Oversees the vegan and raw foods industry
Chef Juliano Brotman was raised in his father's meat-heavy Italian restaurants in Denver, Las Vegas, Palm Springs, and Chicago . After working in other traditional restaurants and the catering business, he felt disenchented with the entire cooked food process and discovered the health benefits of being a vegetarian.
At 19, he became vegan, giving up all animal products and four years later he became 100% raw.
In 2000 he relocated Planet Raw to Santa Monica.
In 2011 he turned it completely Kosher (K♥R).
Great news to all living beings.
Planet RAW
609 Broadway Street,
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Tel: (310) 587-1552
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| 1. | See http://www.vegansociety.com/html/food/criteria.php. |
A vegan restaurant would not have a hard time getting kosher certification. However, as long as there is no such certification one should not eat there.
There are many reasons why a strictly vegan establishment requires kosher certification. Here are a few of them:
It is possible for a minute quantity of animal products to be included in a vegan-certified food. According to the Vegan Society, an outfit which licenses vegan foods, “vegan products must, as far as is possible and practical, be entirely free from animal involvement.” Furthermore they state, “Animal products are sometimes used in instances that are not immediately obvious.”1
All utensils used to prepare kosher food, as well as countertops, ovens, etc., must be kosher. Meaning, if they were previously used for non-kosher foods, they must be koshered before being used for kosher food preparation.
Wine and grape juice are not kosher unless they are certified kosher (see Wine and Grape Products). Even if the restaurant doesn’t have a wine list, many dishes include wine or grape juice in their ingredients.
Certain foods must be cooked or baked by a Jew in order to be kosher (see Baked and Cooked Foods).
To repeat, however, it is certainly much easier for a vegan eatery to receive and maintain kosher certification. If your neighborhood has a kosher consumer base, perhaps ask the restaurant management to consider this not-so-difficult option which could increase its clientele.
Rabbi Eliezer Posner Chabad
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| 1. | See http://www.vegansociety.com/html/food/criteria.php. |
Company Overview:
The Company Provides Kosher Supervision and Certification for Vegan & Raw Living Foods industry only. Please no meat or dairy inquires.
Kosher Symbol – (K♥R)
According to Kabbalah (Orthodox Jewish Laws). חב”ד
Company Mission:
To unite, promote, educate, and lead the Vegan Raw Food Revolution by providing guidance, supervision and certification to manufactures, restaurant owners, and Vegan raw food entrepreneurs, in order to give anyone regardless of their religion, ethnic group, skin color, language or geographical location, the tools, education and benefit of eating Kosher Vegan Raw foods.
Kosher Services Provided:
- Individual Vegan Raw Product Certification.
- Bulk Vegan Raw Products Certification.
- Vegan Raw Restaurant/Facility Certification.
- Vegan Raw Events Certification (Catering).
- Kosher Vegan Raw Courses.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The word "vegan" was coined in 1944 by Donald Watson, founder of the Vegan Society, who combined the first three and last two letters of vegetarian to form "vegan," which he saw as "the beginning and end of vegetarian. "Vegan" is pronounced /ˈviːɡən/. Some people pronounce "vegan" as /ˈvɛdʒən/, but Watson and the North American Vegetarian Society consider the latter pronunciation to be incorrect. Not Vegan An animal product is any material derived from animals. Notable animal products include meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, dairy products, honey, fur, leather, wool, and silk. Common animal products also include gelatin, lanolin, rennet, whey, casein, beeswax, isinglass, carmine, and shellac. Animal products such as ground bone and powdered fish organs may be used in the production of a product although they may not appear as an ingredient in the final product. Many of these ingredients are obscure, may also have non-animal sources, and may not even be identified. Although the organization Vegan Outreach has the opinion that "it can be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming to shun every minor or hidden animal-derived ingredient", the Vegan Society will not certify a product as vegan unless its production does not involve, or have involved, the use of any animal product, by-product or derivative. Data regarding the number of vegans is available in some countries. A 2002 Time/CNN poll found that 4% of American adults identify as vegetarians, and 5% of vegetarians identify as vegans, which implies that 0.2% of American adults are vegans. In 2008, Harris Interactive conducted a survey for Vegetarian Times, which indicated that approximately 0.5% of Americans identify as vegan. Harris Interactive also conducted surveys for the Vegetarian Resource Group in both 2006 and 2009. The survey listed specific foods and asked respondents to indicate which items they never eat, rather than asking respondents to self-identify as vegetarian or vegan. In 2006, 1.4% of respondents reported never eating meat, poultry, fish, seafood, dairy products, or eggs and were thus essentially vegan in their eating habits.[9] In 2009, 1.3% of respondents reported never eating these products, including 0.8% of respondents who also avoided honey. The 2006 survey found that about 1.4% of men and 1.3% of women have vegan diets. According to an Aramark survey, one of every four college students in the U.S. is seeking vegan options on campus.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The word “vegan” was coined in 1944 by Donald Watson, founder of the Vegan Society, who combined the first three and last two letters of vegetarian to form “vegan,” which he saw as “the beginning and end of vegetarian.
“Vegan” is pronounced /ˈviːɡən/. Some people pronounce “vegan” as /ˈvɛdʒən/, but Watson and the North American Vegetarian Society consider the latter pronunciation to be incorrect.
