Oyster sauce, oysters — is it halal?

Ruling: Haram

Description

Oyster sauce is based on oysters: per Zhuang 2024 the base is an enzymatic hydrolysate of oysters with sugar, salt, modified starch and thickeners; traditionally a boiled extract of whole oysters. Oysters are molluscs, a mandatory allergen in the EU and EAEU. Consumers question whether some sauces contain oysters.

Basis of the ruling

Oyster sauce is made from oysters — from an enzymatic hydrolysate or, traditionally, from a broth of whole oysters, with sugar, salt and thickeners. The oyster is a mollusc, and of aquatic animals only fish is permitted as food, everything else being makruh tahriman, that is, forbidden as food; hydrolysis and boiling…

Names: Устричный соус, устрицы · Oyster sauce, oysters · صلصة المحار ومحار

Also known as: устричный соус, соус устричный, устричный экстракт, экстракт устриц, экстракт устрицы, устрицы, устрица, устричный порошок, oyster extract, oyster, oysters, istiridye, صلصة المحار, مستخلص المحار, محار

Category: Foods and ingredients

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