Funny as shit story, let us tell you about that. Every one of our ingredients is certified kosher. We specifically sought out a facility to manufacture it that was certified by the Orthodox Union. Marla grew up in a kosher home and her family regarded that "O" with the "U" in the center of it as the gold standard. However, when we submitted everything to the Orthodox Union to get the official certification and received THIS email in response....well, HOLY SHIT!!!! Confusion set in....Chef Marla saw their certification on fake bacon and fake shellfish....two items that can never actually be kosher....but their imposters apparently can be certified as such. Marla grew up challenging her rabbis over the years with thought-provoking questions. Some were never answered. Ultimately, when realizing that the certification was not simply indicative of the fact that the item was 100% Kosher, but rather was denied due to disdain for our choice of names to call our kosher product....the Kosher designation became somewhat sullied. We are considering using a different agency to authenticate our Kashrut....but we just aren't there yet. We'll let you know if it changes!! If you "give a shit" (yes, we have that one too!) you are more than welcome to click on this link to read the letter....