With respect to your first question ...
I have limited time to answer, but your product caught my eye as a
consumer, so I'm posting a couple of comments.
A short note to certification agencies might provide an accurate and
efficient answer. (There is a list of them at
http://www.kashrut.com/agencies/ .) Check out the national ones and
also scroll to the LA part of the list.
Note that there is a certifier in LA that might be perfect,
http://www.earthkosher.com/ if any of their vegan companies are a
match. I'd also suggest contacting Scroll-K (Colorado) and Star-K, as
I've seen them on some popular vegetarian items and they will be
knowledgeable of the industry (including vegan-useful designations
such as pareve packaged where dairy also is packaged and organic vs.
non-organic). Star-K lists its organic products
(http://www.star-k.com/directory/showcat.asp?src=industry&cat=Organic_Products,
but the LA-area ones, Uncle Lee's Tea and Access Business Group
supplements, don't seem to be good matches). Similarly, searching
K-of-K for California companies (the URL doesn't paste well, but don't
search for LA, it's too limiting) turns up a few that might be
matches. |
