While some imported Skittles have been kosher for some time, domestically produced Skittles have not been kosher until now.
An OU spokesman tells DansDeals that,
“Skittles Littles Original are kosher even without OU on packaging. This applies to both bags and tubes. No special code or date needed. There will soon be an OU on them but they are acceptable already as of now.
Only applies to:
1) Skittles Littles Original
2) When it’s a Product of the USA.”
You can order them now from your local Target, Walmart, or other store:
- Skittles Original Littles Chewy Candy 1.9 oz Mega Tube: $2.28 from select Walmart stores.
- SKITTLES LITTLES Original Chewy Candy,7.2 Oz Resealable Bag: $2.68 from select Walmart stores.
- Skittles Original Littles Chewy Candy 1.9 oz Mega Tube: $2.29 from select Target stores.
- SKITTLES LITTLES Original Chewy Candy 7.2 Oz Resealable Bag: $2.79 from select Target stores.
There are also 3rd party sellers on Amazon with overpriced 2 packs, 3 packs, and Mega Tubes of Skittles Littles.
Again, the Skittles Littles are confirmed to be OU kosher pareve for US retail products, even without an OU symbol.
JJ was flying back from the Ritz-Carlton Reserve Zadun Los Cabos, where he’s been sharing their incredible looking in-house gourmet kosher program for the past week on Instagram, and found these in Austin’s airport yesterday while waiting out a lengthy delay on AA:
He notes that they have a stronger flavor than the imported kosher Skittles.
Have you tried out Skittles Littles yet?
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How can we be sure they are kosher without a hechsher?
Because the OU literally said so. Feel free to contact them.
In many countries, people need to have a kashrus list to browse through as no products have a printed hechsher on them. We’re spoiled in North America!
OU D ?
Parve.
I ordered the bag of skittles littles from target in NJ two days ago and it did not have certification
Please read the post again.
Where did you hear about it being kosher that you ordered them?
Did the contact at ou say they were going to put on the package eventually though?
Are the regular skittles okay now to or is it just the little?
Both of these are answered in the post.
Bought at family dollar for $3. In my opinion the imported ones taste better.
Are they OU pareve, or OU dairy?
Parve.
When Produced after what date are they Kosher certified by OU? Amazon sellers could be selling “older” bags of skittles near expiry… no?
Please see the OU statement in the post.
My understanding is that these are a new product and were OU kosher pareve from day 1, just on the down low for some reason until now.
Can you ask ou to update their website? On the website it says symbol required
My understanding is they won’t do that for a product that generally needs a hechsher.
But IYKYK.
Where can we find the information from the OU? There is no mention on their website
You can either trust that we got the information from an OU spokesman and are relaying the message or you can contact the OU to verify the statement.
Skittles Wild Berry Chewy Candy, Sharing Size – 15.6 oz Bag is $4.12 (AND available for shipping, unlike other walmart skittle items)
Uh. But those are not kosher.
oops.. i guess it IS important to read the entire post 😉 Hopefully cancellation was successful…
it’s just bioengineered sugar, corn syrup, hydrogenated palm kernel oil and red 40 lake, yellow 5 lake,
Blue 2 lake, yellow 6 lake, blue 1 lake, yellow 6, red 50, yellow 5, blue 1, titanium dioxide…
of course it’s kosher!
Yay ! more money for my doctor and pharmacy !
also grape juice. that’s a kashrus hot spot
This is my usual answer when consumers ask about grape puree. We are not permitted to tell which company produces the grape puree but it comes from a kosher facility. It is mevushal. There is no need for a mashgiach temidi for the final facility. The mashgiach is yotze venichnas to make sure that only kosher approved grape puree is used.
But I asked the Rabbinic Coordinator’s answer to your query…..
OK Kosher Certification’s certified wine and grape juice are mevushal at 190F or above. We are makpid on hamshacha even before the grapes are pressed. Keep in mind that the OK generally accepts grape juice and wine from other hechsherim that may have slightly different standards and are used in OK products. For confidentiality reasons, we cannot disclose who the suppliers/ certifiers of the ingredients for a particular product are. You are asking about grape puree which is less of an issue since during the pureeing process there is no hamshacha – the liquids are not separated from the solids.
How do you know where it’s produced? Is it only produced in the US?
It’ll have a US distribution address on the back. Any product bought from a US retail location will be made in the US.
Great news for frum families paying 8$ a bag for this !
Dan id suggest stating CLEARLY at top of article to READ IN FULL bc clearly people reading this are ADHD and will make non kosher conclusions. Not ur fault obviously but clarifying early on can avoid. Thanks
are these any better then kosher M&M?
Totally different type of thing. M&Ms are chocolate, Skittles are just candy.
so does kosher allow titanium dioxide, red 40 and being a bioengineered food? I was hoping they had changed the product for the US but Europe does not have any of those items.
Great news! Thanks
Hurray for Skittles!
Any word on the sour ones??
In Europe they are on the list. If you check the OU website they do not have these listed.
Picked them up today at Walmart
Walmart Howell NJ OOS, only tube’s.
Target had a few which were flying off the shelves.
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It’s quite remarkable to see how many people take the time to type a comment, but can’t be bothered to read the whole post
I only read the comments 🙂
Many are simply ai comments. No so remarkable.
Like this one?
Any idea/rumor if other US-produced Skittles (not only the “Littles”) will be kosher certified in the future?