Wax (unspecified) — is it halal?

Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)

Description

“Wax” without detail — a coating of fruit, a glazing agent of sweets, dragées, nuts, coffee beans, chocolate-coated bakery, a cheese coating. It may be beeswax E901 (a bee secretion), candelilla E902 and carnauba E903 (plants), shellac E904 (an insect secretion), microcrystalline E905 (petroleum or synthesis) or oxidised polyethylene E914. Citrus coatings (US) may contain fatty acids from edible fats and sperm oil.

Basis of the ruling

"Wax" without detail is a coating for fruit and cheese and a glazing agent for sweets, dragées, nuts and coffee beans. It may be beeswax (a bee secretion), candelilla or carnauba wax (from plants), shellac (a secretion of the lac insect), or a petroleum or synthetic wax; the word "wax" does not say which is used.

Names: Воск (вид не указан) · Wax (unspecified) · شمع (غير محدد)

Also known as: воск, восковое покрытие, восковая глазурь, wax, food wax, edible wax, wax coating, vegetable wax, plant wax, natural wax, mum, gıda mumu, bitkisel mum, شمع, شمع غذائي

Category: Foods and ingredients

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