ok just wanted to ask if anyone knows whether haribo’s tanfastics and rowntrees’s sour pastilles in UK are suitable for vegetarian or halal?. they both say gelatine on them but does not specify what type of gelatine. Could not find anything useful on the internet apart from that if the product has been made in turkey then halal gelatine has been used…but the packets sold here in uk (tesco/asda/sainsbury) don’t say the manufacturing place.
some said they are ok to eat but i am unsure.
thanks
Re: Haribo/Rowntrees?
Personally when in doubt avoid.
I cant trust a lot of foods these days, hell even when it comes to meat I try and make sure I do the zibah work myself so I can be sure of the source... if only some of our people knew the conditions of some of our meat processing places you might go veggie.
Re: Haribo/Rowntrees?
haan yeh bhi sach hai.
Re: Haribo/Rowntrees?
Another point to note is that a lot of corporations will lie through thier teeth so long as they can get away with it, and when profits are concerned things really go bad.
I would advise people to seek out dried fruit and dates sourced from good places like Tunisia rather than Isreal, dried fruit is better for you and tastes better too.
Also if your smart you can make dried fruit and dried meat into trail mix, a bit like a high energy bar. Not to everyones taste but its probably the superior food source for sure.
Re: Haribo/Rowntrees?
I'm pretty sure they both use pork gelatine. Haribo tends to use pork gelatine, Rowntree I'm not sure about cos some of their other products are vegetarian and don't use gelatine at all.
I woulda thought that even if the gelatine was beef, it still wouldn't be halal? I wouldn't be eating it anyways.
Re: Haribo/Rowntrees?
Just out of curiousity theres no synthetic substitue for Gelatin is there? Or perhaps the equivalent from plant extracts perhaps?
Either way unless you can be positive that its halal its best to avoid... unless you have absolutely no choice at all and theres no alternative.
Re: Haribo/Rowntrees?
hmmmm thats what i thought that haribo uses pork gelatine but their other products specifically say pork/beef gelatine....its just these two products where it only says gelatine.
Re: Haribo/Rowntrees?
Just out of curiousity theres no synthetic substitue for Gelatin is there? Or perhaps the equivalent from plant extracts perhaps?
Either way unless you can be positive that its halal its best to avoid... unless you have absolutely no choice at all and theres no alternative.
i dont know if its an entire substitute for gelatine....but we have pectin.....a form of gelatine that is derived from plants....used in jams/jellies etc.
Re: Haribo/Rowntrees?
i know a lot of turkish/arab convenience stores that have halal or suitable for vegetarians haribos. some asdas do them too. the haribos that are ok to eat usually clearly have the sign in the front of the packet. i would know :D.
Re: Haribo/Rowntrees?
sum good news i found out last week that asda have started selling haribo’s which actully state on there they are halal and suitable for vegetarians 
go get emm 
Re: Haribo/Rowntrees?
yeah i have seen them too the suitable for veg haribo's in asda.....but they are not the ones i wanted to eat :(....anyhow i'll keep my hands away unless i am sure and it is confirmed about the type of gelatine.
thanks guys
Re: Haribo/Rowntrees?
If it doesnt say halal gelatine, then for Haribo it is pork.
Those halal bags from Haribo normally have it written very openly on them.
Re: Haribo/Rowntrees?
There's no such thing as vegetable gelatin. The vegetable based equivalent is pectin, which is different to gelatin and legally cannot be listed on the ingredients as gelatin.
If it says gelatin in the ingredients, then you can be 100% certain that it came from an animal.