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Are there any snacks, food or candy that are no longer made that you desperately miss?
Huh? But I can go buy you one right now...
Yes, you can. But they're not kosher any more. Haven't been for several years.
When one lives in England as a Jew who keeps kosher, one becomes subservient to the ways and whims of - what is locally known as - the list. Growing up, there's only one bit of it that you're really concerned with, which is the bit about confectionery. (This has now been made available as a free 2.5MB PDF called "The Kosher Nosh Guide") You get used to stuff popping on and off the list seemingly at random as manufacturers tweak not only the ingredients but processes. (Kosher ingredients that share vessels with non-kosher are thereby rendered non-kosher) And you also get used to your friends in the playground having ceaseless arguments about which colour of Smartie is made from beetles' blood. (Answer: they currently all are.)
Feast is a victim of the former - gelatin was added and has tragically stayed. While I haven't purchased the list in a while (as my level of kashrut-observance has dipped somewhat over the years), I still stick to stuff that has "Suitable for Vegetarians" on it. So my new friends are Snickers and Maltesers ice cream bars, mmmm.
(Bloody hell, food giants really have no idea how to make decent referenceable websites, do they?)
