Category: Ingredients
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...
Why Muslim cannot be a vegan? – for the wrong reason
It seems that these days, vegan campaigners took their quest more than meal preference and believed everyone should join their camp. But for a Muslim, it is more than just a fancy look to be vegan, as if this is...
Is Bread Halal?
Is Bread Halal? In making bread, yeast is required so that the dough can expand. Yeast is usually added after the flour is mixed with water and then stirred evenly. After that, the dough is left for a few hours....
Why does Truffle need to be Halal certified?
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 food. Wikipedia Truffles are a fungus that grows in the...
The Ruling on GMO
The 95th Discourse of the Fatwa Committee of the National Fatwa Council for Islamic Religious Affairs Malaysia convened on 16th-18th June 2011 and discussed the Ruling on the Consumption of Genetically Modified Food. The Discourse made the following decisions: After...
Food Colouring E120 – 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 aluminum salt of carminic acid; it is also a general term for...