NTRODUCTION
We
hope that this information will be of great use to you and that you
will read the ingredient on every product before you make your
purchase. If in doubt, you may write to the company. They have been
very helpful in providing the requested information.
CONSULTATION
OF COMPANIES
Here
are the results of consultations done with various food companies. No
particular questions were asked about products that may contain
alcohol.
- L.D. Schrieber Cheese Company:
No shortening, lard, gelatin or lecithin used. Cow
products are used HALAL
- Burger King Corporation:
Shortening used in from swine = HARAM
Lard is used in buns and apple pie = HARAM
Lecithin is used in buns =HARAM
Because you are not sure.
Shakes = HALAL
- General Goods:
Lard is used on Swan Down Cake mixes. Gelatin (from
collagen-bearing tissues of any animal) is used in many products
including Jell-O Brad Gelatin Desert = HARAM
- Knox Gelatin Inc.:
Knox Gelatin is prepared from the protein collagen,
which is extracted from either beef (bones and skin) or PORK (SKINS)
=HARAM
- American Lecithin Company:
Our lecithin is derived from soybeans and is sold under
the trade name Alcoles = HALAL
- Nestle:
A list was sent to MSA confirming that their products do
not contain any animal by-product. Lecithin used in their products is
derived from Soybeans = HALAL
- General Mills Inc.:
Shortening similar to lard is used, also Soya lecithin
is used =HARAM
(Because it does not say Soya or lard and you don't know
so it is better to avoid)
- Quaker Oats:
Soybean lecithin is used. Shortening used is from swine.
Some of the products are MASA Trigo, Flako pie crust and cup cake
mix.
SEVERAL
TERMS
A.
Derived from pork or other animal
- Bacon
- Ham
- Sausage
- Lard
- Fat
- Gelatin
- Shortening (animal).
B.
Avoid -
doubtful (may be derived from animal or vegetable):
- Lecithin
- Emulsifier
- Dough conditioners
- Mono and diglycerides
- Enzymes or rennet in cheese
C.
You can use: HALAL
- Soya-lecithin
- Soybean lecithin
- Vegetable lecithin
- Vegetable shortening
- Vegetable mono and diglyceriders
- Vegetable enzymes or rennetless cheese.
- Fish.
D.
Avoid may contain alcohol
- Artificial and imitation extracts and flavorings
E.
When you see these letters:
"U"
or "K" they may mean that the produce does not
contain anything from an animal.
MISCELLANEOUS
FOOD ITEMS
|
Manufacturer
/Vendor
|
Brand
|
Coagulant/Ingredients
|
Use
|
|
Kellog
Co.
|
Frosted
Pop Tarts
|
Type-B
Gelatin
(Vegetable/Beef) |
Investigate
|
|
|
Unfrosted
Pop Tarts
|
No
Gelatin
|
HALAL
|
|
Frank
Foods
|
QT
Frosting mix
|
Vegetable
fat (Shortening)
|
HALAL
|
|
General
Mills Inc.
|
Ready-to-Spread
Frosting |
Vegetable
fat/or Lard
|
HARAM
|
|
Proctor
& Gamble
|
Duncan
Hines
Cake Mix & Pringles |
Vegetable
fat
|
HALAL
|
|
Great
Atlantic & Pacific Co.
|
A&P
Creamer
|
Coconut
& Palm Oil
|
HALAL
|
|
Topco
Assoc. Inc.
|
Food
Club Non Dairy Creamer
|
Vegetable
fat
|
HALAL
|
|
|
Dietary
Creamer
|
Vegetable
Fat
|
HALAL
|
|
Penn
Maid Food Inc.
|
Natural
Yogurt
|
No
Gelatin
|
HALAL
|
|
|
Swiss
Yogurt
|
Gelatin
from Calf skin
|
HARAM
|
|
Jolly
Rancher
|
Candies
|
Palm
& Coconut Oil
|
HALAL
|
|
M
& M Co.
|
Starburst
fruit Chews
|
Gelatin
from Lard
|
HARAM
|
|
American
Home Foods
|
Crunch
'N' Munch
|
Vegetable
Fat
|
HALAL
|
DISINFECTANT
|
Manufacturer
/Vendor
|
Brand
|
Coagulant/Ingredients
|
Use
|
|
Lehn
& Fink Products
Lyson Brand |
All
products
|
Synthetic
chemicals
|
HALAL
|
BREAD
AND PASTRY
|
Manufacturer
/Vendor
|
Brand
|
Coagulant/Ingredients
|
Use
|
||
|
Drake
Bakeries (Div. Of Borden foods Inc.)
