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HALAL & HARAM DIRECTORY

O believers ! Eat of the good things that We have provided you with and give thanks to
Allah.
(2: 172)

Though thorough research has gone into producing this guideline, it is by no means
complete and only covers the common products as it is very difficult to obtain exactly the
listing of halal and haram ingredients present in all products. Also, companies are
constantly changing their product ingredients and Muslims should always be aware that
what is originally certified halal might in the future be haram and vice versa. Due to
aggressive campaigning by The Vegetarian Society, UK, most products now display their
symbol ‘Suitable For Vegetarians’ which means that there is NO animal content in that
particular product, making it halal. However, a product can still contain alcohol, making
it haram. Please check.

Points to note:

Medicine containing alcohol is not permissible unless on authority of a doctor with no

alternative medicine available.

If alcohol undergoes significant chemical changes causing it to lose its original

properties via chemical processes, then its usage and consumption is permissible,
as in the case where wine has turned into vinegar. Hence, it is also why all soap
(without pig-derived ingredients) are permissible to use for Muslims.

Gelatine is a thickener derived from skins, tendons, ligaments, bones to produce a

gelling agent. Some remnant of the original product still remains in the final
packaged product, making it impure and improper for use despite the great
chemical changes it underwent.

Rennet is an enzyme which can be animal or microbial. It is a mixture of 2 enzymes

derived from calves’ stomachs and is used in cheese-making. Whey powder is a
product of cheese-making using rennet. If the rennet is extracted from an
Islamically slaughtered animal, it is halal. If not, scholars differ in opinion, with
permissible and impermissible fatwas arising. Therefore consumption of whey
powder and rennet-based products depends on which fatwa is held to. According
to taqwa, abstinence is desirable. As far as possible, buy cheese suitable for
vegetarians.

Processed foods contain food additives, regulated by the alphabet ‘E’, such as
emulsifiers, raising agents, preservatives, colouring and gelling agents. At time of
compilation, all other ‘E’ number additives are halal except for these:
 ‘E’ Number Description
E120 Cochineal - derived from the cochineal beetle
E160a Alpha-, Beta-, Gamma- Carotene – haram if gelatine is added to
it
E471 Mono and Di-Glycerides of fatty acids – when Glycerol is used,
one has to find out the source whether animal or synthetic
E472 (a-e) Lactic acid esters of Mono- and D-Glycerides of fatty acids,
prepared from esters of Glycerol
E473 Sucrose esters of fatty acids prepared from Glycerol and
Sucrose
E474 Sycroglycerides prepared by reaction of Sucrose on natural
Triglycerides, derived from palm oil, lard, etc
E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, prepared in the labrotary
E476 Polyglycerol esters of polycondensed fatty acids of castor oil,
prepared from castor oil and Glycerol esters
E477 Propylene Glycol of fatty acids
E478 Prepared from esters of glycerol and lactic acid
E570 Stearic Acid, naturally occurring fatty acid found in animal fats
and vegetable oils, used as anticaking agent
E572 Prepared synthetically from commercial stearic acid
E631 Prepared from insect, meat and fish extract
E635 Same source as E631
E640 -
E920 Naturally occurring amino acid manufactured from animal hair
and chicken feathers

CLASSIFICATIONS

CAKES

Cadbury’s (Manor Bakeries)

Halal - Caramel Cake Bars, Caramel Cakes (Selection Pack), Caramel Mini Cake
Bars, Chocolate Flake Cake, Chocolate Mini Rolls, Christmas Log, Christmas
Pudding Cakes, Creamy White Buttons Cakes, Flake Cakes, Fry’s Turkish
Delight Cakes, Fudge Cakes, Jaffa Cubes, Milk Choc Mini Cake Bars, Milk
Chocolate Cake Bars, Mini Swiss Gateaux, Mini Yule Logs, Orange Choc Roll,
Orange Egg Cake, Rich Chocolate Roll, Snow Flake Cakes, Swiss Gateaux,
Toffee Mini Rolls, Turkish Delight Mini Cake Bars.

