
The Yoshon cutoff dates for the following products are as follows:
Robin Hood and Five Roses Flours
Year |
Date Code1 |
Plant Code |
Comments |
13 |
256 |
547 |
|
13 |
252 |
548 |
All flours except cake and pastry. |
13 |
Still yoshon |
548 |
Cake and Pastry Flour only |
|
|
715 |
Still yoshon until Dec 2013 |
13 |
279 |
640 |
|
1These numbers or lower are yoshon. Isolate the plant code from the full code that is printed on the bag and then find the year and date codes..
Flour - (COR 142) - code of 3253 7 or lower.
Flour - (COR 285) including No Name- Regular - BB code of 2014 OC 14 or earlier. Whole Wheat - BB code of 2014 AP 14 or earlier. Organic - still yoshon until beginning of November.
Great Plains, P&H, and Compliments (Metro) Brands Flour – If the number after PH in the code is ‘7’ a BB date of 2014 SE 10 or earlier. If it is ‘2’ a BB date of 2014 OC 06 or earlier. Alternative coding; 3 253 7 or 3 279 2 or lower.
Bakers Hood, Creative Bakers, Sunspun (COR323) - For plant code ‘MT’ a date code of 13 256 or lower (2014 SE 13), for ‘SK’ a date code of 13 252 or lower (2014 SE 09).
Robin Hood - Old Mill Oats – code of 13 275 or lower.
Quaker Oats (COR 112)
Any product that contains oats - date code of 09 22 P 3 or earlier.
Costco Pack - coding of 3xx22I or lower.
Oat Bran cereal – code of 09 01 P 3 or earlier.
Wheat Bran, A.J. Pancake Mix – still yoshon
Muffets Shredded Wheat is always yoshon.
General Mills(mf’g in USA, for export to Canada only, OU certified)
Cheerios (excluding MultiGrain) – Best Before date of 26SE2014 or earlier.
MultiGrain Cheerios - date code of 31AU 2014or earlier is yoshon.
Nature Valley Granola bars - code of 04OC2014 or earlier (in variety packs you have to check the date on each bar, do not rely on the date printed on the exterior box). .
Fibre 1 cereal is always yoshon.
Weetabix
Weetabix reg. and org- still yoshon.
Alpen - Not yet confirmed; a code of2014 SEP 18 or earlier is yoshon
Grain Shop High Fibre Crisp - Not yet confirmed; a code of2014 SEP 18 or earlier is yoshon
Presidents Choice (COR 123)
Fruity O’s - Not yet confirmed. A code of2014 SEP 18 or earlier is yoshon
Toasted Oats O’s, Honey Nut Oats O’s- Not yet confirmed; a code of2014 SEP 27 or earlier is yoshon..
Crunchy Maple Almond, Mixed Berry or Cranberry Almond - Not yet confirmed; a code of2014 SEP 18 or earlier is yoshon
Loads of Raisins Raisin Bran – still yoshon.
PC Blue Menu -Multigrain O’s – BB code of 20134 OCT 8 or earlier.
Fibre First, Fibre Plus Bran Flakes - still yoshon.
Crunchy Almond (dairy) - Not yet confirmed; a code of 2014 SEP 18 or earlier is yoshon
Bran Flakes - still yoshon.
PC Organics- Wheat Squares and Raisin Bran - still yoshon
Compliments (COR 313)
Crunchy Corn Puffs - Not yet confirmed. A code of 14 SE 18 or earlier is yoshon
Balance Multigrain Flakes with Almonds or Triple Berry - Not yet confirmed. A code of14 SE 18 or earlier is yoshon
Balance Wheat Squares and Bran Flakes – still yoshon.
Balance Very High Fibre Bran – still yoshon.
Organic-Multigrain Squares and Raisin Bran
Kellogg Canada (COR 246)
All Bran, Raisin Bran, Bran Flakes, Corn Flakes, Honeynut Corn Flakes, Frosted Flakes and Rice Krispies – are still yoshon.
Special K - Not yet confirmed. Any code of 2014 AU 31 or earlier is Yoshon
Corn Pops and Froot Loops - best before date of 2014 SE 14 or earlier.
Just Right - Not yet confirmed. Any code of 2014 AU 31 or earlier is Yoshon
Muslix (all types) - best before date of 2014 OC 15 or earlier.
Bran Buds – still yoshon.
Post Cereals (COR 114)
Shredded Wheat, Spoon Size Shredded Wheat - Regular, Honey Toasted, Cinnamon and Wheat ‘n Bran, Light Wheat Squares and Triscuit Crackers (all types) are always yoshon.
Shreddies - Regular, Honey, and Maple Crunch, Dark Wheat Squares and 100% Bran- still yoshon..
Cranberry Almond and Cherry Almond Crunch, Blueberry Pomegranate Ancient Grains and Nut Medley - Not yet confirmed. Any code of2014 AU 17 or earlier is yoshon
Barley – product in stores is possibly chodosh.
Kosher City –flour, barley repacked by Kosher City is yoshon.
Kolbo - has yoshon barley and flour.
NuPak Barley - is still yoshon.
Quik Kook Barley - is still yoshon.
Pasta
Primo (COR 78) –still yoshon.
Italpasta (COR136) – still yoshon – will change the week of Oct 15.
All other pasta with a COR 136 –same code as Italpasta
Unico - same coding as for Primo.
Ronzoni (Catelli & Lancia) (COR 235)-All pasta is still yoshon.
Grisspasta – still yoshon – will change the week of Oct 15.
Ferenez (Mama)‘MK’ - products will remain yoshon.
Maison Egg Noodles (MK) – still yoshon.
Pita
Pita Bros - will remain Yoshon.
Wraps (COR 722) – still yoshon. If there is a ‘W’ following the time in the code, a code of 3279 or lower.
Lenchner’s- will remain Yoshon
Uri Pastries- will remain Yoshon
Maison Puff Pastry (COR 571) - will remain Yoshon
Local Establishments
Amazing Donuts |
All baked goods are yoshon |
Bali Laffa |
Pita and Laffa are yoshon |
Dr Laffa |
Pita and Laffa are yoshon |
Grodzinski Bakery (both locations) |
All products made in the establishment are yoshon except soups |
Hermes |
All products made in the establishment are yoshon |
Hummus Hummus |
Laffa is yoshon |
Isaac's |
All products made in the establishment are yoshon |
Kosher City Plus |
All products baked in the establishment are yoshon except bagels and baguettes |
King David Pizza (all locations) |
Pizza, Falafel and Bourekas are yoshon |
My Zaidy's Bakery |
All products baked in the establishment are Yoshon except soups |
My Zaidy's Pizza (both locations) |
Pizza is yoshon |
Pizza Café |
Pizza, Falafel and Bourekas are yoshon |
Richmond Kosher Bakery |
All products made in the establishment are yoshon. |
Saluf – The Hummus Place |
Laffa and pita is yoshon |
Sobeys Bakery |
Baked goods made from white & wholewheat flour and from scratch only (not par-bake products), Montreal Kosher Bagels are yoshon |
Tov Li Pizza (both locations) |
Pizza, Falafel, and Bourekas are yoshon |
Yehudaleh's Pizza and Falafel |
Pizza, Falafel and Bourekas are yoshon |
Yoshon certificates will be on display in the aforementioned establishments shortly.
COR does not take responsibility for Yoshon if it is not listed above. |
Please Note:
The above information applies to products manufactured in Canada only.
BB/MA = Best Before/Meilleur Avant (not Best Before ‘May’).
Changes are going on daily. Don’t postpone your yoshon purchases.