What does the U mean?

Question

Many food packages have a letter U in a circle on the front. What does this mean?

Answer 1

It means the food is Kosher in a very strict sense, Circle U or OU is Orthodox Union.

The U symbol: http://kosherfood.about.com/od/guidetokosherfoodlabels/ss/symbols_2.htm

General Info: http://kosherfood.about.com/od/guidetokosherfoodlabels/ss/symbols.htm

Answer 2

The U inside a circle means Kosher. So does a K inside a circle or a P.

It means the recipe, preparation and processing follows strict Jewish or Hebrew custom for cleanliness. No, it will not make you Jewish or Hebrew.

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Answer 3

gomanyes,

If you are talking about the sideways styilized U Its called pareve, a hebrew symbol and it means made without meat, meat by products or milk.

Answer 4

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