Explanation ARI Kosher list
The Ari Kosher Products List
The Ari list (Prodotti Approvati 5786โ2026) catalogs kosher products you can find in ordinary Italian supermarkets. This page explains how to use it and how to read it โ the full product tables are in the PDF.
Hundreds of products by category, with brand, format, certification and parve/dairy status.
Download Prodotti Approvati 5786โ2026 โHow to use the list
The list is meant to help anyone keeping kashrut in places where kosher products are hard to find. It contains three kinds of products:
- Products with a valid Orthodox hekhsher;
- Products from companies that don't print a hekhsher on the package but have been carefully verified;
- Products (mostly imported) that appear in the kosher lists of local Rabbanuts.
It brings together different levels of kashrut โ some are mehadrin (the strictest standard, marked as such), others simply kosher. Unless noted otherwise, products containing milk are chalav stam (uncontrolled milk), permitted following lenient authorities including Rav Moshe Feinstein z"l; chalav Yisrael is always preferable. A product bearing a hekhsher on its package is always preferable to one without.
The list is for private use, according to your own level of kashrut. It does not replace the ruling of your local Rabbanut, which should always be consulted, and it is updated regularly.
Compiled by Dr. Marco Salvadori, reviewed by Rav Gad Eldad, with the support of the UCEI and the Jewish Community of Rome. โ Rav Alfonso Arbib, President of Ari.
How to read the list
Certification codes:
Hekhsher sulla confezione โ the product is kosher only if the certifier's symbol/signature is on the packaging.
Numero codice lotto โ only the specific batch number noted is certified.
What the list covers
Drinks โ soft drinks, extracts, infusions, fruit juices; milk & plant-milk substitutes (oat, almond, soy, riceโฆ); beer and spirits (whiskey, gin, rum, vodka, liqueursโฆ).
Food โ flour, cereals & legumes, rice, pasta, couscous; oils & condiments (extra-virgin olive oil, mayonnaise, saucesโฆ); fish preserves (tuna, salmon, bottarga); canned vegetables & olives; tomato products; salt, spices & sugar; cocoa, coffee & tea; biscuits, baked goods, breakfast cereals & snacks โ and more.
The PDF has the complete, page-by-page index and every product.