Posted February 26 2008
Skittles No Longer Kosher in Europe
After nearly a decade, Skittles are no longer under hashgacha (kosher supervision) in Europe. For years, you could travel, or at least stop over, at a European destination and buy Skittles (as long as they were made in Ireland or England). No more.
Growing up traditional, I ate the non-kosher Skittles, among other candies and dairy non-kosher products. Skittles were the last thing I stopped eating when I became kosher. One day in college, a friend came back from London with a huge plastic jug of the colorful candy… “They’re Kosher across the pond,” he announced. My days of waiting were over.
About two months ago my wife and I traveled through Amsterdam where I picked up another jug-o-Skittles. I am slowly going through the very last kosher versions of my favorite candy.
I know that this post is very food centric and kind of sounds pro fat-kid, but I will truly miss the taste of that rainbow.
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7 Comments currently posted. 
Dudie Silberman says:
junger says:
Looks like it went treif back in November.
http://www.kosher.org.uk/alerts.htm
Dave Weinberg says:
I only wish that the European Kosher certification organizations (besides for the London Beis Din which is already doing this ala Drambouile) would start putting visual symbols on the products they supervise, just like the OU and many others here so we aren’t constantly guessing.
Benji Rosenzweig says:
Is there a way to get some black market, older, kosher ones?
Dave Weinberg says:
Since there is no visual kosher symbol and never was, you wouldn’t know if what you bought was pre or post kosher. Sorry
Moshe Grussgott says:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
(I actually just tore kriah)
Feigi Deutsch says:
Best way is to lobby the companies directly, that way they will know the demand is there for kosher certification.
I’m deeply saddened by the loss of this favourite candy of mine. May its soul rest in the eternal with the almighty. Tear.