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The exhibitors came from all over The World , including Dakshin Thilina from Sri Lanka

It is every gourmet fair food would have to, with lots of delicious things to eat.

The Main Hall of the Meadowlands Exposition Center in New Jersey , was bustling with More Than 6,000 participants with a view to 360 food and drink exhibitors from all over The World .

contain The Hundreds of products, the goods, everything from pizza-floors made from cauliflower, to salsas, Ice Cream sandwiches, cider, beef empanadas (Mexican pastry), Italian sorbets, gin, sausage, tequila, and even a number of cookies enriched with cannabis oil.

But this was no ordinary food and drink exhibition. For a while there was a wide range on display, all had one important thing in Common - they were all certified Kosher . Everything meets the kashrut, the Jewish dietary laws.

Many beverage companies were present

The Event at the end of last year was December 31. annual "Kosher fest", a two-day meeting, which advertises itself as "The World 's largest and most attended Kosher -certified products trade fair".

During the Jewish Company is proudly to present, many of the companies that were present are owned or run by Jews, but still chosen, Kosher . To this end, companies from Pakistan, South Korea , Sri Lanka and Italy included.

With The Number of participants to 800 from the previous year and 300 new products on display, Menachem Lubinsky, CEO of the organizer of Lubicom, said that the demand for Kosher food is growing strongly among the non-Jewish customers.

"Kosher food appeals to a more health-conscious consumers," he says. "It's like a new generation of Kosher . It is different from those who've been there for many years, the basic Kosher Staples . "

Kosher was now 31 years old

the center of The World is the Kosher food sector in the US. For round 7. 5 million people, a study of the quartz business news website found

the declarations are of the opinion that Kosher food is cleaner or healthier, or of the desire of the people for security as a product is not contain potential allergens such as shellfish. It also provides security for vegans, as in the example of Oreo cookies, before switching to Kosher in the late 1990s, contain lard (pig fat).

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Led by the growing demand in the United States, the global Kosher food market is predicted to increase, up from $24 billion in 2017. Given these huge numbers, it is not surprising that a growing number of food companies are looking around the globe, Kosher accreditation.

"I think the companies come from the basis that you can not produce an ingredient that anywhere in The World , and hope to sell it in the United States, without Kosher ," said Mr. Lubinsky. "There is a significant market, and companies want a piece of it. "

A Kosher -certified product is marked "parve" contains no Meat or diary

But what is Kosher food? While Most People understand that pig Meat and shellfish are not Kosher , Kosher animals like cows and lambs ritually to be slaughtered with a sharp knife. Meanwhile, food products containing Meat and milk products. And not all parts of The Cow can be consumed.

" Everything Kosher decisions to be performed by trained rabbis, a Kosher -certification Agency. Richard Rabkin, Managing Director of COR, the largest such organization in Canada, explains that The Process is taken very seriously.

"Some people have this false impression that we go there and to bless the food, and that's all it takes," he says. "No, it's more complicated than that.

"We have a first interview with a Company and get an impression of what you do, in the food, and take a look at all the ingredients, and find out whether it is Kosher or not. As soon as we have an image, then we check the system itself. We are the protection against cross-contamination.

"Once we issued to secure all that it is a inspection to ensure everything follows according to Kosher standards, And Then the certification. [But], the inspection is not only time-to-time, it is an ongoing basis. "

Elli Kriel, running a Kosher business in the United Arab Emirates

Again, Kosherfest in New Jersey , Dakshin Thilina was Sri Lankan food group Nexpo-conversion, and its Kosher dried Coconut Milk powder and coconut oil. He explains that, in contrast to some of his Company 's rivals there is no sodium Caseinate, milk-derived food stabilizer.

"Without that component, our products are lactose-free," he says. "And since they are also non-dairy, Kosher Jews, which you can use at any time, in addition to Meat . "

Kosher food has to stay changed in the last few decades, but the old classics, like the brisket on rye (in the picture), potato pancakes, bagels, donuts and cheese cake

one Other Asian Company was present Dewan sugar mills from Pakistan, which makes ethanol for oral rinses. "We wanted to tell the people that it says nothing not Kosher , which ever comes in contact with what we make," general manager Adnan Pirzada.

And Dubai-based South African expat, Elli was Kriel, runs a Kosher catering Company - Elli ' s Kosher kitchen. "I was producing Kosher food for Our Family , and the people began Reaching Out for me," she says. "Travelers moves, in particular, by The City , required Kosher food.

"I invite you to dinner in Our House , but I've noticed when more and more people began to me to offer me in a good position to Kosher catering. "

Mr Lubinsky, says he's pleased to see Kosher food branch of the Jewish classics, and "fine". "It's not your Chopped Liver and the stuffed cabbage and more," he adds.

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Source of news: bbc.com