Optavia Hearty choices - Passover?

Essential Sour Cream & Chive Smashed Potatoes
Dehydrated potato flakes, milk protein concentrate, nonfat milk, gum arabic, calcium caseinate, whey protein isolate, egg whites, salt, dried sour cream (cultured cream, nonfat milk), potato starch, dehydrated chives, yeast extract, maltodextrin, onion powder, cellulose gum, natural flavor, modified corn starch, autolyzed yeast extract, soy lecithin, xanthan gum, carrageenan, torula yeast, tapioca dextrin, capric/caprylic triglycerides, Bacillus coagulans GBI-30 6086, sunflower oil.

Vitamins & Minerals: Potassium monophosphate, potassium chloride, magnesium oxide, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), niacinamide (vitamin B3), ferric orthophosphate (iron), zinc oxide, calcium pantothenate (pantothenic acid), vitamin A palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), copper sulfate, manganese sulfate, riboflavin (vitamin B2), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), folic acid, biotin, potassium iodide, chromium chloride, phytonadione (vitamin K), sodium molybdate, sodium selenite, vitamin E acetate, cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12).
CONTAINS: MILK, SOY AND EGG

Essential Sour Cream & Chive Smashed Potatoes
Dehydrated potato flakes, milk protein concentrate, nonfat milk, gum arabic, calcium caseinate, whey protein isolate, egg whites, salt, dried sour cream (cultured cream, nonfat milk), potato starch, dehydrated chives, yeast extract, maltodextrin, onion powder, cellulose gum, natural flavor, modified corn starch, autolyzed yeast extract, soy lecithin, xanthan gum, carrageenan, torula yeast, tapioca dextrin, capric/caprylic triglycerides, Bacillus coagulans GBI-30 6086, sunflower oil.

Vitamins & Minerals: Potassium monophosphate, potassium chloride, magnesium oxide, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), niacinamide (vitamin B3), ferric orthophosphate (iron), zinc oxide, calcium pantothenate (pantothenic acid), vitamin A palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), copper sulfate, manganese sulfate, riboflavin (vitamin B2), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), folic acid, biotin, potassium iodide, chromium chloride, phytonadione (vitamin K), sodium molybdate, sodium selenite, vitamin E acetate, cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12).
CONTAINS: MILK, SOY AND EGG

Essential Hearty Red Bean & Vegetable Chili
Red beans, textured soy protein concentrate, tomato, soy protein isolate, chili powder (chili peppers, salt, cumin, oregano, garlic), inulin, carrot, yeast extract, salt, onion, celery, canola oil, cumin, green pepper, sugar, garlic powder, natural flavor, silicon dioxide, soy lecithin, maltodextrin, Bacillus coagulans GBI30 6086.

Vitamins & Minerals: Calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, potassium monophosphate, magnesium oxide, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), niacinamide (vitamin B3), ferric orthophosphate (iron), zinc oxide, calcium pantothenate (pantothenic acid), vitamin A palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), copper sulfate, manganese sulfate, riboflavin (vitamin B2), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), folic acid, biotin, potassium iodide, chromium chloride, phytonadione (vitamin K), sodium molybdate, sodium selenite, vitamin E acetate, cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12).

Select Buttermilk Cheddar Herb Biscuit with Mediterranean Rosemary and Moroccan Thyme
Rice flour, pea protein isolate, whey protein isolate, chicory root inulin, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), canola oil, organic coconut sugar*, whey, eggs, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate, corn starch), buttermilk, xanthan gum, salt, maltodextrin, natural flavors, rosemary, thyme, guar gum, disodium phosphate, sunflower lecithin, enzyme modified butter, dehydrated butter, carrageenan, garlic powder, nonfat milk, bacillus coagulans GBI-30 6086.

Vitamins and Minerals: Calcium carbonate, potassium phosphate, potassium chloride, magnesium oxide, vitamin E acetate, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), ferrous sulfate (iron), zinc sulfate, biotin, vitamin A palmitate, potassium iodide, niacinamide (vitamin B3), chromium chloride, calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), phytonadione (vitamin K1), sodium molybdate, sodium selenite, cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12), manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, folic acid, cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin (vitamin B2).

*3% organic ingredients

CONTAINS: MILK, EGGS, AND COCONUT.

The first ones are not good.
Only the last one will be good for Sephardim for Pesach if it has a hashgacha for the cheese.

All items listed are OU or OU-D

Excellent

Why aren’t the 1st 2 good? What am I missing?

yeast extract Is what concerns me. I’m sure I researched it before, but I don’t recall and I can’t make a determination on the fly. If you can get specifics on that from them, it would help. I seriously doubt it is fresh yeast from wheat, but you never know.
If any of the other moderators know this, please chime in. Thx

This is the email response I got:

Hello,

This is Vivian, a Dietetic Technician on the Nutrition Support team with OPTAVIA®. It was a pleasure speaking with you yesterday! I have heard back from the product development team and this is the answer they have provided:

Yeast extract is used in our smashed potato products for flavoring. Yeast extract does not contain ingredients from animal origin but obtained from a vendors proprietary yeast cultured in a nutrient broth media made of vegetal origin, followed by filtration and extraction.

I hope this helps! Please let us know if you have any further questions, and you can also check out answers.optavia.com to view other product/program inquiries you may have.

Respectfully,

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Vivian Schemper
Dietetic Technician

Still not sure if any wheat or barley

Wrong one, sorry

Hello Yaakov,

This is Vivian, a Dietetic Technician on the Nutrition Support team with OPTAVIA®. It would be my pleasure to assist you today!

It is not from wheat. There is no allergen in Yeast Extract ingredient, so no wheat. :slight_smile:

I hope this helps! Please let us know if you have any further questions, and you can also check out answers.optavia.com to view other product/program inquiries you may have.

Respectfully,

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Vivian Schemper
Dietetic Technician