حلال
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الْحَلَالُ بَيِّنٌ وَالْحَرَامُ بَيِّنٌ، وَبَيْنَهُمَا مُشَبَّهَاتٌ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ، فَمَنِ اتَّقَى الْمُشَبَّهَاتِ اسْتَبْرَأَ لِدِينِهِ وَعِرْضِهِ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear, and between them are doubtful matters that many people do not know. Whoever guards against the doubtful matters protects his religion and his honor.”

al-Bukhari, 52

Example: “Coca-Cola”, “E120”, “Restaurant Barakat”

E420 Sorbitol — is it halal?

Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)

Description

A polyol made by catalytic hydrogenation (or electrolytic reduction) of glucose or glucose syrup from starch, and per Roquette and DSM patents from sucrose. Possible links: sucrose and bone char of refining; starch-hydrolysis enzymes of unnamed producer; activated carbon (bone char possible); lactose in a historical patent.

Basis of the ruling

Sorbitol is a polyol made by catalytic hydrogenation or electrolytic reduction of glucose or glucose syrup from starch, and in some patents from sucrose. To obtain the glucose the starch is hydrolysed; one manufacturer uses enzymes for this — alpha-amylase and amyloglucosidase — whose producer organism is not named.

Names: Сорбитол · Sorbitol · السوربيتول

Also known as: Glucitol, E 420, E-420, Е420, INS 420, E420(i), E420(ii), сорбит, сорбитовый сироп, sorbitol syrup, D-sorbitol, D-glucitol, D-glucitol syrup, sorbit, sorbol

Category: Sweeteners

Regulatory source: EU 1333/2008

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