Do granola bars with oat flour need to be Pas Yisroel?

Are there any granola bars that need to be Pas Yisroel? I noticed that some bars are soft with more of a cookie type texture and in the ingredients it lists oat flour (besides for oats). Would the fact that it contains flour make that it should need to be Pas Yisroel?

Answer:

Regarding common granola bars, see Halacha2Go #461.

Regarding granola bars that have flour listed in the ingredients: if the flour is the main ingredient (i.e. the majority ingredient, which would be indicated on a commercial package by being listed first on the ingredients), then it would require to be Pas Yisroel. However, such a recipe is highly unlikely to be sold as a ‘Granola Bar’.

If the flour is listed as second ingredient or later, it would be considered like a regular granola bar, and would not require to be Pas Yisroel (or Bishul Yisroel) as in the above link.

While on the subject it is worthwhile to note that although the Bracha on a granola bar is quite complex, as discussed in Halacha2Go #426, if the granola bar has flour in it – even if it is not one of the major quantitative ingredients, it can very likely be Mezonos.

 

אכ”מ לפרט כל הפרטי דינים שבזה.

פת ישראל – ע״פ שו״ע יו״ד קיב, יד ובנו״כ.

ברכה ראשונה – סדר ברה״נ ג, ב-ג. שם ח, ד.

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