[Avodah] Pesach - Lecithin does not render chocolate non-KLP for Ashkenasim

[Akiva Miller via Avodah]

R' Zev Sero wrote:

<<< Provided that it has a hechsher for Pesach.  Without one how do you
know it doesn't contain a mashehu or beliah of chametz? >>>

So what if it does? Is it any worse than milk that one purchased before
Pesach?

On the other hand. ...

R' Meir Rabi wrote: <<<

Lecithin. [used as an emulsifier (just a fancy word meaning it helps all
the ingredients stay together as a very smooth paste - if you make your own
mayonnaise, you add egg yolk as an emulsifier to make a smooth emulsion (a
cream; oil and water do not readily combine) >>>

I'm obviously mistaken,  but what you're describing sounds very much like a
maamid, which would not be batel. Does maamid apply only to gelatin? I
concede that gelatin has a binyan effect that emulsifiers don't,  but by
your own explanation, a mayonnaise without emulsifier sounds quite
unappetizing.

Akiva Miller
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