Potato, sweet potato — is it halal?

Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)

Description

Potatoes and their products (flakes, flour, protein, fibre), sweet potato. The potato itself is plant-based. The EU allows Group I additives (including E471) in processed potato products (flakes, granules, pre-fried chips); for crisps and fries the fat is per the ingredients, refined animal fat may be named “animal fat” without the species; carmine E120 and E481–482 are allowed in crisps and snacks.

Basis of the ruling

Potatoes, sweet potatoes and their products — flakes, flour, starch — are plant-based. They are fried in "cooking" or "frying fat", which may contain rendered animal fats, and the ingredients name it only by this general term.

Names: Картофель, батат · Potato, sweet potato · بطاطس وبطاطا حلوة

Also known as: картофель, картофельные хлопья, хлопья картофельные, картофельное пюре, пюре картофельное сухое, картофельная мука, мука картофельная, картофельный белок, белок картофельный, картофельная клетчатка, картофельные волокна, картофельный порошок, батат, potato, potatoes

Category: Foods and ingredients

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