Q&A: Natural products abroad
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Natural products abroad
Question
Hello Rabbi!
Is it permitted to eat products without a kosher certification that are 100% natural (orange juice, peanut butter, and the like)?
I saw on the Kosharot website that they wrote that it is forbidden, but they didn’t give a reason, and sometimes I feel that their default on the site is to forbid things, and only in specific cases do they permit them.
Answer
There can be issues of orlah, chadash, insects, their wine, food cooked by non-Jews, and utensils that have absorbed forbidden substances.