Lyons Cake

Battenberg; Buttercream Sandwich; Carrot Corner House Cake; Chocolate – Crunch

Cakes, Cup Cakes, Fudge Cake, Sandwich, Slices, Swiss Roll; Coconut Crunch
Cakes; Easter Egg Cakes; Family Chocolate Swiss Roll; Farmhouse Slices;
 French Sandwich; Jaffa fingers; Jumbo Chocolate Swiss Roll; Lemon – Cup
Cakes, Curd Tarts, Slices; Lyons 6 Chocolate Cup Cakes; Mandarin Chocolate
Cake and Roll; Merry Mellows; Mince Pies; Orange Cup Cakes; Raspberry &
Vanilla Swiss Roll; Raspberry Swiss Roll; Trifle Sponges; Viennese Whirls

Mr Kipling

Almond Slices, Angel Slices, Apricot & Raisin Flapjacks, Bakewell Slices, Bakewell
Tart, Battenberg, Black Forest Slices, Caramel Shortcakes, Cherry Bakewells,
Cherry Slices, Chocolate Chip Cake Bars, Christmas Slices, classic Collection,
Country Slices, Classic Collection, Country Slices, Double Chocolate Cake Bites,
Dundee Slices, Fruit Trifles, Individual Apple & Blackcurrant Pie, Jam Tarts
Selection, Lemon Slices, Manor House Cake, Marble Choc & Vanilla Slices,
Mince Parcels, Mince Pies, Mini Battenberg, Mini Coconut and Lemon Sponge
Cakes, Mini Orange/Lemon Battenberg Cakes, Mini Victoria Sponge Cakes, Mini
Xmas Cakes, Rich Chocolate Slices, Santa Bake, Stollen Slices, Strawberry
Sundaes, Tangy Lemon Tartlets, Treacle Tart

DRINKS

All Normal & Diet - Seven Up, Coca-Cola, Sprite, Lilt, Fanta, Tango, Pepsi Cola;
Schweppes, Five Alive, Fruit Burst, Sunny Delight, Lucozade, Ribena

SNACKS/CRISPS

Bestfoods UK Ltd

Pot noodles with chicken/beef/turkey flavour certified ‘Suitable For Vegetarians’ and
therefore halal

Golden Wonder

Halal – GW Pickled Onion, Prawn Cocktails, Spring Onion, Ringos Cheese and
Onions

Kettle Foods Ltd

Halal – Kettle Baked Potato Chip: flavours Sea Salt and Olive Oil, Sundried Tomato
and Herb, sour Cream and Chips, Kettle Chips: flavours Balsamic vinegar and
Sea Salt, Butter and Mint Seasonal Edition, French Onion, Kansas City Barbacue,
Lightly Salted, Salsa with Mequite, Stilton & Poer Seasonal Edition, Kettle
Poppins – American Cheese Maple Syrup and Sea Salt

Kettle Chips Yoghurt and Green Onion – contains calf whey powder/syrup.

KP Foods Groups
 Halal - “Nutsters” Soury Crunchy Peanuts Ready Salted, Dry Roasted Peanuts, Dry
Roasted Peanuts Salt & Vinegar flavour, McCoys Original Thick Crunchy Potato
chips, Ready Salted, Spicy Tomato/Tomato Sauce Flavour, Worcester Sauce
Flavour and Salt & Vinegar - Mcvities “Go Ahead” Oven Bake, Hula Hoops,
Crisps, Frisps, Discos, Minichips, Roasted Peanuts Tabago Chilli Flavour, Salted
Roasted Almonds.

Procter & Gamble Limited

Halal - Pringles – Barbecue, Cheez-Ums, Ridges Original, Salt & Vinegar, Sour Cream
& Onion

Walkers Snack Foods Limited

Halal – Cheese & Onion French Fries; Doritos Dippas; Prawn Cocktail and Salt &
Vinegar – Quavers; Ready Salted and Salt & Vinegar – Chipsticks, French Fries;
Smiths – Cheese & Onion Crisps, Ready Salted Crisps, Salt & Vinegar Crisps,
Salt ‘n’ Shake; Walkers – Cheese & Chive Crisps, Prawn Cocktail Crisps, Ready
Salted Crisps, Ready Salted Lites, Spring Onion Crisps, MAX Salt & Vinegar,
MAX Original.

