Cream, sour cream — is it halal?

Ruling: Halal

Description

Cream is an emulsion of milk fat and milk plasma (at least 10 % fat), including dried; sour cream is cream soured with starter micro-organisms. The raw material is milk. In the EU stabilisers and the emulsifier E471 (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids) may be added to pasteurised cream.

Basis of the ruling

Cream is milk fat with milk plasma, including dried cream; sour cream is cultured cream. The milk of a permissible animal is halal. Things are permissible and pure by default; such a product needs no slaughter. Ruling: halal — in food, medicines and cosmetics.

Names: Сливки, сметана · Cream, sour cream · قشدة وكريمة حامضة

Also known as: сливки, сметана, cream, crème fraîche, krema, süt kreması, kaymak, قشدة, كريمة, قشطة, مسحوق القشدة

Category: Foods and ingredients

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