February 13, 2012 ~ SPECIAL PASSOVER ISSUE

Our annual review of the new products for Passover is chock-full of interesting items in almost every category, offering shoppers an unprecedented selection for the upcoming holiday…One large company that will not be on Passover shelves will be Dannon Yogurt. We have the exclusive story…There are plenty of gluten-free items this Passover, but for people suffering from Celiac disease, the offerings are only a partial solution…Good news for many mothers who relied on Materna products: The company tells us that they will be back…A new Boro Park supermarket that opened on the site of a national landmark hopes that it will become a landmark for kosher shoppers in the neighborhood…Idele Ross covers a new Wine expo in the holy city…Fresh Direct continues to expand its kosher shopping list…Israel exports more food to China…In My Sixth Sense, I discuss the complicated story of a glatt kosher caterer on Long Island.
NOTE: This special issue on New Products for Passover covers only foods. The New Wines for Passover will be covered in our February 27th issue.
Menachem Lubinsky
Editor-in-Chief
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