Non-dairy creamer — is it halal?

Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)

Description

Non-dairy creamer (coffee whitener) is a spray-dried emulsion of vegetable fat (palm, coconut, soybean oil, often hydrogenated) with glucose syrup or maltodextrin, a protein — usually sodium caseinate (milk protein), emulsifiers (E471, E472e), stabilisers (dipotassium phosphate, sodium citrate, polyphosphate) and the anti-caking agent E551 (Nestlé composition, Xu 2025).

Basis of the ruling

Non-dairy creamer (coffee whitener) is a dried emulsion of vegetable fat, often hydrogenated, with glucose syrup or maltodextrin. Its protein is usually sodium caseinate, which is a milk protein; whether it is acid or rennet casein is not stated, and rennet casein is also clotted with animal rennet without confirmed…

Names: Растительные сливки (заменитель сливок) · Non-dairy creamer · كريمة نباتية (مبيض قهوة)

Also known as: растительные сливки, сливки растительные, сливки на растительной основе, заменитель сливок, немолочные сливки, забеливатель, кофейные сливки, растительный заменитель молока, creamer, whitener, vegetable creamer, plant-based cream, bitkisel krema, bitkisel sıvı krema, kahve kreması

Category: Foods and ingredients

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