Chicken fat — is it halal?
Ruling: Haram
Description
Chicken fat — raw poultry fat and the edible fat rendered from it (schmaltz). Used in broths, snacks, “chicken” flavourings. The bird species is stated on the label of rendered poultry fat sold as such (TR EAEU 051/2021, point 119); in another food refined fat may be called “animal” (1169/2011).
Basis of the ruling
Chicken fat is raw poultry fat and the fat rendered from it (schmaltz); it is added to broths, snacks and 'chicken' flavourings. Rendering only separates the fat from the tissue — the fat remains the same fat, its essence does not change.
Names: Куриный жир · Chicken fat · دهن الدجاج
Also known as: жир куриный, жир птицы, птичий жир, шмальц, poultry fat, schmaltz, tavuk yağı, kanatlı yağı, دهن الدواجن, شحم الدجاج
Category: Foods and ingredients
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