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 Halal status of Mono & Diglycerides |
| Is Whey a Halal ingredient? |
| FD&C yellow No. 5 or FD&C red No. 40 colors |
| Halal status of L-Cysteine |
| Are all apple juice brands Halal? |
| Are all natural or artificial flavors Halal? |
| Halal Status of chocolate Liquor |
| Is Vanilla Extract a Halal ingredient? |
| Halal status of Yeast Extract or autolyzed |
| Which Vinegar is considered as Halal? |
| Processing Aid Ingredients or Hidden ingredients in food products and food ingredients |
| What are ingredients of Halal Soy Sauce? |
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Halal status of Mono & Diglycerides:
Mono & Diglycerides are fat based emulsifier and are made by reacting glycerol (fat based) with specific fats and oils. Monoglycerides can be made from beef or pork or soybean fat. Only soybean and zabiha slaughtered cow fat based Mono & Diglyceries are Halal. A Halal or Kosher symbol (which meet the Islamic dietary requirements) on a food package containing Mono & Diglycerides indicates that it is obtained from soybean fat. |
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Is Whey a Halal ingredient?
Muslims think that whey is milk based ingredient, it has to be Halal but answer is no. There are two kinds of whey, one is sweet or rennet whey and other is acid whey. Acid whey is obtained during the making of acid type of cheese such as cottage cheese. Sweet or rennet whey is used more in food products than acid whey. Sweet whey or rennet whey is a by-product of cheese making.
Whey is portion of milk remaining after coagulation and removal of curd. Whey is Halal only if the Halal starter culture bacteria, Halal medium on which these starter culture grown (Starter culture bacteria are Halal if they obtained from milk source not meat source and media on which these starter culture bacteria grown has to be made from Halal ingredients such milk), microbial rennet, microbial lipase enzyme, Halal color, Halal flavor are used in manufacturing a cheese product from milk. These requirements can only obtained if the cheese and whey are Halal or Kosher certified (which meet the Islamic dietary requirements). A Halal or Kosher symbol (which meet the Islamic dietary requirements) on a food package containing whey indicates that it is manufactured under Halal or Kosher supervision. |
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FD&C yellow No. 5 or FD&C red No. 40 colors:
FD&C yellow No. 5 or FD&C red No. 40 are chemical dyes and they are Halal if use as pure granular or powder form but if they use in liquid form then the solvent has to be Halal. Vegetable oil or glycerin (from pork or beef or vegetable fat) can be used as a solvent to dissolve these colors for use in liquid products such as soft drinks. A Halal or Kosher symbol (which meet the Islamic dietary requirements) on a food package containing these colors indicates that no pork or beef fat glycerin was used as a solvent. |
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Halal status of L-Cysteine:
A non essential amino acid is used as dough conditioner in bagels, pizza, bread, hard rolls. L-Cysteine is manufactured from human hair (Haram source), non zabiha or dead chicken/duck feathers and from petroleum source. MCG considered it Halal if it is made from petroleum source. |
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Are all apple juice brands Halal?
No, only those apple juice brands which bear a Kosher symbol on the container are considered Halal because it indicates no pork gelatin is used as filtering material for a clear apple juice. |
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Are all natural or artificial flavors Halal?
No, in order for a natural or artificial flavor to be Halal, it has to be made from Halal flavoring material and no ethyl alcohol is used as a solvent. A Kosher symbol (which meet the Islamic dietary requirements) on a food package containing natural or artificial flavor indicates that it is manufactured from Halal flavoring material but ethyl alcohol may or may not use as a solvent. It requires further investigation from food manufacturer to confirm that no alcohol is used as a solvent. |
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Halal Status of chocolate Liquor:
Chocolate Liquor is manufactured from grinding the cocoa nibs from cocoa bean. It is a Halal ingredient and do not contain any liquor or alcohol. |
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Is Vanilla Extract a Halal ingredient
No, Vanilla Extract is used as a flavor and it is made from vanilla bean extract. It contains minimum of 35% ethyl alcohol otherwise it will not be call as vanilla extract according food regulations. |
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Halal status of Yeast Extract or autolyzed Yeast:
If the yeast extract or autolyzed yeast is made from baker's yeast then it is a Halal ingredient. But if it is made from brewer's yeast as a by-product of beer making then it is not considered Halal because beer can penetrate in the yeast cells and never convert to any other things. |
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Which Vinegar is considered as Halal?
Distilled white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, malt vinegar, corn (Maize) sugar vinegar are considered Halal. Wine Vinegar and Balsamic vinegar are not considered Halal because of left over of wine and alcohol. |
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Processing Aid Ingredients or Hidden ingredients in food products and food ingredients:
FDA will allow up to 2% of processing aid ingredients or hidden ingredients in a food product or in a food ingredient without reporting in the ingredients statement. Only Halal or Kosher certified food products (which meet the Islamic dietary requirements) protect Muslim consumers from Haram processing aid ingredients or hidden ingredients. Example of Hidden ingredients are use of pork gelatin in apple juice processing, gelatin in Beta carotene, Polysorbate 80 (a fat based emulsifier) in vitamins mix for milk fortification.
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What are ingredients of Halal Soy Sauce?
Naturally brewed soy sauce is not a Halal soy sauce because it is just made like wine containing 2-3% ethyl alcohol in it. Soy, wheat and water are main ingredients of naturally brewed soy sauce. All purpose soy sauce or non brewed soy sauce is a Halal soy sauce made from water, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, corn syrup and sodium benzoate. |
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| Last Modified: Tuesday May 02 2006 |
