Ingredients and additives
Emulsifiers, thickeners, preservatives, acidulants, enzymes, starches, fibres and proteins.
Ingredients and industry
Kosher certification for ingredients, additives and industrial raw materials
Your customer cannot use an uncertified ingredient in a kosher formula. We help you become their approved supplier.
In short
Kosher-certified manufacturers can only use ingredients, additives and processing aids that are also certified. Kosher Madrid certifies suppliers of ingredients, additives, flavourings, food-grade chemicals and minerals, nutraceuticals and cosmetics, so they can sell to certified plants worldwide.
What we certify
Flavourings
Natural and synthetic flavourings, extracts and carriers. Every component needs an approved source.
Chemicals and minerals
Silica, bicarbonate, filter aids, mineral salts and processing aids for the food industry.
Nutraceuticals
Supplements, vitamins, capsules and excipients, for example vegetable capsules instead of gelatine.
Cosmetics
Products buyers require in kosher versions, such as some lip products or items for Passover.
Distributors and repackers
Companies that repack or blend ingredients certified by others.
Why a mineral or processing aid needs a certificate
Even if a mineral such as silica or bicarbonate is unproblematic in itself, the manufacturer buying it must show its own certifier that everything entering the plant is approved. The same applies to filter aids and other processing aids that never appear on the label but do touch the product.
A kosher certificate for your ingredient saves your customer from requesting exceptions or switching suppliers. In practice, it is often what decides whether you make their approved supplier list.
What we review for ingredient suppliers
- Source of every raw material, including those of animal origin
- Carriers, solvents and excipients
- Shared equipment and plants
- Processing aids and agents
- Traceability and coding of certified lots
- Spec sheets and supplier certificates
Questions about ingredients
Can a chemical product be kosher?
Yes, if it is used in contact with food or as an ingredient. We review its source and process and issue a certificate for food use.
Do we need the symbol on our packaging?
Usually not. For industrial ingredients the certificate is enough, and your customer presents it to their certifier.
Do you certify companies that only distribute?
Yes, if you repack, blend or store in bulk. If you only trade sealed product, we look at it case by case.
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Has a customer asked you for kosher certification?
Tell us what you make and where you sell it. We will reply with the next steps and a quote.