|
Honey
bun
|
Lard
|
HARAM
|
||
|
Entenmanns
|
All
Products
|
Vegetable
Shortening
|
HALAL
|
||
|
Giants
Goods
|
Bread
|
Vegetable
Shortening
|
HALAL
|
||
|
Huber
Baking Co. (Bakers Of sunshine Bread)
|
Roman
Meal Bread
|
Soybean
Salad oil
|
HALAL
|
||
|
Keebler
|
All
products
|
Vegetable
Shortening
Oleo and Lard |
HARAM
|
||
|
Nabisco
|
All
Products
|
Lard
|
HARAM
|
||
|
Pepperidge
farm
|
Rolls,
Bread, Butter or Cakes*
|
Vegetable
shortening
|
HALAL
|
||
|
*
NOTE:Layer cakes even though this cake is made with good
shortening the GELATIN USED is made from PIGSKIN
|
HARAM
|
||||
|
Pillsbury
Co.
|
1896/69
Brand Butter, Milk Biscuit
|
Vegetable
shortening
|
HALAL
|
||
|
Stroehmann
Brothers Co
|
Hillbilly
Bread
White Bread |
Lard
|
HARAM
|
||
|
Sunshine
Biscuit Co.
|
All
products
|
Vegetable
shortening
|
HALAL
|
||
ICE
CREAM
|
Manufacturer
|
Product
|
Use
|
|
Baskin
Robbins
|
Ice
Cream, Sherbets, Water ice
NOTE:
Ice cream and those flavors Containing might marshmallow
|
HALAL
HARAM
|
|
Pensupreme
|
Ice
Cream
|
HARAM
|
|
Pensupreme
schraff
|
Ice
cream (available at safeway)
|
HALAL
|
|
Meadow
Gold
|
Ice
cream
|
HALAL
|
|
Meadow
Gold Louis sherry
|
Ice
cream (all natural)
|
HALAL
|
|
Abbotts
|
Ice
Cream, Sherbets, Water ice
|
HALAL
|
|
Pantry
Pride
|
Ice
cream
|
HALAL
|
|
Breyers
|
Ice
cream
|
HALAL
|
CHEWING
GUM
|
Manufacturer
/Vendor
|
Brand
|
Coagulant/Ingredients
|
Use
|
|
Dynamint
Co.
|
Dynamints
|
Candelilla
Wax
|
HALAL
|
|
Wrigley's
Co.
|
Chewing
gum
|
100%
mineral or Vegetable base
|
HALAL
|
|
Warner
Lambert Co.
|
Chewing
Gum
Chicklets Dentyne Trident Freshen Up |
Vegetable
base
|
HALAL
|
|
Beach
Nut
|
Chewing
Gum
|
Glcerl
Monosterate Or Ester of Gum from any animal fat
|
HARAM
|
FROZEN
PIZZA PIES
|
Manufacturer
/Vendor
|
Brand
|
Coagulant/Ingredients
|
Use
|
|
Jan's
|
Mozzarella
Cheese
|
Vegetable
|
HALAL
|
|
Buitoni
|
Mozzarella
Cheese
|
Vegetable
|
HALAL
|
|
Little
Chef
|
Mozzarella
Cheese
|
Vegetable
|
HALAL
|
|
Ellio's
|
Cheddar
Cheese
|
Swine
pepsin
|
HARAM
|
|
Quaker
Celeste
|
Mozzarella
Cheese
|
Swine
pepsin
|
HARAM
|
PIZZA
RESTAURANTS
|
Manufacturer
/Vendor
|
Brand
|
Coagulant/Ingredients
|
Use
|
|
Pizza
Hut
|
Mozzarella
Cheese
|
Vegetable
|
HALAL
|
NOTE:
Making of pizza is not according to SHARIAH.
Example: They are using same pot or tray and knife that they use in pork.
Example: They are using same pot or tray and knife that they use in pork.
