grape juice

Question

Rabbi, After having read your responses concerning grape juice, I have the following questions: if pure grape juice, packaged and bought in a Supermarket is OK, then why is it that certain juice flavors that includes grape (Tropicana orange juices containing grape, for example), do not have a kosher seal? The other Tropicana products do have a kosher seal, meaning that the company is under supervision but is not given a kosher seal for their juices containing grape. If I go to a supermarket outside of the US, and I see cartons of grape juice made by the same company -- one has a kosher stamp on it and the other doesn't -- can I buy the one without the kosher stamp, which is much cheaper? On a tangent, is it important to make Havdalah with grape juice or wine, or is tea or orange juice just as good? Thank you very much.

Answer

Answered by Aaron Abadi

Buy either with or without the grape juice. Beer is just as good AA