HALAL / HARAM INGREDIENTS

Some of the Emulsifiers found in canned and packaged food are sometimes made from an unlawful (haram) source(s). The following is a list of the codes and a brief description of the Haram emulsifiers (starting with the 'E' prefix) that should be avoided: Code E120 E140 E141 E252 E422 E430 E431 E470 E471 E472(a) E472(b) E472(c.) E472(d) E472(e) E473 E474 E475 E477 E478 E481 E482 E483 E491 E492 E494 Description Cochineal. Fatty acids and egg yolks of dried female insect Dactilopius coccus & 10% of carminic acid. Fatty acids and phosphates Fatty acids Waste animal and vegetable material Fatty acids, by-products in the manufacturing of soaps Fatty acids molecules Fatty acids Sodium, potassium and calcium of slats of fatty acids Glycerine and fatty acids Acetic acid esters of mono and di-glycerides of fatty acids Lactic acid ester of mono and di-glycerides of fatty acids Citric acid ester of mono and di-glycerides of fatty acids Tartaric acid ester of mono and di-glycerides of fatty acids Mono-diaceryltartaric acid ester of mono and di-glycerides of fatty acids Sucrose esters of fatty acids Lard (pig fat), tallow (hard animals fat), palm-oil and etc Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids Proplylene glycol esters of fatty acids Lactylated acid esters of glycerol and propene 1, 2 diol Sodium Stearoyl-2 lactylate Calcium Steasroyl-2 lactylate Stearyl Tartarate Sorbitan monostearate Sorbitan tristearate (span 65) Sorbitan mono oleate (span 80)

The following without 'E' prefixes are also Haram: 476 542 570 572 631 Polyglycerol esters of polycondensed acids of castor oil Edible bone phosphates Steearic acid Magnesium stearate Meat extracts, dried sardines and sodium 5-insosinate Others to note as Haram too: 120, 141, 160(A), 161, 252, 300, 301, 433, 435, 422, 430, 431, 471, 472(a.e), 436, 441, 470, 476, 477, 473, 474, 475, 491, 492, 481, 482, 483, 570, 572, 494, 542