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  • #1833329
    Addf
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    For all those that don’t know, fountain soda is a mixture made from tap water and syrup. If you’re Makpid not to drink the tap water in NYC because of copepods than you should not be drinking fountain soda either only bottled soda.

    #1833340
    klugeryid
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    The fountain dispenser doesn’t have a filter?

    #1833343
    ☕️coffee addict
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    Addf,

    There’s no filter in the soda machine?

    #1833391
    Joseph
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    Only get fountain soda from a restaurant that has a hechsher.

    #1833410
    Addf
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    Well if you purchase it in a place that is kosher I’m sure the Mashgiach made them filter the tap or at least I hope he would. But otherwise why would it have a filter

    #1833512
    Gadolhadorah
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    I haven’t checked recently but after the PepsiCo buyout several years ago, do the soda stream flavorings still have good hashgacha?

    #1833530
    huju
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    Stick to KSBW.

    #1833672
    yitzyk
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    In my experience, all soda fountains and coffee machines I have ever seen had filters on the water line. Not for kashrus reasons, but for quality control. They don’t want their product to taste bad just because of dirty water.

    #1834023
    Addf
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    @yitzyk
    You don’t know if that filter your talking about is good enough to remove copepods. And Even if that’s true,how can you know that they all have a filter because the ones you saw had one?

    #1834081
    jdb
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    Ask your local Rav or Vaad Hakashrus. I did this regarding some local 711s when this sugya came up almost 20 years ago, and they said told me that the local machines had sufficient filters.

    It should be noted that not all rabbanim or hashgachos require filters. Speak with your Rav, and make your own decisions.

    #1834099
    anonymous Jew
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    This only applies when the water source is a reservoir. Water from underground aquifers don’t have a problem.

    #1834100
    anonymous Jew
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    Flavorings can be purchased from several companies, not just Sodastream

    #1834102
    Joseph
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    jdb: We don’t “make our own decisions”. We must follow our poseks ruling.

    #1834245
    student
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    @Addf: Just wondering….are you a Rabbi?

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