E507 Hydrochloric acid — is it halal?

Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)

Description

Hydrochloric acid E507 is aqueous HCl. China’s food grade is synthesis only, from chlorine and hydrogen of brine electrolysis (c1–c3); otherwise — the salt-sulphuric route (c4) and organochlorine by-product HCl, incl. from methanol and bio-methanol (c5–c11). Refining: carbon and bone char, resins, alcohol, sulphite (c12–c21).

Basis of the ruling

Hydrochloric acid is a water solution of hydrogen chloride. It is made by synthesis from chlorine and hydrogen obtained by electrolysis of salt brine, or as a by-product of chlorinating organic substances. Some manufacturers purify the brine with soda ash before electrolysis.

Names: Соляная кислота · Hydrochloric acid · حمض الهيدروكلوريك

Also known as: E 507, E-507, Е507, INS 507, Hydrogen chloride, Muriatic acid, Spirits of salt, Acido muriatico, Salzsäure, Chlorwasserstoffsäure, Acide chlorhydrique, Хлористоводородная кислота, Хлороводородная кислота, Хлороводород, Хлористый водород

Category: Acidity regulators

Regulatory source: EU 1333/2008

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