Re: Gatorade is HARAAM!
Assalam O Alaikum
You have to have technical background to evalaute the response from phone calls and e-mails reponses from food companies. I am guesing you may start consuming cheese if you find out that they use microbial enzyme rather than rennet but this not enough you will be still consuming haram products if whey made from pork rennet is used to feed starter culture bacteria added to milk for flavors, texture for dairy products before coagulating it with microbial enzyme. Yes there are some information can only get from fod companies such as alcohol presence or absence in flavors. The companies never tell commom consumer what they are adding as hidden ingredients which is allowed by FDA and refer as processing aid ingredients, the Frito Lay company never told their consumer that cheetose and Doritos are made on the same line where other prodcuts made containing pork derived ingredients. Burger Kings never tell their consumers that they use the same oil and same fryer to fry chicken nuggets, fish and pork patties.
Those who depend upon companies information may be eating food products containg ingredients derived from pork. If you are sick you go to doctor because he knows the diseases and cures, but you can not go to street person for treatment. It is same with Halal food products because food processing so technically complex you need professionals. You can not be the judge to consume food thinking it is Halal because you lack technical knowledge to judge the food companies responses.
Syed Rasheeduddin Ahmed