a guide to chodosh - Ner Gavriel

3.9 Whole Wheat FlourTHE FOLLOWING WITHOUT HASHGOCHO, NEED TOCHECK DETAILS(Note: The following flours may or may not have malt listedin the ingredients. If the flour contains malt, that malt may beChodosh staring Jan. 15. However, the poskim that we hadconsulted all agreed that malt in baking flour, but notnecessarily in other foods, is botul.. Consult your own Rov orposek on this matter.)Arrowhead Mills: Whole wheat pastry flour is probably דChodosh starting with a package date of Aug 20, 2005 (1 yearafter packing). Regular whole wheat flour and whole wheatbread flour are both from winter wheat. If the ingredients listmalt then that could be Chodosh after Jan. 15.Ceresota whole wheat flour manufacturer’s Chodosh date is דAug 11, code is best by use date of Aug 11 05 (1 year afterpacking.)Community Mills The whole wheat bread flour uses spring דwheat. The probable Chodosh date is Aug 20, code H204(H=Aug in alph. Order, 20=date, 4=year).Eden Foods makes two types of whole wheat flour. Those דmarked “HRS” use spring wheat. Probable Chodosh Date Aug20, code=H-20-4 (H=Aug in alph. Order, 20=date, 4=year).Those marked “HRW” are always from winter wheat. Malt inflour could be Chodosh starting Jan 15.Gold Medal whole wheat flour from factory BF the Chodosh דdate is Sept 4, code Mar 4, 2005BF. From factory GF theChodosh date is Oct 1, code Apr 1 05. (6 months afterpacking).Heckers whole wheat flour manufacturer’s Chodosh date is דAug 11, code is best by use date of Aug 11 05 (1 year afterpacking.)Hodgson Mills The vital wheat gluten has probable דChodosh date of Aug 20, code 02 20 06 (18 months afterpacking.) all wheat flours, the wheat bran and wheat germ arefrom winter wheat. If the ingredients contain malt, that couldbe Chodosh starting Jan. 15. Spelt flour is Yoshon.King Arthur white and pastry whole wheat flours use winter דwheat only. King Arthur regular whole wheat flour and stoneground whole wheat flour use spring wheat, Chodosh date Sept1, code 09 01 05 (1 year after packing.)352-6859, (845) NY Mrs. Silber, 6 Maple Road, Monsey, ד426-3372. Sells some Yoshon whole wheat flour. Not all flouris Yoshon. Ask.page 26wheat. Stone Buhr Milling whole wheat flour is from winter דIf the ingredients list malt then that could be Chodosh after Jan.15. Code not known.****************************************THE FOLLOWING MARKED ח MAY BE CHODOSHElan Mills National Bakery Services. Whole wheat flour חfrom 100% spring wheat.3.10 Bulgur, Cracked Wheat, Spelt,Kamut, and Cus CusWe have always stated that items made from spelt are alwaysYoshon. That was based on the fact that is still true, that USgrownspelt is always Yoshon. However, with the increasedimports of grain from Canada, some items made in the US arenow from Canadian spelt that may be Chodosh. One exampleis Vita spelt (see below.) We are now in the process ofreexamining the status of all domestic spelt products. Oneinteresting fact is that spring (Chodosh) Canadian spelt islower in protein than winter (Yoshon) spelt. This is oppositefrom the properties of wheat. This means that spelt cookiesusing Canadian wheat are more likely to be made fromChodosh spelt. On the other hand wheat cookies are usuallymade from winter wheat.THE FOLLOWING WITHOUT HASHGOCHO, NEED TOCHECK DETAILSYoshon. Windmill Farms spelt breads are גVita spelt flour from Purity Foods. The whole grain spelt דflour is Yoshon. The white spelt flour may be Chodosh startingwith the packing date of Sept 1, code March 1 05 (6 monthsafter packing.)*******************************THE FOLLOWING ARE WITH HASHGOCHO, NO NEEDTO CHECK DETAILSOsem Cus Cus, under the hashgocho of the Badatz of אYerushalaim is Yoshon.*********************************So far as we know that are no instances available of bulgur,cracked wheat, spelt, and kamut, that have hashgocho forYoshon.hashgocho, Yoshon‏=א with ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------no checking of codes; Yoshon‏=ב with hashgocho must check codesChodosh‏=ח codes; No‏=ד hashgocho check codes; No‏=ג hashgocho, no need to check26