E585 Ferrous lactate — is it halal?
Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)
Description
The iron(II) salt of lactic acid: a colour additive for olives darkened by oxidation (and, in the EU, the mushroom Albatrellus ovinus for Swedish liver pâtés) and an iron fortificant. Made from lactic acid (usually fermentation) or its salts — calcium, sodium, ammonium lactate — with an iron salt or iron powder. Alcohol and animal links: the lactic acid and calcium lactate themselves (E270, E327 dossiers)
Basis of the ruling
Ferrous lactate is a salt of iron and lactic acid; it colours olives and fortifies foods with iron. It is made from fermentation lactic acid or its salts — sodium, ammonium or calcium lactate.
Names: Лактат железа · Ferrous lactate · لاكتات الحديدوز
Also known as: E 585, E-585, Е585, Е 585, INS 585, лактат железа(II), молочнокислое железо, iron(II) lactate, iron lactate, iron(II) 2-hydroxy propanoate, ferrous 2-hydroxy propanoate, CAS 5905-52-2, EINECS 227-608-0, لاكتات الحديدوز, لاكتات الحديد
Category: Colours
Regulatory source: EU 1333/2008
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