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”

E954 Saccharin — is it halal?

Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)

Description

Saccharin is a synthetic sweetener: the Remsen–Fahlberg process from toluene (confirmed by the manufacturers who responded to EFSA) or the route from phthalic anhydride via the methyl ester (GB 1886.18; a Chinese producer's patent). The sources name no animal raw material; ethanol is not named as a process substance. Possible links: activated carbon for decolorisation at a Chinese producer (bone char possible)

Basis of the ruling

Saccharin is a synthetic sweetener made by the Remsen–Fahlberg process from toluene or via phthalic anhydride and its methyl ester. The sources show no animal raw material. A 1954 patent names "any monohydric alcohol" for esterification, which may include ethyl alcohol, and does not state the alcohol raw material;…

Names: Сахарин · Saccharin · السكّارين وأملاحه الصوديّة والبوتاسيّة والكالسيّة

Also known as: E 954, E-954, Е954, INS 954, сахаринат натрия, натриевая соль сахарина, сахаринат кальция, сахаринат калия, sodium saccharin, calcium saccharin, potassium saccharin, 糖精钠, 糖精, السكّارين

Category: Sweeteners

Regulatory source: EU 1333/2008

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