000

OC — I was not aware that R’ Charlop certifies the Pepsi syrups. Do you know if he does the certification for Pepsi on his own, or as an employee of the Kof-K?

In either event, thanks for the tip!

By: OC

OC — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:18:02 +0000

There are two Rabbi Charlop’s- the Rabbi Zevulun Charlop in NY who certifies starbuck’s bottled frappachinos does not have a trademark symbol - he only uses a “K” - so you do have to know which products are under his hashgacha. (incidentally I don’t think that he ceritifes much besides bottled starbucks and the syrups used to make pepsi products). The Rabbi charlop from Israel (who cerities some Osen products - I think it is R. Moshe Charlop) - has a symbol that includes his name.

By: Roger Harris

Roger Harris — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:55:35 +0000

At 6:01 pm on January 2nd, 2007, Rivka D wrote:
What is the hechsher that indicates Rabbi Charlop certifies the food kosher?

Rabbi Charlap certifies the products of Osem Israel Ltd., Israel. Please see my web-page at
http://www.hechshers.info/kashauth/31.htm.
The hechshers displayed there were obtained in
England. Different designs may be used by Osem for the U.S.A. market.

Kind regards,

Roger Harris.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:09:11 +0000

My research for the original article came from the Star-K. However, they have since redesigned their site and the original link to their Starbucks advisory (which I included in the original article) is now dead.

Searching the Star-K’s website (http://www.star-k.org) with the queries “Starbucks” and “Charlop” will produce their most recent advisories on Starbucks.

I do not know if R’ Charlop has a trademarked symbol that he uses for kosher certification. The bottled Starbucks Fraps which he supervises are labled with a “KD” on the back. Note that the newly introduced Strawberry Frap is not kosher. In addition, I think that the Caramel Frap is not kosher, but don’t quote me.

By: Rivka D

Rivka D — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:01:45 +0000

OK, I have a dumb question. What is the hechsher that indicates Rabbi Charlop certifies the food kosher? Or am I just supposed to go around with a list of “these things with a plain K are certified by R. Charlop” ??

By: Jensays

Jensays — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:00:36 +0000

If only they had “Coffee Bean & Tea” in NYC. Out in LA, all their stores are under certification, not just for their beverages, but baked goods as well. I was in coffee heaven while I was out there last year! In the meantime, I can only dream of a mint or mocha frappacino from Starbucks.