Date: October 16, 2025
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The Yoshon cutoff dates for the following products are as follows:
Robin Hood, Five Roses, Irresistible & any flour using the following plant codes
| Year | Date Code1 | Plant Code | Comments |
| 5 | 244 | 548 | All Purpose Flour – retail & Costco pack |
| 5 | 267 | 548 | Cake and Pastry Flour only |
| 715 | Yoshon until the beginning of November | ||
| 5 | 259 | 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 285) – White Flour – BB date of Sept 3/26. Organic anticipated BB Oct 1/26. Whole Wheat flour BB dates are 3 months earlier.
P&H, Great Plains, Compliments and any flour with a “PH” in the code – The lot # will start with a
5 (for 2025) then xxx for the date then xx for the plant i.e. 5 242 09. Use code 5 268 02 for plant 02. Use code 5 242 09 for plant 09.
Ardent Mills, Robin Hood, Bakers Hood, Master Hand, Golden Temple or any flour with a COR323 – for plant ‘SK’- a date code of 5-244 or lower. For plant code ‘MT’ – a date code of 5-252 or lower. Durum semolina and Atta flour 5-258 or lower.
No Name Flour – If the best before date includes “PFM” use the same code as COR 285 flour. If it is “PH” use the codes noted above for “P&H”. Whole Wheat flour – Best Before date codes are 3 months earlier.
PC Flour – All Purpose flour – Any product in the marketplace is yoshon.
Rodelle Flour (20kg bags) – is still yoshon, anticipated c/o Nov – must have a “P” in the code.
Robin Hood, Ardent Mills Oats – code of 5-273 or lower.
Quaker Oats (COR 112) – All products contain oats – date code of 09 28 P 5 or earlier.
Costco Pack – code of 0928 following the Best Before date. 5N5 is the year code and ignore other codes, i.e. 2025 SE 27 0928 5N5 0263.
Oat Bran Cereal – date code of 10 03 P 5 or earlier.
No Name Oats – Large Flake, One Minute, Quick – Best Before 2026 Sept 4 (this date does not apply to single serve packets).
General Mills:
Cheerios (all types) – Best Before Sept 22, 2026
Nature Valley Granola bars –Best Before date of 16 SE 2026 CO plant only.
Fibre 1 cereal is always yoshon.
Weetabix:
Weetabix (regular and organic) – are still yoshon.
Alpen & Grain Shop High Fibre Crisp – are still yoshon.
A.J. Pancake Mixes (all types) – will remain yoshon.
Please note: manufacturing of these products is being transferred to a non-kosher certified facility. Double check for the COR symbol.
Post Cereals (COR 114):
Shredded Wheat, Spoon Size Shredded Wheat – Regular, Honey Toasted, Cinnamon and Wheat ‘n Bran, Light Wheat Squares are always yoshon.
Shreddies – Regular, Honey, and Maple flavours, Dark Wheat Squares and 100% Bran – are still yoshon.
Kellogg Canada (COR 246)
All Bran, Raisin Bran, Bran Flakes, Corn Flakes, Honeynut Corn Flakes, Frosted Flakes and Rice Krispies – products are still yoshon.
Corn Pops – are yoshon (oat flour is not a yoshon concern).
Froot Loops (Canadian only) – Best Before Sept 10, 2026.
Presidents Choice (COR 1):
Crunchy – Maple Almond, Mixed Berry or Cranberry Almond – still yoshon.
Loads of Raisins Raisin Bran, Woven Wheat Squares – are still yoshon.
PC Blue Menu (COR 1):
Wheat Squares and Raisin Bran – are still yoshon.
Barley: – barley in the stores may be chodosh, dates must be checked.
Kolbo – has yoshon barley and flour.
PC Blue Menu Barley and Great Value Barley – are still yoshon.
NuPak Barley – still yoshon.
Cedar (Phoenicia) Barley – code of PD50809 or lower.
Clic barley – still yoshon.
Gefen, Ungar’s & Jack and the Beanstalk – will remain yoshon.
Italpasta – Best Before Oct 2 2027.
PC/No Name Pasta (COR 1) – use same codes as Italpasta.
Ronzoni (Catelli & Lancia) (COR 235) – Regular (white) pasta – best before Oct 5, 28 or earlier. Whole wheat & egg Best Before Oct 5, 2027.
Grisspasta – Regular Pasta – best before 2028 Oct 3, Whole grain, Vegetables, Egg Pasta – best before 2027 Oct 3.
Catelli (with an MK) – use same codes as Grisspasta.
Primo, COR 78 – Best Before Oct 7 2028.
Unico – use same coding as for Primo.
All other pasta with a COR 136 – use the same code as Italpasta.
Ferenez /Mama (MK) – will remain yoshon.
Pita Bros Pita – will remain yoshon.
Lenchner’s – will remain yoshon.
Uri Pastries – will remain yoshon.
A detailed list will be forthcoming.