Splenda Stevia No Calorie Sweetener

Splenda Stevia No Calorie Sweetener

Splenda Stevia Sweetener

(UPC CODE: 72277600254) - Splenda Stevia No Calorie Sweetener-140 Packets- 280G

Ingredients: Erythritol, Stevia Leaf Extract

STATUS: HALAL

This product does not contain any ingredients of concern and is suitable for consumption.

This article is specific to Stevia No Calorie Sweetener manufactured by Splenda CANADA.  The last update/inquiry for this product was done on:

May 31 2022

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Colgate Cavity Protection Toothpaste Halal

 Colgate Cavity Protection Toothpaste Halal

Colgate Cavity Protection Toothpaste 

(UCP CODE:5800031329)-Colgate Cavity Protection Toothpaste,95mL.

Non-medicinal Ingredients: Aqua, Aroma, Blue 1, Cellulose Gum, Dicalcium Phosphate Dihydrate, Glycerin, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Saccharin, Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate, Yellow 5. 

STATUS: HALAL

This product does not contain any animal ingredients. Specifically the glycerin comes from only synthetic or vegetable sources

This article is specific to Cavity Protection Toothpaste manufactured by Colgate CANADA.  The last update/inquiry for this product was done on:

• Nov 22, 2021

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DunkAroos Vanilla Cookies And Chocolate Frosting Halal

 

 DunkAroos Vanilla Cookies And Chocolate Frosting Halal

 DunkAroos Vanilla Cookies And Chocolate Frosting

(UPC CODE: 065633509924) - DunkAroos Vanilla Cookies And Chocolate Frosting Net Wt 1.5(42g)

Ingredients: Chocolate frosting: sugar, high fructose corn syrup, palm oil, water, corn starch, cocoa processed with alkali, salt, monoglycerides, polysorbate 60, potassium sorbate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, citric acid, sodium acid pyrophosphate, artificial flavor. Freshness preserved by potassium sorbate. Vanilla cookies: enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), powdered sugar, palm oil, water, whole wheat flour, salt, soy lecithin, monocalcium phosphate, baking soda, natural and artificial flavor.

STATUS: HALAL

 

This article is specific to DunkAroos Vanilla Cookies And Chocolate Frosting manufactured by Betty Crocker  CANADA.  The last update/inquiry for this product was done on:

• June18, 2022

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Berries n' Cherries Fruit Snack

         

(UPC CODE: 034856228127) Welch's - Berries 'N Cherries Fruit Snacks

Ingredients: Fruit puree (pear, peach, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry and cherry), corn syrup, sugar, modified corn starch, gelatin, citric acid, lactic acid, natural and artificial flavors, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), alpha tocopherol acetate (vitamin E), vitamin A palmitate, sodium citrate, coconut oil, carnauba wax, red 40, and blue 1.

The Manufacturer has confirmed that the gelatin in this product is sourced from Beef and Pork.

STATUS: HARAM

This response is specific to Welch's - Berries 'N Cherries Fruit Snacks

The last update/inquiry for this product was done on:

• Oct 23, 2021

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Armstrong Pizza Mozzarella Cheese

        

(UPC CODE: 61120102371) Armstrong - Pizza Mozzarella Cheese 28% M.F.

Ingredients: Pasteurized milk, Modified milk ingredients, Salt, Bacterial culture, Calcium chloride, Microbial enzyme.

STATUS: HALAL

This response is specific to Armstrong Pizza Mozzarella Cheese 28% M.F.

The last update/inquiry for this product was done on:

• Oct 22, 2021

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The Laughing Cow Cheese

       

(UPC CODE: 4175701141) The Laughing Cow - Original Spreadable Cheese

Ingredients: Modified milk ingredients, Cheeses (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, salt, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, bacterial culture), Sodium phosphates, Citric acid, Salt.

Contains: Milk

STATUS: HALAL

This response is specific to The Laughing Cow - Original Spreadable Cheese

The last update/inquiry for this product was done on:

• Oct 22, 2021

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Great Value - Buttery Flavoured Corn Puffs

      

(UPC CODE: 62891566980) Great Value - Buttery Flavoured Corn Puffs

Ingredients: Corn meal, vegetable oil (canola and or corn and or sunflower), seasoning (sugars (maltodextrin), salt, palm shortening powder, soybean oil, natural flavour, tartrazine, silicon dioxide, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate). Contains: Milk. May contain: Soy

STATUS: HALAL

This response is specific to Buttery Flavoured Corn Puffs  by Great Value Canada

The last update/inquiry for this product was done on:

• Oct 17, 2021

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Great Value - Rice Crispy Squares

     

(UPC CODE: 681131761383) Great Value - Rice Crispy Squares

Ingredients: Sugars (Glucose, granulated sugar, fructose, brown sugar), Rice, Modified palm and canola oil shortening, water, glycerin, sunflower lecithin, salt, agar, flavour, dried egg white, 

Contains Eggs

May Contain sesame, milk, soy.

