Exerpts from a communication I received re: Nestle products You can also be confident that Nestlé® Carnation® Follow-Up(tm), Alsoy® and Follow-Up Soy® are certified as Kosher by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. The (U)D on the label represents the certification and covers all three formulas produced at our facility. Because milk products are produced in the same facility the (U)D is required but you can be confident that our soy formulas are milk-free. Also, the Certification is renewed on an annual basis by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregation New York, N.Y. and a Rabbi certifies the plant routinely to ensure that the raw ingredients, equipment and production process are in line with Kosher standards. Nestlé® Carnation® Good Start® is not certified as Kosher because in our production process we use trypsin, an enzyme derived from pork. This enzyme is used to break down our proteins into smaller pieces to make Good Start gentle on a baby's developing digestive system. Although trypsin is used in the production of Good Start, it is not present in the final version of the product. *** Now I haven't got a clue as to how trypsin can be used in production, but not be in final product. maybe a Chemistry major amongst us can enlighten me. But pork is still involved so this would be a no-no. I wonder how many Jewish and Muslim people know this! Sincerely, Pat in SNJ *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html