CHEESE
|
Manufacturer
/Vendor
|
Brand
|
Coagulant/Ingredients
|
Use
|
|
Purity
Company
|
Muenster
Cheese
Caraway Muenster Cheese Monterey jack Muenster Cheese(with hot pepper) Farmers Cheese Burie (Imported) Cheese Camembert Cheese Romano Cheese Parmesan Cheese |
Vegetable
|
HALAL
|
|
Clearfield
|
Natural
Cheese Kosher Brand.
|
Calf
Rennet
|
HARAM
|
|
Kraft
|
Philadelphia
Cream Cheese
Whipped Cream Cheese Neufchatel |
Lactic
acid
|
HALAL
|
|
McCadm
Co.
|
New
York State
|
Calf
& swine Rennet
|
HARAM
|
|
Framageries
Bal. Inc.
|
Cheese
|
Calf
Rennet
|
HARAM
|
|
World
Cheese Col.
|
Migdal
American
Haolam |
Vegetable
|
HALAL
|
|
Schanling
Col.
|
Schnall
American
(Individually wrapped) Schnall Muenster sliced Schnall Mozzarella |
Vegetable
|
HALAL
|
|
Clay
Butter Co.
|
Millers
Cheese
|
Vegetable
|
HALAL
|
NOTE:
Calf (plural = calves): a young cow or bull.
COSMETICS
|
Manufacturer
/Vendor
|
Brand
|
Coagulant/Ingredients
|
Use
|
|
Avon
|
All
Products
|
Petrochemicals
|
HALAL
|
|
Wella
Corp.
|
Balsam
products
|
Petrochemicals
|
HALAL
|
|
Johnson
Product Inc.
|
Ultra
Sheen
|
Lanolin
|
HALAL
|
|
Lustrasilk
Corp.
|
Scalp
Cream
|
Lanolin
|
HALAL
|
|
Westwood
Pharmaceutical
|
Keri
Lotion
|
Synthetic
chemical
|
HALAL
|
|
Chesbrough
Ponds Inc.
|
Vaseline
Intensive Lotion
|
Lard
|
HARAM
|
SOAP
|
Manufacturer
/Vendor
|
Brand
|
Coagulant/Ingredients
|
Use
|
|
Proctor
& Gamble Co.
|
Kirk's
Coso Hardwater Castile
Lava |
Coconut
oil
Vegetable fat |
HALAL
|
|
|
Ivory
Camay Safe Guard Coast Zest |
Beef
& Pork Tallow
|
HARAM
|
|
Lever
Brothers Co.
|
Lux
Lifebuoy Phase II Dove Caress |
Beef
Tallow*
|
HARAM
|
|
Colgate
Palmolive Co.
|
Palmolive
Cashmere |
Beef
& Pork Tallow*
|
HARAM
|
|
Andrew
Jergen Co.
|
Jergens
Woodbury |
Beef
Tallow*
|
HARAM
|
|
Armour
Dial inc.
|
Dial
Tone Irish spring |
Beef
Tallow*
Pork Tallow* |
HARAM
|
|
Amway
Corporation
|
All
Bar Soaps
|
Pork
Tallow*
|
HARAM
|
|
|
Nivia
Creams
|
Sheep's
Skin/Fat*
|
|
*
NOTE: The Sheep/Beef that is obtained for the products is not
slaughtered Islamically, hence, it is still doubtful.
TOOTHPASTE
|
Manufacturer
/Vendor
|
Brand
|
Coagulant/Ingredients
|
Use
|
|
Lever
Brothers Co.
|
Pepsodents
Close up Aim |
Vegetable
Fat
|
HALAL
|
|
Colgate
Palmolive Co.
|
Ultra
Brite
Colgate Paste Colgate Powder |
Lard
|
HARAM
|
|
Vicks
Chemical Co.
|
Fix
-A- Dent
|
Vegetable
Fat
|
HALAL
|
|
Procter
and Gamble
|
Gleen
|
Lard
|
HARAM
|
NOTE:
Contains alcohol; still in doubt about its use.
POT
CLEANERS
|
Manufacturer
/Vendor
|
Brand
|
Coagulant/Ingredients
|
Use
|
|
GM
Co.
|
Rescue
11Soap pads
|
|
HALAL
|
|
Purex
Corporation Brillo
|
Supreme
Steel Wool balls
|
|
HALAL
|
|
|
Soap
pads
Kosher Soap (Packaged 2 each Pink& Green Bars per carton) Double Pads |
Lard
Beef Tallow |
HARAM
|
|
Miles
laboratory
|
S.O.S
Soap Pads
Tuffy Plastic Mesh Moth/Balls |
Lard
|
HARAM
|
MEDICATION
|
Manufacturer
/Vendor
|
Brand
|
Coagulant/Ingredients
|
Use
|
|
|
Seldane
Caps.
|
Pepsin
|
HARAM
|
|
|
Seldane
Syrup
|
|
HALAL
|
Note:
Buy tablets rather than caplets (caplets have
smoother surfaces).
