Dart - Styrofoam cups/plates
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Website: http://www.dartcontainer.com/
Phone number: 800-248-5960
Why This Product is Unclean
Dart Styrofoam cups/plates
According to a letter from the the manufacturer:<br /><br />\"With specific respect to the retention of “Kosher” or “Halal” status of foods and beverages served in our polystyrene products, please consider the following:<br /><br />Dart utilizes processing aids known as “release<br />agents” in the manufacture of our polystyrene<br />products. Release agents are present in minuscule<br />amounts, to allow the product to be “released”<br />from the molds used to form the container. Almost<br />all zinc stearate (C36H70O4Zn), the release agent<br />used by Dart, and other fatty acid products are<br />ultimately derived from animal fat or “tallow”. <br /><br />Since it does have kosher concerns, it would appear that the animal fat would come from pork.
Unclean ingredients: Zinc Stearate
Product contains: Pig