# Circle Kosher? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [March 17, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circle-kosher/234911 "2004-03-17T20:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cursplat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@cursplat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cursplat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circle-kosher/234911/1 "2004-03-17T20:58:08Z")
Cecil, Does this mean that everything at the corner Circle K is Kosher? Also, if the K with a circle is a registered trademark of Organized Kashruth Laboratories of New York, does that mean that the circled K gets a circled R? -Cursplat Memphis ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circle-kosher/234911/2 "2004-03-18T03:47:18Z")
No, and no. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circle-kosher/234911/3 "2004-03-18T12:14:54Z")
If a product has a circled U followed by a circled R and a circled K, it means that it has been inspected by Urkel. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circle-kosher/234911/4 "2004-03-18T16:20:14Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > If a product has a circled U followed by a circled R and a circled K, it means that it has been inspected by Urkel. Those marks will likely be seen on cheese, too.