Zinc (fortificant) — is it halal?

Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)

Description

Zinc in food comes as its salts: oxide, sulphate, chloride, carbonate, acetate, lactate, citrate, gluconate, glycinate and amino-acid forms. Zinc itself is mineral — from sphalerite and secondary materials. No animal raw material is named for the salts; in zinc electrowinning bone glue and gelatin are added to the electrolyte (species not named).

Basis of the ruling

Zinc for fortification comes as its salts: oxide, sulphate, chloride, gluconate, citrate, glycinate and others. Zinc itself is mineral, from ore and recycled material. In zinc electrolysis, bone glue and gelatin are added to the electrolyte, and the animal species is not named.

Names: Цинк (обогащение) · Zinc (fortificant) · زنك (تدعيم)

Also known as: цинк, сульфат цинка, цинка сульфат, оксид цинка, цинка оксид, глюконат цинка, цинка глюконат, цитрат цинка, цинка цитрат, бисглицинат цинка, цинка бисглицинат, хелат цинка, пиколинат цинка, zinc, çinko

Category: Foods and ingredients

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