Category: Ingredients
Sugar Replacer: Isomalt, are they Halal?
Bone char (Latin: carbo animalis) is a porous, black, granular material produced by charring animal bones. Its composition varies depending on how it is made; however, it consists mainly of tricalcium phosphate (or hydroxylapatite) 57–80%, calcium carbonate 6–10% and carbon 7–10%.¹ The...
The Future of Halal Industry Conformity
Various challenges in the food industry contributed to – The Future of Halal Industry Conformity. 1. Limitation of existing Legislation? The reason why Lab analysis/verification important The requirement of a recognised Halal certificate for the High-Risk ingredient is vital...
List of Permissible and Not Halal of Land and Aquatic Animal
(i) Halal – Permissible To Consume (ii) Not Halal – Impermissible to consume This list is based on the School of Shafi’i opinion or equivalent. (i) Halal – Permissible To Consume Addax Albatross Alpaca Anglerfish Antelope Argali Barracuda Birds without...
Between Synthetic Alcohol and Fermented Alcohol, which one is allowed for Halal industry?
Khamr is intoxicating liquor prepared for anything which befogs the mind. All alcoholic drinks, beer, wine, gin, whisky, rum, vodka, tequila, moonshine, etc., are Khamr. The word khamr occurs six times in the Quran, once in subjective case (5:90), twice...
Can Wagyu Beef and Kobe Beef be certified as Halal?
What is Wagyu beef? “Wagyu” literally means “Japanese cattle.” Wagyu beef comes from the four main breeds of cattle in Japan: Japanese Black, Japanese Brown, Japanese Poll and Japanese Shorthorn, as well as crossbreeds that result from interbreeding among those...
Is Bread Halal?
In making bread, yeast is required so that the dough can expand. Yeast is usually added after the flour mixed with water and then stirred evenly. After that, the dough left for a few hours. Yeast itself is actually a...
Why Truffle needs to be Halal certified? and the difference with Chocolate Truffle
TruffleFood A truffle is the fruiting body of a subterranean Ascomycete fungus, predominantly one of the many species of the genus Tuber. Some of the truffle species are highly prized as a food. Wikipedia Truffles are a fungus that grow...
The Ruling on Consumption of Genetically Modified Food
The 95th Discourse of the Fatwa Committee of the National Fatwa Council for Islamic Religious Affairs Malaysia convened on 16th-18th June 2011 had discussed the Ruling on Consumption of Genetically Modified Food. The Discourse made the following decisions: After listening...
Food colouring (cochineal) in Islam – Carmine
Cochineal Carmine (/ˈkɑrmɪn/ or /ˈkɑrmaɪn/), also called a crimson lake, cochineal, natural red 4, C.I. 75470, or E120, is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium salt of carminic acid; it is also a general term for...