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INFORMATION ABOUT INGREDIENTS ON FOODS, TOOTHPASTE, SOAP ETC.
INTRODUCTION
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.
No shortening, lard, gelatin or lecithin used. Cow products are used HALAL
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
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 is prepared from the protein collagen, which is extracted from either beef (bones and skin) or PORK (SKINS) =HARAM
Our lecithin is derived from soybeans and is sold under the trade name Alcoles = HALAL
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
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)
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
B. Avoid - doubtful (may be derived from animal or vegetable):
C. You can use: HALAL
D. Avoid may contain alcohol
E. When you see these letters:
"U" or "K" they may mean that the produce does not contain anything from an animal.
AVOID THE FOLLOWING AS THEY MAY CONTAIN ALCOHOL:
Artificial and Imitation extracts and Flavorings.
MISCELLANEOUS FOOD ITEMS
Manufacturer /Vendor |
Brand |
Coagulant/Ingredients |
Use |
Kellog Co. |
Frosted Pop Tarts |
Type-B Gelatin |
Investigate |
|
Unfrosted Pop Tarts |
No Gelatin |
HALAL |
Frank Foods |
QT Frosting mix |
Vegetable fat (Shortening) |
HALAL |
General Mills Inc. |
Ready-to-Spread
|
Vegetable fat/or Lard |
HARAM |
Proctor & Gamble |
Duncan Hines |
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 |
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 |
HARAM |
Nabisco |
All Products |
Lard |
HARAM |
Pepperidge farm |
Rolls, Bread, Butter or Cakes* |
Vegetable shortening |
HALAL |
* NOTE: |
HARAM |
||
Pillsbury Co. |
1896/69 Brand Butter, Milk Biscuit |
Vegetable shortening |
HALAL |
Stroehmann Brothers Co |
Hillbilly 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 |
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.
CHEESE
Manufacturer /Vendor |
Brand |
Coagulant/Ingredients |
Use |
Purity Company |
Muenster Cheese |
Vegetable |
HALAL |
Clearfield |
Natural Cheese Kosher Brand. |
Calf Rennet |
HARAM |
Kraft |
Philadelpia Cream Cheese |
Lactic acid |
HALAL |
McCadm Co. |
New York State |
Calf & swine Rennet |
HARAM |
Framageries Bal. Inc. |
Cheese |
Calf Rennet |
HARAM |
World Cheese Col. |
Migdal American |
Vegetable |
HALAL |
Schanling Col. |
Schnall American |
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 |
Coconut oil |
HALAL |
|
Ivory |
Beef & Pork Tallow |
HARAM |
Lever Brothers Co. |
Lux |
Beef Tallow* |
HARAM |
Colgate Palmolive Co. |
Palmolive |
Beef & Pork Tallow* |
HARAM |
Andrew Jergen Co. |
Jergens |
Beef Tallow* |
HARAM |
Armour Dial inc. |
Dial |
Beef 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 |
Vegetable Fat |
HALAL |
Colgate Palmolive Co. |
Ultra Brite |
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 |
Lard |
HARAM |
Miles laboratory |
S.O.S Soap Pads |
Lard |
HARAM |
MEDICATION
Manufacturer /Vendor |
Brand |
Coagulant/Ingredients |
Use |
|
Seldane Caps. |
Pepsin |
HARAM |
|
Seldane Syrup |
|
HALAL |
LIST OF HALAL AND HARAM FOOD INGREDIENTS
INGREDIENT |
TYPE |
Acetic Acid |
HALAL |
Alcohol |
HARAM |
Ammonium chloride |
HALAL |
Ammonium Sulphate |
HALAL |
Animal Fat |
HARAM |
Animal shortening |
Investigate |
Ascorbic Acid |
HALAL |
Aspartame |
HALAL |
Bacon (Pork) |
HARAM |
Benzoate/Benzoic Acid |
HALAL |
BHA |
HALAL |
BHT |
HALAL |
Calcium Carbonate |
HALAL |
Calcium Sulphate |
HALAL |
Carrageenan |
HALAL |
Cocoa Butter |
HALAL |
Collegen (pork) |
HARAM |
Corn Meal/Corn Starch |
HALAL |
Corn Syrup |
HALAL |
Dextrin/Dextrose |
HALAL |
Dicalcium phosphate |
HALAL |
Diglyceride (Animal) |
HARAM |
Diglyceride (Plant) |
HALAL |
Dough Conditioners |
HARAM |
EDTA |
HALAL |
Emulsifier |
HARAM |
Enzyme (Animal) |
HARAM |
Enzyme (Plant) |
HALAL |
Ergocalciferol |
HALAL |
Ergosterol |
HALAL |
Fat (Pork or Animal) |
HARAM |
Fatty Acid (Animal) |
HARAM |
Fatty Acid (Plant) |
HALAL |
Ferrous Sulphate |
HALAL |
Fructose |
HALAL |
Fungal Protease Enzyme |
HALAL |
Gelatin |
HARAM |
Glucose |
HALAL |
Glyceride (Animal) |
HARAM |
Glyceride (Plant) |
HALAL |
Glycerol/Glycerine (Animal) |
HARAM |
Glycerol /Glycerine (Plant) |
HALAL |
Gum Acacia |
HALAL |
Ham |
HARAM |
Harmones (Animal) |
HARAM |
Harmones (Plant) |
HALAL |
Hydrogenated Oil |
HALAL |
Hydrolyzed Animal protein |
HARAM |
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein |
HALAL |
Lard |
HARAM |
Leavenings |
HALAL |
Lecithin (commercial) |
HALAL |
Malt |
HALAL |
Malto Dextrin |
HALAL |
Hydrogenated oil |
HALAL |
Molasses |
HALAL |
Monocalcium Phosphate |
HALAL |
Mono Saccharides |
HALAL |
Monoglycerides (Animal) |
HARAM |
Monoglycerides (Plant) |
HALAL |
MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) |
HALAL |
Nitrates/Nitrites |
HALAL |
Nonfat Dry Milk |
HALAL |
Oxalic Acid |
HALAL |
PABA |
HALAL |
Partially Hydrogenated oil |
HALAL |
Pectic Materials |
HALAL |
Pectin |
HALAL |
Pepsin (Animal) |
HARAM |
Phospholipid (Animal) |
HARAM |
Phospholipid (Plant) |
HALAL |
Phosphoric Acid |
HALAL |
Pork & All by Products |
HARAM |
Potassium Benzoate |
HALAL |
Potassium Citrate |
HALAL |
Propionate |
HALAL |
Propionic Acid |
HALAL |
Renin Rennet |
Investigate |
Saccharine |
HALAL |
Salt |
HALAL |
Sausage |
HARAM |
Shortening (Animal) |
HARAM |
Shortening (Plant) |
HALAL |
Soy protein |
HALAL |
Soybean Oil |
HALAL |
Sucrose |
HALAL |
Tapioca |
HALAL |
Tricalcium Phosphate |
HALAL |
Vinegar |
HALAL |
Whey |
Investigate |
Yeast |
HALAL |
NOTE:
Please check the ingredients of every food brand, which you use. Also check any or all-new products you use before making your purchase. If you have any doubts, you may write or phone to the manufacturer, so far they have been very helpful to us and it will put your mind at ease.
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