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Seder Solutions for Passover

By Elizabeth Smith, March 25, 2012  |  Meet the Blogger  |  More Posts by Elizabeth Smith

You shouldn’t have to sacrifice your standards to put traditional favorites on your Passover table. Nor should you have to forgo meeting the dietary needs of anyone around the holiday table.

That’s why our grocery buyers work hand in hand with our vendor partners to develop great tasting kosher products that also meet our strict quality standards.

These standards mean there are no artificial preservatives, colors, flavors, sweeteners or hydrogenated fats in the foods we carry in our stores.

You’ll find plenty of must-have kosher-for-Passover selections in our grocery aisles.

Here’s a sample of what’s in-store for you:

  • Organic whole wheat matzo, matzo meal, matzo farfel and cake meal. Thanks to Aviv, a 120-year-old traditional matzo producer in Israel, you’ll have lotsa organic matzo options.
  • Organic grape juice. As an essential part of the Passover Seder, Avvio’s organic grape juice is made just for Whole Foods Market® from a special harvest of organic grapes.
  • Macaroons. Delicately sweet and crisp, Glick's macaroons are offered in chocolate, chocolate chip and coconut varieties.
  • Gluten-free, organic matzo. Our partner Yehuda is watching out for everyone’s needs at your holiday table.

 

Here are some more products that can help make your meal this holiday:

  • Whole wheat or spelt matzo
  • Organic kosher apple sauce with no sugar added
  • Organic kosher chicken broth
  • Z’roah (lamb shank bones) – offered free of charge

Select stores will also carry poultry options from Kosher Valley, including fresh and frozen whole young turkeys and chickens, as well as freshly ground chicken and turkey options, all certified by the Orthodox Union and the K'hal Adath Jeshurun.

As with all of our meats, these birds are raised on a vegetarian diet without antibiotics or added hormones. (Federal regulations prohibit the use of hormones in raising poultry.) In addition, all of our chicken suppliers are rated according to Global Animal Partnership’s 5-Step™ Animal Welfare Rating standards. Kosher-for-Passover chickens and turkeys from various brands are available at all of our stores.

This is just a sampling of the Passover foods available in many of our stores.

Contact your local Whole Foods Market to learn more about their specific selection of kosher offerings and how they can help you with your special meal.

What will be on your table Passover week?

Category: Food & Recipes, Grocery

 

37 Comments

Comments

Yael Tiferet says ...
do you have gluten free matzah? I have celiac disease and passover is really hard for me!
04/05/2012 3:47:42 PM CDT
Megan says ...
@Yael Our stores don't always carry the same products, so it would be best to contact your local store to see if they have gluten free matzo in stock. You can find the contact info your your store right over here: <a href="http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/" rel="nofollow">http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/</a>
04/06/2012 8:30:47 AM CDT
Hilary says ...
Thank you so much for the wonderful kosher for Passover selection (especially the wide variety of matzah), and the free lamb shank bone! There are not a lot of options for Jewish holiday shopping in Albuquerque, so it is very much appreciated.
04/06/2012 12:23:17 PM CDT
Romelle says ...
Friend was invited to Seder at home of Jews who came to Ft. Lauderdale, Fl, from Azerbaijan. They use Granny Smith apples, pears,dried figs, dates, prunes, both brown and green raisins, apricots all cut into chunks.Coarsely broken pieces of walnuts, pecans, slivered almonds and macadamia nut pieces get mixed in with the dried fruit before the honey, wine and peanut butter is mixed in with the dried fruits. Next step is to add the chopped apples to dried fruit and nut mixture. Next to get this moist enough to spread on matzoh, you add white and brown sugar, Extra Heavy Malaga Wine and honey for sweet- ness.Also makes the mixture easier to spread on matzoh.Strange- ly,chunky peanut butter is also added to bind the ingredients together and make it easier to spread on matzoh. Any of your site readers/shoppers have an actual recipe for making this type of Choroses? Or is it one of those "Guesstimate" recipes or "winging it" with what ingredients and how much to use? Freedom is sweet. Must be why this primarily fruit,nut and sweet wine Choroses was a big hit. Reha Mishket (Hebrew name)
04/10/2012 4:21:15 AM CDT
Ella Hagen says ...
Hi WF, it would be really helpful if you did not label sections/displays as "Passover" when the foods are not Kosher-for-Passover. It's confusing!
04/10/2012 7:19:15 PM CDT
Naomi Brown says ...
We would like to know the cost of your Passover Matzo. please send me the cost per case as soon as possible, as the passover is fastly approaching
01/21/2013 9:38:35 PM CST
Nikki - Community Moderator says ...
@NAOMI - Since our products vary between store locations, I would suggest reaching out to your local store to see their availability and pricing. You can find a list of stores at http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/list.
01/22/2013 3:28:47 PM CST
Michelle Chasnoff says ...
I would like to buy traditional matza ball soup.
02/28/2013 7:12:31 PM CST
Ben says ...
[DIRECT RESPONSE - NN] What Passover foods do you carry? I'm thinking if side dishes like Charlestown, trimmers, matzah ball, soup. If you can email me a menu, that would be great. Thanks
03/23/2013 2:49:00 PM CDT
Jace says ...
Since this page is titled as "Seder Solutions", it should be noted that gluten free matzah does not fulfill the mitzvah of eating matzah at the Seder.
03/24/2013 4:53:09 PM CDT
ellen says ...
do any of the stores in MN carry gluten free matza for Passover?
03/30/2013 12:41:46 PM CDT
Nikki - Community Moderator says ...
@ELLEN - Our products vary between locations. I would suggest reaching out to the exact store you plan to shop with to make sure.
04/02/2013 12:15:23 PM CDT

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