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A kosher calamity ends: Trader Joe’s reintroduces pareve chocolate chips

JL;DR SUMMARY Trader Joe's has reintroduced kosher pareve semi-sweet chocolate chips after they disappeared from shelves in 2012, much to the delight of kosher consumers. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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KosherJewish CookingKosher IngredientsPareveDietary LawsChocolate ChipsTrader Joe'sKosher IndustryOu CertificationCommunity Access

Places mentioned

Culver City, California, United States
"Mia Bertoncin, manager of the Trader Joes store in Culver City on Los Angeles Westside, said her customers have long waited for the pareve chips, and that the bags are flying off the shelves."
San Diego, California, United States
"Ceitlin lives in San Diego, where the closest thing to a kosher grocery is a Ralphs supermarket 20 minutes from her home that has a kosher section."
Pico-Robertson, California, United States
"Ilana Blitzstein, an avid baker who lives in Pico-Robertson, a Jewish neighborhood in Los Angeles, said she likes the new chips slightly less than the previous pareve offering."
Monrovia, California, United States
"The Monrovia, Calif.-headquartered grocer is also rolling out kosher pareve semi-sweet chocolate chunks in orange bags."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"A customer service representative at the Los Angeles-based company Torn & Glasser, which packed the most recent iteration of the dairy chips, said it took over the packaging on an interim basis during the pandemic, when the old supplier stopped being able to handle the Trader Joes order."

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