Calcium (fortificant, milk, eggshell, algae) — is it halal?

Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)

Description

Calcium for fortification — salts (carbonate, citrates, phosphates, lactate, gluconate etc.) and natural sources. Animal raw materials: bone meal (China; bones of pigs, cattle, sheep, poultry named), bone calcium (Japan, Korea, hydroxyapatite from cattle bones), milk calcium from whey (incl. cheese whey), casein phosphopeptide (enzymes, incl. trypsin), eggshell; aquatic non-fish: shells, corals, sea urchin.

Basis of the ruling

Calcium for fortification comes as salts (carbonate, citrates, phosphates, lactate, gluconate and others) and from natural sources. Part of the natural calcium is of animal origin: bone meal from the bones of livestock and poultry, and under a Chinese standard also from pig bones; the slaughter of the animals is not…

Names: Кальций (обогащение, молочный, из скорлупы, из водорослей) · Calcium (fortificant, milk, eggshell, algae) · كالسيوم (تدعيم، حليب، قشر بيض، طحالب)

Also known as: кальций, молочный кальций, кальций молочный, яичная скорлупа, порошок яичной скорлупы, бисглицинат кальция, кальция бисглицинат, хелат кальция, глицерофосфат кальция, кальция глицерофосфат, calcium, milk mineral, eggshell powder, Lithothamnion, aquamin

Category: Foods and ingredients

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