Hi Rabbi. If I understand the rules of kashrut correctly, based on the principle that if any non kosher ingredient would be found in a generally sweet food (ie cake, pastry, candy, gum, chocolate) and it can be tasted, it would detract from the quality of the flavor and therefore is considered irrelevant as it relates to the food item. So theoretically any food item that is similar to these sweet foods would not require a kosher certification? Is that correct?
Hello Rabbi. For example, many mexican sweet tamales are made with lard but the intention of the lard is to give them an specific texture and avoid that the tamale get sticked to the corn leaf, the lard is not used for flavor and the people making them are very careful to put just a small amount of lard to avoid the meat flavor to ruin the sweet flavor of the final product. Are we allowed to eat this specific kinf od sweet tamales?
Yes. You understand perfectly.
Yes. Exactly. Always ask yourself “will the flavor of meat give a better flavor or a worse flavor to this food?” If better, then you need to make sure there’s no lard etc. If worse, don’t worry about it: ignore it.