These products contain rennet in the cheese flavouring – Cheese Quavers; Cheesy
Monster Munch; Savoury Cheese Snaps; Spicy Tomato Snaps; Walkers - Cheese
& Onion Crisps, Cheese & Onion Lites, Tomato Ketchup Crisps, MAX Hard
Cheese & Onion

It is obvious that Doritos is not present in the halal section as it has been confirmed
that all Doritos (except Doritos Dippas) contain animal substances

SPREADS

Chivers Hartley

halal – Cadbury Chocolate Spreads Smooth Chocolate, Milk Chocolate and Banana

Ferrero UK Limited

Nutella Hazelnut Chocolate Spread – contains calf whey powder/syrup

SWEETS/CHOCOLATES

Cadbury Limited

Halal – Allora; Boost; bournville; California Dreaming; Creamy White Buttons;

Dairy Mile – Normal, Miniatures, Quick, Wildlife; Double Fudge Dream; Flake;
Freddo; Fruit & Nut; Hazelnut Heaven; Marble; Milk Chocolate Buttons; Orange
 Cream; Orange Milk Chocolate; Peppermint; Roses – Brazilnut Caramel,
Caramel, Caramel Keg, Coconut, Coffee Flavour Crème, Fudge, Hazel In
Caramel, Hazel Whirl, Milk Chocolate Miniature, Montelimar, Nutty Truffle Log,
Noisette Whirl, Orange Crème, Plian chocolate Miniature, Strawberry Rose,
Truffle Chunk; Shortcake Snack; Snack Sandwich chocolate; Starbar; Three
Wishes; Time Out; Twirl; Wafer Snack; wholenut; Wispa – Gold, Mint, Normal;
Yowie

Daintee

Halal – Blackcurrent + Liquorice; Brazil Nut Toffee; chocolate Caramels; Chocolate

Eclairs; Chocolate Fudge; Chocolate Limes; Mint Assortment; Mint Humbugs;
Orange Creams; Orange Lemon Slices; Peppermint Creams; Sparkling Mints;
Vanilla Fudge; Harlows Mintoes

Ferrero UK Limited

Halal – Kinder – Bueno, Chocolate, Surprise; Tic Tac – Fresh Mint, Lime/Orange,
Orange

Ferrero Rocher Chocolates – contains calf whey powder/syrup

Fisherman’s Friend

Halal – Aniseed, Lemon, Original, Original Noaodep Sugar Lozenges; Sugar Free
Mints; Super Strongmint

Mars Confectionery UK Limited

Halal – Bounty – Dark, Milk, Milk Twin and Funsize; Galaxy – Block, Caramel,
Caramel Cracker, Caramel Eggs, Caramel Hearts, Caramel Tree Decoration, Fruit
and Nut, Hazelnut, Ministicks, Minstrels, Ripple, Silk Eggs; Lockets : All
Varieties; M&M; Maltesers; Mars; Milky Way Magic Star & Tree Decorations;
Miniatures; Revels; Skittles; Snickers; Starburst; Starburst Joosters; topic; Tracker
Chocolate Chip and Roast Nut; Tunes: All Varieties; Twix.

These products contain calf whey powder/syrup – Bounty Milk Miniatures;

Celebration; Funsize – Mars, Milky Way, Snickers; Standard Size and Twin –
Galaxy Caramel Swirls and M&M’s Peanut, Milky Way Crispy Rolls, Milky
Way; Twix Kingsize

Nestle UK Limited (Nestle Rowntree)

Halal - After Eight Thin Mints; Black Magic – Chocolate Brazil, Lemon Dream,
Orange Cream, Raspberry Roulade, Tablet, toffee & Mallow; Dairy Box –
Chocolate Brazil, Hazelnut Caramel; Fox’s Glacier Fruits and Mints; Jellytots;
 Maverick; Milky Bar and Buttons; Mint Munchies; Polo Mint – Original, Strong,
Spearmint, Sugar Free, Supermints; Quality Street – Fruits of the Forest, Orange
Crème, Strawberry Crème, Toffee Penny, Smarties, Toffo – Assorted, Mint,
Plain; Zploder Bar

These products contain calf whey powder/syrup – 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; Vice Versas; Walnut whip – Vanilla; White Chocolate
After Eight Think Mint; Yorkie – Milk Chocolate, Nutter, Raisin & Biscuit.

