E172 Iron oxides and hydroxides — is it halal?

Description

Iron oxides and hydroxides are synthetic mineral pigments (yellow, red, black, brown blends): iron(II) salts or metallic iron → precipitation and oxidation with air/oxygen, calcination; washing, drying, milling. Food norms name no animal raw material. Links: organic reagents of certain, mostly non-food routes (nitrobenzene, carboxylic acids, bacteria, flotation reagents, alcohols and glycols, glycerol)

Names: Оксиды и гидроксиды железа · Iron oxides and hydroxides · أكاسيد الحديد وهيدروكسيداته

Also known as: CI 77489, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, E 172, E-172, Е172, INS 172, INS 172(i), INS 172(ii), INS 172(iii), iron oxides and iron hydroxides, iron oxides, iron hydroxides, synthetic iron oxide

Category: Colours

Regulatory source: EU 1333/2008

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