L-carnitine — is it halal?

Description

L-carnitine (levocarnitine) is a vitamin-like substance of sports nutrition, supplements and infant formula. Industrially it is made by chemical synthesis from epichlorohydrin or ethyl 4-chloroacetoacetate (c1, c2) or by microbial biotransformation of betaines (Lonza, c4); the label does not tell them apart. Doubts lie in the ethanol of purification (c7) and of the tartrate (c13)

Names: L-карнитин · L-carnitine · إل-كارنيتين

Also known as: карнитин, L-карнитина тартрат, carnitine, karnitin, كارنيتين, طرطرات الكارنيتين, левокарнитин, L-карнитин тартрат, карнитина тартрат, L-карнитина фумарат, L-карнитина гидрохлорид, ацетил-L-карнитин, витамин BT, levocarnitine, L-carnitine L-tartrate

Category: Foods and ingredients

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