Restaurants and businesses with mehadrin kosher certification

What is mehadrin kosher certification?

In the official publication a kosher certificate is classified into two levels: regular and mehadrin. Mehadrin means the establishment meets stricter requirements than those needed for a regular certificate — for example in the type of supervision, the sourcing of ingredients, and adherence to practices that are disputed among halachic authorities.

Exactly what mehadrin covers varies from body to body, and there is no single agreed definition. That is why we show the name of the body that certified each place and not just the word mehadrin — someone who follows a particular Badatz needs to know which one, not just the label.

Mehadrin, glatt and chalak — what is the difference?

Glatt (chalak in Hebrew) refers to meat only: the animal’s lungs were found free of adhesions. That is one specific requirement, and it is not the same as mehadrin, which is a broader term covering supervision as a whole. A place can be mehadrin without its meat being glatt, and the reverse. The official publication states the kosher level (regular/mehadrin); further details sometimes appear in the remarks printed on the certificate itself.

Where does this information come from?

The kosher level and certificate validity rely on the official publication. An affiliation to a specific certifying body is shown when it comes from a source we can point to, and is marked with that source. If a place matters to you, check the certificate displayed at the business or ask the supervisor. A certificate changes faster than any database.