Received confirmation from the manufacturer that this product is suitable for vegetarians. Manufacturer also confirmed that there are no animal by-products in this product other than dried egg white.

STATUS: HALAL

• Oct 14, 2021

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Halo Top Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frozen Dessert

 

(UPC CODE: 85104100800) - Halo Top Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frozen Dessert

Ingredients: Milk ingredients, eggs, cookie dough (sugar, flour, butter, water, expeller pressed soybean oil, molasses, white rice flour, salt, pure vanilla extract, sunflower lecithin, baking soda), milk protein concentrate, erythritol, organic cane sugar, maltodextrin (fibre), vegetable glycerine, chocolate chips (coca mass, sugar cocoa butter, milk fat, sunflower lecithin, vanilla extract), whey protein concentrate, gum arabic, sea salt, natural flavours, organic carob bean gum, organic guar gum, organic stevia extract.

Contains: Milk, eggs, wheat. May contain: peanuts, almonds, brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, walnuts, soy.

Contains: Milk, Soy, Wheat

STATUS: HALAL

This response is specific to Halo Top Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frozen Dessert manufactured by Halo Top CANADA.

The last update/inquiry for this product was done on:

• Oct 23, 2021

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Cow Tales Candy

  

(UPC CODE: 070622431018) - Cow Tales Caramel Flavour

Ingredients: Wheat flour, corn syrup, sugar, highly refined coconut oil, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, modified whey skim milk, cream, mono and diglycerides, palm oil, corn starch, salt natural and artificial flavour, soy lecithin

STATUS: HALAL 

This response is specific to Cow Tales manufactured by Goetze's 

The last update/inquiry for this product was done on:

• Oct 23, 2021

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Pepperidge Farm - Goldfish Crackers - Cheddar Flavour

    

(UPC CODE: 1410017095) - Pepperidge Farm - Goldfish Crackers - Cheddar Flavour

Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheddar cheese ([cultured milk, salt, enzymes], annatto), vegetable oils (canola, sunflower and/or soybean), salt, contains 2% or less of: yeast, sugar, autolyzed yeast extract, paprika, spices, celery, onion powder, monocalcium phosphate, baking soda. Contains: wheat, milk.

STATUS: HALAL

• Oct 12, 2021

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Starburst Original Minis (Unwrapped)

      

(UPC CODE: 64900427695) - Starburst Original Minis (Unwrapped)

Ingredients: Sugar, Corn syrup, icing sugar, palm, pectin, sodium citrate, natural and artificial flavors, mono and diglycerides, shellac, corn maltodextrin, apple powder, colours (with tartrazine), carnauba wax, malic acid.

STATUS: HALAL

• Oct 18, 2021

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Jolly Rancher Gummies - Original Flavour

   

(UPC CODE: 10700858368) - Jolly Rancher Gummies - Original Flavour

Ingredients: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Modified Cornstarch. Contains 2% or Less of: Malic Acid, Natural Flavor, Artificial Flavor, Sodium Citrate, Mineral Oil, Carnauba Wax, Limonene, Artificial Color (Red 40, Blue 1, Yellow 5, Yellow 6)

Email received from Nestle Canada stating that this product contains Animal Gelatin.

STATUS: HARAM

• Oct 14, 2021

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Crispy Belgian Chocolate Thins

       

Hamlet - Crispy Belgian Chocolate Thins

Sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, puffed rice (rice flour, sugar, barley malt extract, salt, calcium carbonate, vegetable oil, soy lecithin, natural flavour, soy lecithin

STATUS: HALAL

This article is specific to Crispy Belgian Chocolate Thins manufactured by Hamlet Canada

The last update/inquiry for this product was done on:

• Oct 25, 2021

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Solaray Mastic Gum Extract Halal

 

                         Solaray Mastic Gum Extract

Solaray Mastic Gum Extract

(UPC CODE: 76280036886) - Solaray Mastic Gum Extract, 500 mg, 45 VegCaps

Ingredients: Maltodextrin, Vegetable Cellulose, Capsule, Silica, Magnesium Stearate and Cellulose

STATUS: HALAL

This product does not contain any animal ingredients.  Specifically, the Magnesium Stearate is sourced from Palm which would make it suitable for consumption. 

This article is specific to Mastic Gum Extract manufactured by Solaray CANADA.  The last update/inquiry for this product was done on:

• Oct 08, 2021

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Furlani Parmesan Garlic Texas Toast Halal

Parmesan Garlic Texas Toast

(UPC CODE: 059635001715) - Parmesan Garlic Texas Toast, 16 slices

BREAD: Enriched wheat flour, water, soybean oil, yeast, sugar, salt, calcium propionate, microbial enzymes, ascorbic acid.