Thorntons PLC

Halal – Assorted Range; Choccie; Conti; Dark Chocolates; Diabetic Chocolates;

Liquorice; Luxury Cream; Milk Chocolates; Mint Chocolates; MK Chocolate
Range, Orange Bars; Peanut Brittle; Toffee Bags; White Chocolate; White Mint
Bags; Jellies.

Trebor Bassett Limited

Halal – Barker & Dobson; Barratt; Bassett’s Fundays (except Rum and Butter
Toffee); Butterkist & Pimms Popcorn; Jameson’s Chocolate Range; Pascall;
Sharp; Trebor.

DAIRY PRODUCTS

Kraft Jacobs Suchard

Halal – Dairylea Cheese Spreads; Kraft – Cheddarie, Cracker, Philadelphia,

Processed Slices

Kraft Singles Cheese Food Slices contains calf rennet

New Zealand Milk (UK) Ltd

Halal - Acorn Butter; Anchor Butter.

St Ivel Limited
 Halal – Butter; Gold Range; Golden Churn; Supersoft Spread; Utterly Butterly;
Vitalite; Cheese: Blue Stilton; Brie; Cheddar; Cheshire; Cotsdale; Double
Gloucester; English Cheese; Farmhouse; Mature; Mild; Red Leicester; Scottish;
Shape Cottage Cheese; Vegearian White Mild; Wexford; Dessert: Luxury
Devonshire Trifles; Shape Rice Desserts

ICE-CREAM

Birds Eye Wall’s Limited

Halal – Blue Ribbon – Raspberry Ripple Slice, Vanilla, Neapolitan; Callipo; Carte
D’Or; Catering Slice – Strawberry, Vanilla; Choc Bar – Blue Ribbon Milk
Chocolate, Chunky, Chunky Dark, Blue Ribbon Dark, Light and Toffee, Golden
Vanilla, Cadbury Dairy Milk; Cornetto – Mint Choc Chip, Chocolate (Winter
Range), Choc & Nut, Strawberry; Cream of Cornish Vanilla; Dairy Cream
Eclairs; Elite Tub – Strawberry, Vanilla; Feast – The Bar (UK); Gino Ginelli –
Choc Chip, Double Choc Crunch, Mint Choc Chip, Toffee Fudge, Tutt Frutti; Joe
Snow; Kick Off; Magnum – Cone, Dark Choc, Mint, Orange Choc, White Choc;
Max – Fruit Split Orange, Lemon Fruit Ice, Milk Ice, Mini Pot, Mint Cone; Mini
– Eclairs, Juice Apple, Milk Choc, Strawbery, Vanilla, Viennetta Toffee and
Vanilla; Orange Fruitie; Romantica – Cappuccino, Choc, Red Fruit, Vanilla
Butterscotch, Winter; Soft Scoop – Blue Ribbon Vanilla, Choc, Mint, Strawberry,
Toffee; Solero; Tangle; Too Good To Be True; Twinpack; Viennetta – all
flavours; Wall’s Dairy; Wall’s Real Dairy Premium

Mars confectionery UK Limited

Halal – Skittles Ice Cream, Starburst

Chocolate Covered Ice Cream contains calf whey powder/syrup

These companies usually label their products with ‘Suitable For Vegetarian’ labels.

BISCUITS

Burton’s Biscutis, Crawford’s, Fox’s Biscuits, Mcvitie’s (UK), Pennywise, Rumpler’s

Confectionery, The Ryvita Company Limite

TINNED FOOD (eg soup, baked beans,…)

Baxters of Speyside Limited, H. J. Heinz Limited, Weigh Watchers (Heinz), Bestfoods

UK Ltd, Campbell’s Grocery Products Ltd

COOKING SAUCE/SALAD DRESSING/SEASONINGS/MIXES/PASTES

Baxters of Speyside Limited, Bestfoods UK Ltd, Campbell’s Frozen Foods Ltd, H.J
Heinz Limited, Nestle UK Limited, Patak (Spices) Limited, Weight Watchers (Heinz)

