Halal ingredients A–Z

Named ingredients that matter for a halal check, with the source and the reasoning.

Ingredient	Type	Status
Alcohol	Alcohol	Haram
Alcoholic drink flavouring	Flavouring	Doubtful
Animal fat	Fat	Doubtful
Bacon	Meat	Haram
Beef	Meat	Doubtful
Beef gelatine	Gelling agent	Doubtful
Beer	Alcohol	Haram
Benzyl alcohol	Cosmetics	Halal
Blood	Other	Haram
Bone char	Processing aid	Doubtful
Carmine (cochineal)	Colour	Haram
Casein	Dairy	Halal
Cheese	Dairy	Doubtful
Chicken	Meat	Doubtful
Chorizo	Meat	Haram
Collagen	Protein	Doubtful
Denatured alcohol (alcohol denat.)	Cosmetics	Halal
Egg	Egg	Halal
Emulsifier (source not stated)	Emulsifier	Halal
Enzymes (unspecified)	Enzyme	Doubtful
Fatty alcohols (cetyl, stearyl, cetearyl)	Cosmetics	Halal
Fish	Seafood	Halal
Fish gelatine	Gelling agent	Halal
Flavourings	Flavouring	Halal
Gelatine	Gelling agent	Haram
Ginger ale / root beer	Soft drink	Halal
Glycerine	Humectant	Doubtful
Halal gelatine	Gelling agent	Halal
Halal meat	Meat	Halal
Ham	Meat	Haram
Heparin	Medicine	Doubtful
Honey	Sweetener	Halal
Hyaluronic acid	Cosmetics	Halal
Isinglass	Processing aid	Halal
Keratin	Protein	Doubtful
L-cysteine	Flour treatment agent	Doubtful
Lamb / mutton	Meat	Doubtful
Lanolin	Fat	Halal
Lard	Fat	Haram
Marine collagen	Protein	Halal
Meat (unspecified)	Meat	Doubtful
Microbial / vegetarian rennet	Enzyme	Halal
Milk	Dairy	Halal
Musk and ambergris	Cosmetics	Halal
Pepsin	Enzyme	Haram
Placenta extract	Cosmetics	Doubtful
Plant-based mono- and diglycerides	Emulsifier	Halal
Pork	Meat	Haram
Pork gelatine	Gelling agent	Haram
Rennet	Enzyme	Doubtful
Salami	Meat	Doubtful
Shellac	Glazing agent	Halal
Shellfish (prawns, crab, mussels)	Seafood	Halal
Silk protein (sericin)	Cosmetics	Halal
Smoke flavouring	Flavouring	Halal
Snail mucin	Cosmetics	Doubtful
Sodium tallowate	Cosmetics	Doubtful
Softgel capsule	Medicine	Doubtful
Spirits	Alcohol	Haram
Squalane (plant)	Cosmetics	Halal
Squalene	Cosmetics	Doubtful
Stearic acid	Fatty acid	Doubtful
Suet	Fat	Doubtful
Tallow	Fat	Doubtful
Turkey / duck	Meat	Doubtful
Vanilla extract	Flavouring	Doubtful
Vanillin / vanilla flavouring	Flavouring	Halal
Vegetable glycerine	Humectant	Halal
Vegetable suet	Fat	Halal
Vegetarian capsule (HPMC)	Medicine	Halal
Vegetarian cheese	Dairy	Halal
Vinegar	Vinegar	Halal
Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)	Medicine	Halal
Whey	Dairy	Halal
Wine	Alcohol	Haram
Wine vinegar	Vinegar	Halal
Yeast extract	Flavour enhancer	Halal