Appendix 6 Kosher Foods

Appears in
Professional Cooking: 10th Edition
Professional Cooking

By Wayne Gisslen

Published 2025

  • About
Kosher foods are foods that follow Jewish dietary law. Kosher law divides foods into three categories:
Meats and poultry
  • These include meats from approved animals, including cattle, goats, and deer. These animals chew their cud and have split or cloven hooves. Pork is not allowed. Permitted poultry includes chicken, duck, goose, and turkey, but not birds of prey. Any product derived from animals, such as gelatin, is included in this category.
  • Meat products must be slaughtered and cut according to kosher rules. This includes removing blood vessels and traces of blood from meats. For this reason, only meats from the forequarters can be strictly kosher, since the blood vessels in hind quarters are too small to be removed.