Halal
Haram Ingredients
Written
by Mohammad Farhad Omar
Monday,
02 June 2008
|
Ingredient
|
Status
|
Ingredient
|
Status
|
|
Acetic
Acid
|
Halal
|
Hydrogenated
Oil
|
Halal
|
|
Alcohol
|
Haram
|
Hydrolysed
Animal Protein
|
Mashbooh
|
|
Ammonium
Sulfate
|
Halal
|
Hydrolysed
Vegetable Protein
|
Halal
|
|
Ammonium
Chloride
|
Halal
|
Lard
|
Haram
|
|
Animal
Fat
|
Haram
|
Leavenings
|
Halal
|
|
Animal
Shortening
|
Haram
|
Lecithin
(commercial)
|
Halal
|
|
Ascorbic
Acid
|
Halal
|
Malt
|
Halal
|
|
Aspartame
|
Halal
|
Malto
Dextrin
|
Halal
|
|
Bacon
(Pork)
|
Haram
|
Molasses
|
Halal
|
|
Benzoate
/ Benzoic Acid
|
Halal
|
Monocalcium
Phosphate
|
Halal
|
|
BHA
|
Halal
|
Mono
Saccharides
|
Halal
|
|
BHT
|
Halal
|
Monoglycerides
(Animal)
|
Haram
|
|
Calcium
Carbonate
|
Halal
|
MSG
|
Halal
|
|
Calcium
Sulfate
|
Halal
|
Nitrates
/ Nitrites
|
Halal
|
|
Carrageenan
|
Halal
|
Non-fat
Dried Milk
|
Halal
|
|
Cholesterol
|
Mashbooh
|
Oxalic
Acid
|
Halal
|
|
Citric
Acid
|
Halal
|
PABA
|
Halal
|
|
Cocoa
Butter
|
Halal
|
Vegetable
Oil
|
Halal
|
|
Collagen
(Pork)
|
Haram
|
Partially
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
|
Halal
|
|
Corn
Meal / Corn Starch
|
Halal
|
Pectic
Materials
|
Halal
|
|
Corn
Syrup
|
Halal
|
Pectin
|
Halal
|
|
Dextrin
/ Dextrose
|
Halal
|
Pepsin
|
Haram
|
|
Dicalcium
Phosphate
|
Halal
|
Phospholipid
|
Mashbooh
|
|
Diglyceride
|
Mashbooh
|
Phosphoric
Acid
|
Halal
|
|
Diglyceride
(Plant)
|
Halal
|
Pork
|
Haram
|
|
EDTA
|
Halal
|
Potassium
Benzoate
|
Halal
|
|
Enzyme
|
Mashbooh
|
Potassium
Bromade
|
Halal
|
|
Ergocalciferol
|
Halal
|
Potassium
Citrate
|
Mashbooh
|
|
Ergosterol
|
Halal
|
Propionate
|
Halal
|
|
Ethoxylated
Mono/ Di Glyceride
|
Mashbooh
|
Propionic
Acid
|
Halal
|
|
Fatty
Acid
|
Mashbooh
|
Renin
/ Rennet
|
Mashbooh
|
|
Ferrous
Sulfate
|
Halal
|
Saccharine
|
Halal
|
|
Fructose
|
Halal
|
Salt
|
Halal
|
|
Fungal
Protease Enzyme
|
Halal
|
Shortening
|
Mashbooh
|
|
Gelatin
/ Kosher Gelatin
|
Haram
|
Soya
Protein
|
Halal
|
|
Glucose
|
Halal
|
Soyabean
Oil
|
Halal
|
|
Glyceride
|
Mashbooh
|
Sucrose
|
Halal
|
|
Glycerol
/ Glycerin
|
Mashbooh
|
Tapioca
|
Halal
|
|
Glycerol
Stearate
|
Mashbooh
|
Tricalcium
Phosphate
|
Halal
|
|
Glycogen
|
Mashbooh
|
Vinegar
|
Halal
|
|
Gum
Acacia
|
Halal
|
Whey
|
Mashbooh
|
|
Hormones
|
Mashbooh
|
Yeast
|
Halal
|
|
The
above is a list of some of the known ingredients only. Source:
Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America. Mashbooh means
doubtable; therefore should be avoided.
|
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Additives
used as colours to avoid:
#E100,
#E101,#E110, #E122, #153, #E160(a), #E160(b), #E160(c),
#E160(d), #E160(e)
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