SPREAD: Soybean oil, water, modified palm oil, dehydrated garlic, parmesan cheese (milk, salt, powdered cellulose, lipase, microbial enzyme, bacterial culture, natamycin), salt, whey powder, natural flavour, distilled vegetable monoglyceride, citric acid, dehydrated parsley, potassium sorbate, colour.

Contains: Milk, Soy, Wheat

STATUS: HALAL

As confirmed by the manufacturer, this product contains milk but no other animal-derived ingredients. In the bread and cheese making processes only microbial enzymes are used.  Lipase is present in the ingredient list however it is from microbial sources1.  

This article is specific to Garlic Toast - Parmesan manufactured by Furlani CANADA.

The last update/inquiry for this product was done on:

• Oct 23, 2021

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1. "Furlani only uses microbial lipase, which is produced by microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi" (Source)

Nestle Smarties Halal

NESTLÉ SMARTIES Candy Coated Milk Chocolate

(UPC CODE: 5980000060)

Ingredients: Milk chocolate (sugar, milk ingredients, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, whey powder, lactose, soya lecithin, polyglycerol polyricinoleate, natural flavour), sugar, wheat flour, modified corn starch, carnauba wax, colour.

STATUS: HALAL

As confirmed by the manufacturer all food colours in this product are either from synthetic sources or vegetarian sources.  This even includes the red smarties as the red food colour is sourced from beet juice. 

Furthermore there are no animal sourced ingredients in this product other than milk or milk byproducts such as whey powder. 

Specifically:

• The whey protein is produced by adding microbial-sourced rennet to the milk and then it is separated into curds and whey liquid. The whey is then separated and dried which produces whey powder.
  
• Vanilla flavour used in Smarties contains no ethyl alcohol.  Vanillin does not come into contact with alcohol during production.

This article is specific to Smarties manufactured by Nestle CANADA. The last update/inquiry for this product was done on:

• Oct 23, 2021

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Is Cochineal - Carmine Halal or Haram?

Cochineal Extract (Red food dye)

Cochineal extract is derived from Cochineal. Cochineal is a bug found on plants in Peru and the Canary Islands. The insect is dried, crushed, and put into an acidic alcohol¹. The insect can be killed by hot water, sunlight, steam, or oven heat².

Cochineal is used to make a scarlet, deep crimson, red, or orange dye which is used in some foods such as jams, drinks³, and candies.  It is also used in cosmetics such as red lipstick⁴.

It can be found in ingredients with the following names⁵:

• Cochineal Extract
• Carmine
• Carminic Acid
• Natural Red 4 (Not to be confused with Red 2 or Red 40, which are synthetic)
• E120

According to the Hanafi Madhab insects are pure.

Hence, any product which contains the above mentioned ingredients and is used externally such as lotion, cream, shampoos are halal. 

However, lipstick containing carmine should be avoided as there is a likelihood it will be consumed when drinking water ⁶.

Nevertheless, consuming insects (excluding some insects such as locusts) is not permissible in the Hanafi, Shafi’i, or Hanbali madhhab. Therefore, food products containing the ingredients mentioned above should be avoided.⁷

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Abrar Ahmed Koya

May 19, 2019

1. https://www.livescience.com/36292-red-food-dye-bugs-cochineal-carmine.html
2. https://www.britannica.com/technology/cochineal There is a debate within Muslim Scholars regarding the permissibility of killing insects using hot water, etc. Hanafis in general do not allow this unless there is no other way to get rid of an insect in a home.
3.  For example, Fruitopia Strawberry Passion Awareness, usually found in Wal-Marts.
4.  https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/c/Cochineal.htm
5.  https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Carmine#section=MeSH-Entry-Terms
6. One should avoid accidentally ingesting it if used externally. Scholars of the other madhhabs can be contacted for their position on the matter.
7.  Malikis allow consumption of insects if they are slaughtered according to shariah, i.e. Bismillah is recited while removing the head, legs, or wings.

Sugar alcohol

Sugar alcohol is a low-calorie sweetener. It naturally occurs in fruits or plants, such as strawberries, onions, mushrooms, and starch. It is an alternative to sugar and possibly even healthier. Sugar alcohol does not intoxicate.

Some examples of sugar alcohol can be:

• Erythritol

• Maltitol

• Mannitol

• Sorbitol

• Xylitol

• Hydrogenated starch hydrolysates (HSH)

• Isomalt

Sugar alcohol is halal.

Allah knows best

Abrar Ahmed Koya

April 7, 2019

REFERENCES:

1. http://www.lindt.co.uk/swf/eng/company/faqs/answers/
2. https://www.webmd.com/diet/what-are-sugar-alcohols#1

• http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/what-can-i-eat/understanding-carbohydrates/sugar-alcohols.html 
• https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320901.php