[Avodah] re Coca cola ingredients

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 09:43:19PM -0800, martin brody wrote:
:> ."As one Senior Kashrus Adminsitrator explained to me, any ingredient
:> -consciously placed there for its taste -can never be bateil.
:> RRW"
: 
:  That would only be true if the offending "treif" ingredient can be
: identified. If it was mixed in with other "tastes" that were kosher and it
: is less than 1/60th it would be batel. Hence natural flavours, w/o one
: significant flavour, is not a problem....

Why would a company intentionally put in a natural flavor that didn't make a
difference in the taste of the product? Or, as RRW put it, we're talking
about "any ingredient -- consciously placed there for its taste". Seems
like a waste of money to add a taste that is impossible to notice.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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