Links to Halal Haram ingredients web sites:

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.

Please note that some of the multivitamins of Kirkland brand sell at Costco are Haram. They include Gelatin, Beef and Pork. Please check ingredients before buying.

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 Foods
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.
Wrigley Chewing Gum
At present Extra® Polar IceTM, Altoids® mints, Juicy Fruit Twisted Green, Lifesavers Gummies, Excel Cool Blast mints and Lifesavers Cremesavers. Extra® Polar Ice gum contains tiny flavour beads encased in a microscopic layer of gelatin, which is animal based. Please click here to read more about Wrigley.
Colgate Palmolive Company
Click here to view a letter from Colgate Palmolive company regarding their products. (In PDF format)

Avon Products
Good day, We apologize for the delay in responding to your email. Some animal-derived ingredients can be used in certain products: Please note that ingredient lists are now available directly on the www.avon.ca site. From the "Shop Online" section of the 'Shop' link, simply click on the chosen product to enlarge it, then click on "Ingredients" just below the pictorial. Have a great day! Marie-Claude L'Ecuyer Spécialiste Internet-Internet Specialist

Read carefully before buy items.

Derived from pork or other animal

Bacon

Ham

Sausage

Lard

Fat

Gelatin

Shortening (animal).

May be derived from animal or vegetable

Lecithin

Emulsifier

Dough conditioners

Mono and diglycerides

Enzymes or rennet in cheese

You can use: HALAL

Soya-lecithin

Soybean lecithin

Vegetable lecithin

Vegetable shortening

Vegetable mono and diglyceriders

Vegetable enzymes or rennetless cheese

Fish

Avoid may contain alcohol

Artificial and imitation extracts and flavorings

When you see these letters

"U" or "K" they may mean that the product does not contain anything from an animal.

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

CHEWING GUM

Manufacturer / Vendor	Brand	Coagulant / Ingredients	Use
Dynamint Co.	Dynamints	Candelilla Wax	HALAL
Wrigley's Co.	Chewing gum	Not all brands are Halal	Please visit here
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

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	Philadelpia 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

DISINFECTANT

Manufacturer / Vendor	Brand	Coagulant / Ingredients	Use
Lehn & Fink Products Lyson Brand	All products	Synthetic chemicals	HALAL

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

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

MEDICATION

Manufacturer / Vendor	Brand	Coagulant / Ingredients	Use
	Seldane Caps.	Pepsin	HARAM
	Seldane Syrup		HALAL
Kirkland	Multivitamin	Galetin	Haram

MISCELLANEOUS FOOD ITEMS

Manufacturer / Vendor	Brand	Coagulant / Ingredients	Use
Kellog Co.	Frosted Pop Tarts	Type-B Gelatin (Vegetable/Beef)	Investigate
Kellog Co.	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
Topco Assoc. Inc.	Dietary Creamer	Vegetable Fat	HALAL
Penn Maid Food Inc.	Natural Yogurt	No Gelatin	HALAL
Penn Maid Food Inc.	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

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.

POT CLEANERS

Manufacturer / Vendor	Brand	Coagulant / Ingredients	Use
GM Co.	Rescue 11Soap pads		HALAL
Purex Corporation Brillo	Supreme Steel Wool balls		HALAL
Purex Corporation Brillo	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

SOAP

Manufacturer / Vendor	Brand	Coagulant / Ingredients	Use
Proctor & Gamble Co.	Kirk's Coso Hardwater Castile Lava	Coconut oil Vegetable fat	HALAL
Proctor & Gamble Co.	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
Amway Corporation	Nivia Creams	Sheep's Skin/Fat*	HARAM
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
Vicks Chemical Co.	Fix -A- Dent	Vegetable Fat	HALAL
Procter and Gamble	Gleen	Lard	HARAM

Halal Haram Ingredients

Please investigate and if you find any mistake in this list please inform us.

Investigate	Halal	Haram
Animal shortening	Acetic Acid	Human body part ( ex. hair)
Renin Rennet	Ammonium chloride	Alcohol
Whey	Ammonium Sulphate	Animal Fat
	Ascorbic Acid	Bacon (Pork)
	Aspartame	Collegen (pork)
	Benzoate/Benzoic Acid	Diglyceride (Animal)
	BHA	Dough Conditioners
	BHT	Emulsifier
	Calcium Carbonate	Enzyme (Animal)
	Calcium Sulphate	Ergocalciferol
	Carrageenan	Fat (Pork or Animal)
	Cocoa Butter	Fatty Acid (Animal)
	Corn Meal/Corn Starch	Gelatin
	Corn Syrup	Glyceride (Animal)
	Dextrin/Dextrose	Glycerol/Glycerine (Animal)
	Dicalcium phosphate	Ham
	Diglyceride (Plant)	Harmones (Animal)
	EDTA	Hydrolyzed Animal protein
	Enzyme (Plant)	Lard
	Ergosterol	~~Maltodextrin~~(Not Haram)
	Fatty Acid (Plant)	Monoglycerides (Animal)
	Ferrous Sulphate	Pepsin (Animal)
	Fructose	Phospholipid (Animal)
	Fungal Protease Enzyme	Pork & All by Products
	Glucose	Sausage
	Glyceride (Plant)	Shortening (Animal)
	Glycerol /Glycerine (Plant)
	Gum Acacia
	Harmones (Plant)
	Hydrogenated Oil
	Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
	Leavenings
	Lecithin (commercial)
	Malt
	Hydrogenated oil
	Maltodextrin
	Molasses
	Monocalcium Phosphate
	Mono Saccharides
	Monoglycerides (Plant)
	MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)
	Nitrates/Nitrites
	Nonfat Dry Milk
	Oxalic Acid
	PABA
	Partially Hydrogenated oil
	Pectic Materials
	Pectin
	Phospholipid (Plant)
	Phosphoric Acid
	Potassium Benzoate
	Potassium Citrate
	Propionate
	Propionic Acid
	Saccharine
	Salt
	Shortening (Plant)
	Soy protein
	Soybean Oil
	Sucrose
	Tapioca
	Tricalcium Phosphate
	Vinegar
	Yeast