Tomato, tomato paste — is it halal?

Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)

Description

Tomatoes and their products: paste, purée, powder, juice, sun-dried tomatoes, sauce, ketchup. The tomatoes themselves are plant-based. The EU allows Group I additives (including E471) in sauces and ketchup

Basis of the ruling

Tomatoes and their products — paste, purée, juice, sauces — are plant-based. Juices, nectars, purées and concentrates made from them are clarified with gelatin (from animal skin), chitosan (source not named — crustacean shells or fungi)

Names: Томаты, томатная паста · Tomato, tomato paste · طماطم ومعجون الطماطم

Also known as: томаты, томат, томатный, томатная, томатное, помидоры, помидор, кетчуп, tomato, tomatoes, ketchup, domates, salça, ketçap, طماطم

Category: Foods and ingredients

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