Not Vegan
An animal product is any material derived from animals. Notable animal products include meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, dairy products, honey, fur, leather, wool, and silk. Common animal products also include gelatin, lanolin, rennet, whey, casein, beeswax, isinglass, carmine, and shellac.
Animal products such as ground bone and powdered fish organs may be used in the production of a product although they may not appear as an ingredient in the final product. Many of these ingredients are obscure, may also have non-animal sources, and may not even be identified. Although the organization Vegan Outreach has the opinion that “it can be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming to shun every minor or hidden animal-derived ingredient”, the Vegan Society will not certify a product as vegan unless its production does not involve, or have involved, the use of any animal product, by-product or derivative.
Data regarding the number of vegans is available in some countries.
A 2002 Time/CNN poll found that 4% of American adults identify as vegetarians, and 5% of vegetarians identify as vegans, which implies that 0.2% of American adults are vegans. In 2008, Harris Interactive conducted a survey for Vegetarian Times, which indicated that approximately 0.5% of Americans identify as vegan. Harris Interactive also conducted surveys for the Vegetarian Resource Group in both 2006 and 2009. The survey listed specific foods and asked respondents to indicate which items they never eat, rather than asking respondents to self-identify as vegetarian or vegan. In 2006, 1.4% of respondents reported never eating meat, poultry, fish, seafood, dairy products, or eggs and were thus essentially vegan in their eating habits.[9] In 2009, 1.3% of respondents reported never eating these products, including 0.8% of respondents who also avoided honey. The 2006 survey found that about 1.4% of men and 1.3% of women have vegan diets. According to an Aramark survey, one of every four college students in the U.S. is seeking vegan options on campus.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Raw veganism
Raw veganism is a diet which combines veganism and raw foodism. It excludes all food of animal origin, and all food cooked above 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees Fahrenheit). A raw vegan diet includes raw vegetables and fruits, nuts and nut pastes, grain and legume sprouts, seeds, plant oils, sea vegetables, herbs, and fresh juices. There are many different versions of the diet, including fruitarianism, juicearianism, and sproutarianism. Sometimes the definition of a raw vegan diet is loosened to include vegan diets with at least 75% raw foods.
Motivations
In addition to the ethics of eating meat, dairy, eggs and honey, raw vegans may be motivated by:
Health reasons
Some raw vegans believe that cooking foods destroys the complex balance of micronutrients. They also believe that, in the cooking process, dangerous chemicals are produced by the heat interaction with fat, protein, and carbohydrates.
Environmental reasons
Some raw vegans are concerned about deforestation and sustainability. The use of wood or fossil fuels for cooking is harmful to the environment.
Spiritual and/or philosophical reasons
Many dedicated followers of a raw vegan diet place importance on spiritual gain. Ruthann Russo states, “The raw food movement looks at the way food, living, treatment of the earth, our treatment of each other, and our quest for physical, spiritual, and mental health all fit together.”
Other considerations
Raw vegans must ensure that their intake of vitamin B12 is adequate, since it is produced by bacteria and does not occur reliably in plant foods. Vitamin B12 deficiency can have serious consequences such as anemia and neurodegenerative disease. The Vegan Society and Vegan Outreach, among others, recommend that vegans either consistently eat foods fortified with B12 or take a B12 supplement.Tempeh, seaweed, spirulina, organic produce, soil, and intestinal bacteria have not been shown to be reliable sources of B12 for the dietary needs of vegans.Vitamin B12 can be found in nutritional yeast that has been fortified with B12. Two tablespoons of Red Star® Vegetarian Support Formula, a B12-fortified nutritional yeast, can provide 133% of a raw vegan’s daily needs of B12. Most commercially sold soy milks are also fortified with B12.
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This is a recipe that I have adapted over the years. The origin is Sephardic and although our family is Ashkenazi, I think this is much more flavorful and interesting than the apple walnut and wine version. Our tradition is to form the Haroset into the shape of a pyramid and place it in the center of our Seder table. I place two small olive wood camels on the plate next to the pyramid.
Ingredients
3 cups dates, diced
1/2 cups almond, coarsely chopped
1 1/2 cups apples, peeled and diced
3/4 cup sweet concord wine
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup shelled pistachio nuts
1/2 cup yellow raisins, slightly pulverized in Cuisinart
1 orange, peeled and diced
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
Combine all ingredients and blend well. Shape into pyramid.
By: Irene Saiger
isaiger@gmail.com
March 16, 2010
www.mykosherla.com
This is a recipe that I have adapted over the years. The origin is Sephardic and although our family is Ashkenazi, I think this is much more flavorful and interesting than the apple walnut and wine version. Our tradition is to form the Haroset into the shape of a pyramid and place it in the center of our Seder table. I place two small olive wood camels on the plate next to the pyramid.
Ingredients
3 cups dates, diced
1/2 cups almond, coarsely chopped
1 1/2 cups apples, peeled and diced
3/4 cup sweet concord wine
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup shelled pistachio nuts
1/2 cup yellow raisins, slightly pulverized in Cuisinart
1 orange, peeled and diced
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
Combine all ingredients and blend well. Shape into pyramid.
By: Irene Saiger
isaiger@gmail.com
March 16, 2010
www.mykosherla.com