Butter, milk fat — is it halal?

Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)

Description

Butter is milk fat from cow’s milk (EAEU: at least 50 % fat); ghee and clarified butter are the rendered fat phase (at least 99 %); anhydrous milk fat. The raw material is milk; no slaughter is involved. In the EU carotenes E160a may be added to butter (except butter from sheep and goat milk).

Basis of the ruling

Butter and milk fat come from the milk of a permissible animal and need no slaughter. The colour carotene E160a in butter is declared, but its carrier is not, and the carrier source is not disclosed. The finished product does not show whether this was used, so such a product is doubtful (mushbooh)

Names: Сливочное масло, молочный жир · Butter, milk fat · زبدة ودهن الحليب

Also known as: сливочное масло, масло сливочное, масло коровье, коровье масло, масло сладкосливочное, сладкосливочное масло, масло кисло-сливочное, топлёное масло, топленое масло, масло топлёное, масло топленое, гхи, ги, молочный жир, жир молочный

Category: Foods and ingredients

Preview. The full card opens with JavaScript enabled.