Halal Food Products

RupayHalwa · May 29, 2009, 7:56am

Lately I’ve come to know about so many products that aren’t halal… for example, the famous Goldfish crackers. I love them, my kids love them. This one lady who seems to be the expert in halalism here locally told me the cheese in them isn’t halal. Then I find out that Pizza Hut’s pizza ain’t halal because the sauce they use contains an animal ingredient . Thennnn, Altoids, the yummy mints, some yogurts, some cheeses like Kraft, are all haram :no:

sigh

SO the best thing to do is to call the 1-800 number on the product and ask if there are animal animal ingredients.

This is what is questionable:
Enzymes
Whey (unless the rennet is plant or synthetic based) Can be veggie
Mono di glycosides Check???
Alcohol
Rum
Lard
Pig fat
MSG (look for the source) Never heard of this being haram!
Broth
Flavorings NOT all flavourings are haram.
Mousse usually if it contains gelatin/e
Gelatin (look for source)
Lecithin Sometimes this is soya based and usually veggie
Tiramisu
Rennet Can have plant rennet also.
L Cysteine
Red40
Cochineal Red food dye from crushed up insects.
Shortening
Eyhanol
Lipase
Pepsin
Tallow
Vanilla Extract/flavor Sometimes contains alcohol, sometimes not.

(courtesy Auntyji who didn’t like me eating them Godlfish :()

Don’t blame Auntyji for stopping Goldfish consumption, its far too unhealthy and american to boot!