Kit Kats, Yorkies, and other contraband products for strict Muslims

The news that some Walkers Crisps contain alcohol has disturbed Muslims who bought the snacks believing them to be halal. Some Muslim groups have threatened to boycott the company.

Here's a list of other products that Muslims have to be careful to avoid to comply with the dietary requirements of Islam.

Nutella Hazelnut Chocolate Spread, Ferrero Rocher Chocolates, Bounty Milk Miniatures; Celebration; Funsize – Mars, Milky Way, Snickers;  Galaxy Caramel Swirls and M&M’s Peanut, Milky Way Crispy Rolls, Milky Way; Twix Kingsize, Aero – Milk chocolate, Orange, Peppermint; Animal Bar; Black Magic – Caramel, Hazel Cluster, Hazel in Caramel; Blue Ribband; Breakaway – Milk Camarac and Milk Chocolate; Caramac; Dairy Box – Almond Fayre, Autumn Hazelnut, Caramel Classic, Country Fudge, Nut Swirl, Strawberry Fool, Toffee Cup, Turkish Delight, Vanilla Truffle, Wafer Sandwich; Golden Cup; Kit Kat; Lion Bar; Matchmakers – Coconut, Mint, Orange; Milkybar White Chocolate Mini Eggs; Munchies; Quality Street – Caramel Cup, Coconut Éclair, Dairy Fudge, Fruit & Nut Delight, Hazelnut Éclair, Hazelnut in Caramel, Milk chocolate Hazelnut, Noisette Triangle, Toffee Deluxe, Toffee Fingers, Vanilla Octagon; Rolo Bar; Rolo; Smarties – orange only; Walnut whip – Vanilla; Yorkie – Milk Chocolate, Nutter, Raisin & Biscuit. Kraft Singles Cheese Food Slices

Cheese Quavers; Cheesy Monster Munch; Savoury Cheese Snaps; Walkers - Cheese & Onion Crisps, Cheese & Onion Lites, Tomato Ketchup Crisps, MAX Hard Cheese & Onion, Kettle Chips Yoghurt and Green Onion.

More surprisingly perhaps these products from The Body Shop are alleged to contain by-products from the meat industry: Bath Beads – all varieties, Bath Bubbles – Cola, Forest Jelly, Ice Cream, Satsuma, Strawberry; Hawthorn Hand Cream; Shampoo – Mint & Thyme, Orange Oat, Seaweed & Peony; Tea Tree Oil Facial Wash

And finally Kellogg's Pop Tarts which quite frankly should be haram (forbidden) for everyone.

The products listed contain Gelatine (derived from skin, tendon, ligaments, and bones of animals which may not have been slaughtered according to halal practice) or Rennet, derived from calves stomachs and used in cheese making. Whey powder is produced when cheese is made using rennet. If rennet is taken from animals slaughted according to Islamic law it is halal, but abstinence from rennet is often advised to be on the safe side.

Joanna Sugden

Comments

[Yusuf Smith]

Yet another attempt to throw mud at ordinary, decent Muslims. The issue of alcohol being used as a solvent in food colourings and flavourings has been known of for years; it's not news, and nor is the fact that some Muslims will not eat products with such ingredients in them. There is a scholarly difference of opinion on the subject, with the Shafi'i school (found in parts of the Arab world, particularly northern Egypt, Syria and Yemen, east Africa, southern India and south-east Asia) insisting that ethanol is impure as it is the defining ingredient in alcoholic drinks, which are themselves impure. Many scholars of the two other major schools of thought (there is a fourth, with a very small number of adherents, mostly in Syria as I understand it), however, believe otherwise; they believe that only purpose-made intoxicants are impure and that the natural occurrence of ethanol in fruit, among other things, means that it is not impure. If the former group want to avoid eating any haraam (forbidden) foods, they should simply stick to anything they can tell up front is acceptable, and not eat processed foods of any sort.

[Brother Enrique]

Aww tendons, ligaments, glands a not so distant reminder of the old Book called "the Jungle".

[Dr. L. Khairulla]

Most of the Shiaa Muslim scholars have the following rulings:
Animal gelatine is halal (permitted) because it undergoes transformation, i.e. it becomes another substance (gelatine) which is not related to its source (skin, bones, etc..).
Rennet is not considered part of the animal body, but rather it is a substance carried inside the animal body and hence it is Halal (permitted) even though it is taken from animals which are not slaughted.

[Dr. L. Khairulla]

Most of the Shiaa Muslim scholars have the following rulings:
Animal gelatine is halal (permitted) because it undergoes transformation, i.e. it becomes another substance (gelatine) which is not related to its source (skin, bones, etc..).
Rennet is not considered part of the animal body, but rather it is a substance carried inside the animal body and hence it is Halal (permitted) even though it is taken from animals which are not slaughted.

[Dr Morad El-Shazly]

Sheikh Karadawi has been asked as to the issue of animal products contributing to some food,his opinion is published in @contemporary Deliberations@or FATAWA MOASSARA,his opinion which you should check further is that this is not prohibited since it was chemically denatured and hence the porcine character therefore is dissipated.I wish if the issue of traces of alcohol is passed to the Sheikh once full knowledge of the scientific argument is duly placed before him.Until then I shall refrain from using Walkers crisps.It would be useful to learn more whether the crisps could be produced using substances other than alcohol ,how about vinegar,if alcohol has to be used do we know the so-called traces are in the same amounts as those used as excipients in medicinal products.I do however accept that Moslems will have a range of opinions on this issue.As a Moslem I do not drink alcohol and do not eat porc and I observe Islamic Values which are within my perceived realities.

[saad khan]

shias are not muslims,so WHY would they care about halaal and haraam.only muslims save themselves from haraam not kafirz.

[Gemma]

well, doesnt this go to show that companies dont care whats going in your mouth...?? they dont even put proper labels on their foods. besides, if the foods where made to be preserved, then prosessed, that would make them haram anyway. even with artificial preservative. so dont buy anything thats not recyclable, especialy in plastic packets, because plastic is a by protuct, and very toxic. imagine where your trash goes,,, fills the earth and poisons it. your not doin anyone a favour, this is why i dislike people who care only for profit. and look at the world now, 60 years ago everything was sustainable. now look at all the kafir toy shops and holidays, they end up throwing their toys away anyway, because they realise it wont help them with their jobs. lol. waste of money. anythign with food colouring is a waste. anythign in a packet is a waste. besides, home cooking is much tastier :)