Wheat flour, wheat, rye — is it halal?

Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)

Description

Wheat, rye, spelt and their milled products: flour, semolina, bulgur, couscous, bran, gluten. The grain itself is plant-based. In the EU L-cysteine E920 (a treatment agent) is allowed in flour, in the EAEU in bread and flour confectionery; on the cysteine origin — card `e920`. In EAEU flour for retail sale treatment agents are not allowed, except special mixes.

Basis of the ruling

Wheat, rye, spelt and their products — flour, semolina, bulgur, couscous, bran, gluten — are plant-based. Enzymes are used as flour and bread improvers, including alpha-amylase from pig pancreas and enzymes from the stomachs and glands of cattle not slaughtered according to the Shariah; they are not listed in the…

Names: Пшеничная мука, пшеница, рожь · Wheat flour, wheat, rye · دقيق القمح والقمح والجاودار

Also known as: мука, пшеница, зерно пшеницы, пшеничная крупа, рожь, зерно ржи, полба, спельта, дурум, манная крупа, манка, крупа манная, булгур, кускус, отруби

Category: Foods and ingredients

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