حلال
Kawn ad-Din
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”

E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosins — is it halal?

Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)

Description

A weighting agent for emulsions in cloudy drinks and a citrus coating: glycerol esters of the resin acids of rosin. In the EU — only wood rosin from pine stumps (c1); the USA also allows gum (c2) and tall oil (c3) rosin, and China's GB 10287 standard covers the gum-rosin ester. Extraction uses ketones, refining likely methanol (c7). Glycerol (c4)

Basis of the ruling

Glycerol esters of wood rosins are a weighting agent for emulsions in cloudy drinks and a coating for citrus fruit: resin acids of pine rosin are esterified with food-grade glycerol. Glycerol is required, yet the standards do not specify its origin.

Names: Эфиры глицерина и смолы · Glycerol esters of wood rosins · إسترات الغليسرين لقلفونية الخشب

Also known as: E 445, INS 445(iii), Glycerol ester of wood rosin, GEWR, Ester gum, Ester Gum 8BG, Glyceryl abietate, Glyceryl triabietate, Glycerol ester of gum rosin, Glycerol esters of wood resin, Glycerol ester of rosin, Эфиры глицерина и смоляных кислот, Эфир глицерина и древесной канифоли, 木松香甘油酯, 松香甘油酯

Category: Stabilisers

Regulatory source: EU 1333/2008

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