There is a possible solution to Salmonella contamination in your kosher hummus: Shrimp and crabs. On Monday, Sabra, the world’s leading hummuseria, issued a voluntary recall on some containers of its Classic Hummus, a certified kosher product, for possible Salmonella contamination. According to a statement by Sabra and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), approximately…
The tiny downtown pop-up restaurant was warm and softly lit, the tables groaning with food, the swirling wall projections stopping just short of disco-esque. In fact, the room had reached such a cozy-trendy fever-pitch, that the news guests received felt especially shocking. Customers in silk jumpsuits and tortoiseshell glasses raised glasses of white wine to…
For the low, low price of $6.49, centuries of Christian hegemony can collide with the delightful discussion of ‘is hummus really Jewish?’ in the form of Christmas-packaged classic Sabra hummus. Yes, that’s right. Sabra Dipping Company, a hummus manufacturer whose products are sold in Walmart and Target, is now offering its own holiday design. Unlike…
(JTA) — Swarthmore College will not discontinue the sale of Sabra hummus on campus, its president announced. Instead, campus dining halls and convenience stores will provide an “alternate hummus brand” on campus. The Swarthmore Students for Justice in Palestine had presented College President Valerie Smith with a petition signed by hundreds of students requesting that…
(JTA) — The student government at University of California at Riverside voted to approve a resolution calling for the removal of Sabra brand hummus from campus dining services. The resolution passed last week by a vote of 13 to 0 with one abstention. The removal was requested because the Sabra company’s joint owner is the…
— The Sabra Dipping Company has issued a voluntary recall of some of its hummus and other Middle Eastern spreads over a possible listeria contamination. The Virginia-based company posted the recall on its website, and on social media on Sunday, saying it was issuing the product recall “out of an abundance of caution.” The notice…
Sabra, the popular U.S. hummus company, petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to create a standard for which dips are considered hummus. Sabra would like hummus to be defined as “the semisolid food prepared from mixing cooked, dehydrated, or dried chickpeas and tahini with one or more optional ingredients,” according to a news release Monday….
While Roasted Red Pepper hummus may get more press time, you might be surprised to learn that sun dried tomato is sneaking up as the next big thing in flavored hummus. We saw it everywhere. Deeply hued, this rich and tangy red tomato hummus blend wowed us—in more ways than one. In general, we were…
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