Yogurt parfait brocha

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Yogurt parfait what brocha/s? Has yogurt pomegranate seeds and granola

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Shalom!

Thank you for your question.

By the looks of your picture, it appears that the granola is the primary ingredient. As a general rule, when one eats a food that is a combination of several foods, one recites the blessing according to the primary food. This is called the rule of “ikkar and tofel.” The blessing on most forms of commercially sold granola is ha’adama as it is toasted oats with sugar and syrup, however if it was cooked oats than it would be Mezonot and Al Hamichya. 

Indeed, the Talmud (Brachot 37a) states that the blessing for raw grain is ha’adama. What is considered raw grain? The opinion of Tosfot is that a kernel of grain is considered raw even if it is cooked or roasted whole (and the blessing is “ha’adama”) and most other authorities agree. The Shulchan Aruch (OC 208:4) clearly writes that the blessing for raw, toasted, or cooked grains (including oats) is ha’adama (If when cooking it is still whole)

That being said, the Mishna Berura (Orach Chaim 208:3) rules that if grains are reduced and broken down in the cooking process, even if they were introduced whole, the blessing would be mezonos.

But as mentioned, most granolas are “ha’adama” since they are toasted. unless there is reason to believe otherwise. Hence, the blessing on your yogurt is ha'adama.


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