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Why is mezonos recited on Fitness rice cakes?
Question
Hi, good evening..
I knew that on rice cakes one recites ha'adamah, so I do not understand why it says on the package of "Fitness" that their blessing is mezonos.. Was I mistaken?
Thank you
Answer
Shalom u'vracha,
The rule is that any food that contains one of the five grains is blessed with mezonos - even if it is only a minority ingredient, provided that it is intended to give taste or satiety to the food, and not to bind the food together. Therefore, on Fitness rice cakes in which one of the five grains is mixed in, one recites mezonos.
Sources: Based on Shulchan Aruch (siman 208, seif 2) and Mishnah Berurah (sif katan 8).
With blessings,
Hillel Meirs
