[Avodah] Mezonos Rolls?

[Prof. Levine via Avodah]

My wife returned on EL from EY last Sunday.  She had ordered mehadrin 
food.  It came with a roll marked "Mezonos."   It is hard for me to 
understand how the Mehadrin hashgacha could label a roll "Mezonos" in 
the light of the following.  I can only wonder why people are being misled. YL

 From the OU Halacha Yomis.

Q: I have seen sandwiches and rolls labeled "Mezonos Rolls." Is the 
bracha on these rolls really mezonos?


A. As noted in the previous Halacha Yomis, the Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 
168:7) rules that the bracha on baked dough made with honey, oil, 
milk or spices is borei minei mezonos. How much spice or flavor must 
be added to the dough to render the bracha mezonos and not hamotzi? 
The Shulchan Aruch rules that a discernable taste is sufficient, and 
this position is followed by Sephardic Jewry. In contrast, the Rama 
rules that the flavor must be predominant, and this ruling is 
followed by Ashkenazic Jewry. The OU poskim, as well as many others, 
understand the Rama to mean that the bracha is mezonos only if the 
final product tastes like cake, and not like bread.

"Mezonos Rolls" are generally kneaded with fruit juice and water. 
Typically, they taste almost exactly like regular rolls. Rav Belsky 
and Rav Schachter both held that they are without question hamotzi 
for Ashkenazim. Even for Sephardim, the bracha may be hamotzi, since 
the fruit juice is often not discernable.


 From today's OU Halacha Yomi.


Q: I have seen sandwiches and rolls labeled "Mezonos Rolls." Is the 
bracha on these rolls really mezonos?

A. As noted in the previous Halacha Yomis, the Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 
168:7) rules that the bracha on baked dough made with honey, oil, 
milk or spices is borei minei mezonos. How much spice or flavor must 
be added to the dough to render the bracha mezonos and not hamotzi? 
The Shulchan Aruch rules that a discernable taste is sufficient, and 
this position is followed by Sephardic Jewry. In contrast, the Rama 
rules that the flavor must be predominant, and this ruling is 
followed by Ashkenazic Jewry. The OU poskim, as well as many others, 
understand the Rama to mean that the bracha is mezonos only if the 
final product tastes like cake, and not like bread.

"Mezonos Rolls" are generally kneaded with fruit juice and water. 
Typically, they taste almost exactly like regular rolls. Rav Belsky 
and Rav Schachter both held that they are without question hamotzi 
for Ashkenazim. Even for Sephardim, the bracha may be hamotzi, since 
the fruit juice is often not discernable.


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