"We take great pride in producing wholesome confectionery products with fresh ingredients of the highest quality. This will bring our iconic brands to an entirely new consumer base that can now enjoy our products," said Ellen Gordon, president of Tootsie Roll Industries, [image-nocss] Chicago.
The OU rigorously monitors of all aspects of production. It supervises the process by which the food is prepared, examines the ingredients used to make the food and regularly inspects the processing facilities to make sure that its standards are met.
"We are very pleased to have Tootsie Roll join with other leading confectionery producers who have attained OU certification in recent years. It was also gratifying for OU to guide Tootsie Roll through the certification process and bring these famous candies to the growing kosher market place," said Rabbi Eliyahu Safran, OU Kosher's vice president of communications and marketing. "It was rewarding for OU Kosher's team, headed by Rabbis Dovid Jenkins and Abraham Juravel, as well as Phyllis Koegel, OU Marketing Associate, to corroborate with Tootsie Roll's team and bring the much sought after Tootsie Roll products to an ever-growing kosher market place."
Tootsie Roll Industries produces more than sixty-four million Tootsie Rolls per day. The company sells many well-known branded products including Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Roll Pops, Tootsie Pop Drops, Caramel Apple Pops, Child's Play, Charms, Blow Pop, Blue Razz, Cella's chocolate covered cherries, Mason Dots, Mason Crows, Junior Mints, Charleston Chew, Sugar Daddy, Sugar Babies, Andes, Fluffy Stuff cotton candy, Dubble Bubble, Razzles, Cry Baby, Nik-L-Nip and EI Bubble.
The Orthodox Union's kosher certification label, the OU, is the world's most recognized kosher symbol and can be found on more than 400,000 products manufactured in 80 countries around the globe.
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