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Soy Sauce

7/28/2013

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WHAT MAKE SOY SAUCE HARAM?
Naturally Brewed Soy sauce is Haram because it is made just
like wine which means that after it is brewed it produces 2-3% alcohol. The ingredients list contains Wheat, Soy and other ingredients. Food companies do not mention Naturally Brewed Soy Sauce under the ingredients statement. They just mention soy sauce but within parenthesis they may say Wheat and Soy. This is the only way to find a Haram Soy Sauce.

WHAT MAKES SOY SAUCE HALAL?
All purpose soy sauce or non naturally brewed soy sauce is the Halal soy sauce. It is made from water, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, corn syrup and sodium benzoate.


Approval and clarification granted by:  MCG

Look out for more helpful information to help you make halal choices and eat healthy.
Coming:  Alcohol in our foods explained
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Food Colors

7/28/2013

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FOOD COLORS SUCH AS YELLOW N0. 5, RED NO. 40 AND THEIR HALAL STATUS:
Food colorants which act as food additives are either Natural or
synthetic derived. FDA categories the colorants in use as GRAS
(Generally Recognized AS Safe).
Natural Colorants:
    1. Annatto
    2. Antocyanins
    3. Beet root juice and betanin
    4. Beta-carotene (Halal only if Fish gelatin or Zabiha gelatin or Vegetable oil is used as a carrier)
    5. Canthaxanthin
    6. Caramel
    7. Cochineal and carminic acid (They are not considered as Halal because all insects are Haram according to Hanifa madhab)
    8. Paprika powder and paprika oleoresin
    9. Turmeric and turmeric oleoresin
They are Halal only if used in pure powder or granules forms. They
are not Halal if they are extracted with ethyl alcohol. Please call the
manufacturer to confirm that no alcohol is used as an extracting
solvent.

SYNTHETIC COLORS SUCH AS YELLOW NO. 5 OR RED NO. 40:
    * Synthetic Colorants are FD&C (Food and Cosmetic) Dyes and
Aluminum Lakes which are available in powder, granular and liquid forms.
    * A dye is a pure chemical which exhibits coloring power when it
dissolved in only water because it will not mix with oil. So pure dye
color as a powder or granule or dissolved only in water is Halal.
    * A Lake pigment is an insoluble chemical which colors by dispersion.
All the synthetic colorants are certified by FDA and FDA allows only the following solvents for dispersion and carrying agents:
    * Glycerin (Haram, if it is from pork fat)
    * Propylene Glycol (Halal)
    * Dextrose (Halal)
    * Sucrose (Halal)
    * Vegetable Oil (Halal)
    * Water (Halal)
The above solvents and carrier are used only in liquid synthetic
colors because dry synthetic colors cannot be use in a liquid food.
These solvents do not appear on the ingredients list because they
consider as processing aid ingredient or hidden ingredient.

HOW TO KNOW THE HALAL STATUS SYNTHETIC COLORS SUCH AS YELLOW NO. 5 OR RED NO.40:

There are three ways to find the Halal status of synthetic color such as yellow no. 5 in a food product.
    1. The manufacturer of the food products containing synthetic colors are only one who know in what form the synthetic colors are added to a food product. MCG does not recommend this approach if the said food product is not under Halal/Kosher certification because the manufacturer can change the form of color from powder to liquid.
    2. If the product is Halal or kosher certified with a Halal or kosher symbol on the food  package then the carriers used to obtain the liquid color are Halal or Kosher.

    3. If a kosher symbol such as U or UD, Circle K, Triangle K, CRC,
COR, V, kuf K appears on the food product containing FD&C Yellow No. 5 or FD &C Red NO. 40 or any synthetic color. This kosher symbol on the package indicates no pork glycerin was used as carrier in the synthetic colors.

COLORED CHERRIES
The cherries are artificially colored and also it is colored with
carmine (carmine color is obtained from insects/beetles and this color
is not considered Halal). If the cherries are colored with artificial
FD&C then there is a chance FD&C might contain pork glycerin as a solvent. So colored cherries have to be Halal or Kosher certified.
Colored cherries are added in fruit cocktails. If the fruit cocktail can does not have a Halal or Kosher symbol, then the fruit cocktail containing colored cherries is not Halal. So always look for Halal or Kosher symbol in a product containing colored cherries.
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    About Author

    I became alarmed  about what we are eating after calling manufacturers to find  out what the  jargon used on our food packages  in the form of ingredients really mean and felt compelled to educate myself and others as to how  ingredients are disguised and approved for use by the FDA.

    Eating halal is not only for Muslims.  Eating Halal means respecting  our bodies, animals,   plants and our environment in which we all have to co-exist. It also means the way in which our food is treated, handled, extracted, processed and manufactured.

    Taking care to eat  Halal,  at its peek,  is the key to worshiping Allah (God) as we should and doing justice to our bodies, mind and soul.

    After many years of researching I am now taking a step towards helping to shed some light on what choices can be made.

    Lets all help to eradicate unhealthy, haram, doubtful food from our families' lives so we can have overall success.

    I will continue with my research and May Allah help all of us in our quest to live halal lives.

    Ameen

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