CEREALS/GRAINS

Jordan’s Cereals Limited

Country Crisp with Luxury Raisins, Raspberries or Strawberries contain calf whey
powder/syrup

Kellogg Supply Service (Europe) Ltd

Haram – Frosted Wheats (contains gelatine), Raisin Splitz (glycerin ingredient may
be prepared from either vegetable or animal sources), Toppas, Kellogg’s Frosted
Pop-Tarts (contains gelatine derived from pork or beef)

Coco Pops & Country Store – whey powder used is a by-product of the dairy
industry, specifically cheesemaking. Rennet is utilized in this process but is of
microbial origin, NOT from calves or other sources.

Fruit ‘n’ Fibre, Common Sense Oat Bran Flakes with Raisin and Apple and Golder
Crsps – ingredients contain glycerated vine fruits and raisins but glycerin used for
this purpose is synthetic and is NOT derived from animal sources.

Quaker Oats Limited

Weetabix Limited

Alpen Crunch Alpen contains calf whey powder/syrup

COSMETICS

Colgate-Palmolive Ltd

Halal - Soft ‘n’ Gentle Antiperspirants, Palmolive Shave Foams and Gels, Colgate
Toothpastes – all varieties

Avon Cosmetic Limited

Halal -After Shave Gel/Lotion, Aromatherapy Products; Bath Foam; Bath Oil; Body
Sprays; Bronze Range; Bubble Baths; California Range; Camille Albane Range;
Casbah Cream; Clearskin Range; Country Harvest; Daily Revival Moisturiser;
Face Masks; Floralique; Footworks; Gardenia Perfume; Liquid Cleanser; Man
Plus Moisturiser and Cleanser; Moisture Rich Range; Nail Perfect Range;
Naturals Range; Nurtura Range; Perle Noire Bath Oil and Deodrant; Pure Care;
Techniques Hair Products; Tranquil Moments Range; Vip
Elida Faberge

Halal - Pond’s Dry Skin Cream, Pond’s Moisturiser, Mentodent Toothpaste

Body Shop

These products contain ingredients which are by-products of 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

MEDICINE

Smithkline Beecham

Halal – Beechams 75 mg Aspirin Tablet; Beechams Hot Lemon; Diocalm Junior;

Fynnos Salt; Germoloene: Cream/Wipes/Fotspray; Night Nurse Liquid; Oxy:
Medicated Cream/ Cleanser/ Duopads/Facial Wash; Phensic Soluble; Veno:
Expectorant/Cough Misture; Corsodyl: Gel/Spray/Mouthswash; Maclean Active
Mouthguard; Aquafresh range – tube; Fenjal Classic Bath; Beechams hot
Blackcurrant; Day Nurse Liquid; Enos Fruit Salts (regular); Flynnos Calcium
Aspirin; Germoloids: Cream/Tissues; Maccleans Indigestion Tablets; Ralgex:
Cream/Spray/Freeze; Spray Resolve

Doubtful: these products may contain animal-derived materials – Ashton & Parsons
Infant Powder; Beechams: Pills, Hot Lemon With Honey, Powder Capsules,
Powder Tablets, Powders, Couchcaps; Contac 400; Day Nurse Capsules; Ellimans
Embrocation; Germolene Ointment; Germoloids - Suppositories, Ointment;
Orovide 7 Sachets, Tablets; Oxy – 5 Lotion (advanced formula), Sensitive Facial
Wash, 10 Cover-up; Phensic; Scotts Emulsion; Settlers; Veno Honey & Lemon;
Yeastvite; Macleans – Sensitive Tube & Pump, Freshmit Pump, Mildmint Pump,
Milk Teeth Tube & Pump, Frestmint Tube, Mildmint Tube; Aquafresh – Fresh ‘n’
Minty Pump, Mild ‘n’ Minty Pump; C-Vit Tablets; Diocalm & Diocalm Ultra,
Eno Lemon & Orange; Iron Jelloids; Night Nurse Capsules; Phyllosan; Ralgex
Stick; Sominex; Vykmin