E407 Carrageenan — is it halal?

Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)

Description

A sulphated polysaccharide extracted from red seaweeds with alkaline water and precipitated with alcohol or potassium chloride. Possible links: admixture of aquatic non-fish in the seaweed (not confirmed); isopropanol, methanol or ethanol of unnamed raw material; activated carbon in the usual process as described in patents (Tanvest, Grinsted); polysorbate 80 in drum drying (USA).

Basis of the ruling

Carrageenan is extracted from red seaweed with alkaline water and precipitated with alcohol or potassium chloride. Ethanol of unnamed source is permitted for precipitation and washing; the solution is purified with activated carbon whose raw material is not named; sugars of unnamed kind are added for standardisation.

Names: Каррагинан · Carrageenan · الكاراجينان

Also known as: E 407, E-407, Е407, INS 407, каррагенан, ирландский мох, carrageenin, Irish moss, furcellaran, Danish agar, eucheuman, 卡拉胶, 角叉菜胶, الكاراجينان, الكاراجين

Category: Thickeners

Regulatory source: EU 1333/2008

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