A common question McDonalds Fillet o Fish Halal or Haram?
Are Filet-O-Fish sandwiches cooked in 100% vegetable oil, or in the same oil as other meat products?
Question put to McDonalds: Hi, I am a Muslim and I would like to ask a question about your Filet-O-Fish sandwiches. As a Muslim I can eat fish (as it is regarded as Halal) and my question is: Are the Filet-O-Fish sandwiches cooked in 100% Vegetable Oil or is the same oil also used to cook other animal meat (for example chicken)? Your help in answering this question will be very appreciated. Thanks.
Response from McDonalds: Thanks for your question. None of our food is certified as Halal. Our Filet-o-Fish patty is cooked separately from meat items in 100% vegetable oil. However, due to the design of the oil filtration system there is a small chance the oil used to cook these patties can become in contact with oil used to cook meat products during the oil filtering process. We therefore cannot guarantee cross-contamination will not occur, but have taken measures to minimise the amount of any cross-contamination.
Are the Fries and Filet-O-Fish Halal?
http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/food/halal/are-the-fries-and-filet-o-fish-halal.html
Question put to McDonalds: Hi, as a muslim i was wondering whether your fries and filet-o-fish meals are halal? Thanks
Response from McDonalds: Thanks for your question. None of our food is certified as Halal. Our Fries are certified as Vegetarian. Our Filet-o-Fish patty is cooked separately from meat items. However, due to the design of the oil filtration system there is a small chance the oil used to cook these patties can become in contact with oil used to cook meat products during the oil filtering process. We therefore cannot guarantee cross-contamination will not occur, but have taken measures to minimise the amount of any cross-contamination.
Is the Filet-O-Fish Halal? Is it prepared in lard?
http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/food/halal/is-the-filet-o-fish-halal-is-it-prepared-in-lard.html
Question put to McDonalds: Is Mcdonalds Fillet-O-Fish halal, because I read online it is prepared in lard something which Muslims can’t consume, so can you please clarify.
Response from McDonalds: Thanks for your question. We understand that fish itself is not considered halal or haram, but we can confirm that the Filet-O-Fish does not contain any meat ingredients and is cooked in 100% vegetable oil, separately from other products.
Are the Apple Pies Halal?
ref: http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/food/halal/are-the-apple-pies-halal.html
Question put to McDonalds: Are the Apple Pies Halal?
Response from McDonalds: Thanks for your question. McDonald’s Apple Pies are not Halal. Nothing in McDonald’s menu is certified as Halal.
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Hi I want to ask it’s mcdounlads fish what kind of fish is is that Halal ? What is it’s fish name ?
I’m a previous employee at the bakery where the buns are made and I can confirm that McDonald’s buns made in the UK are Halal certified. The bakery undergoes an audit to verify its validation annually.
hi; we will need some evidence of this before posting though.
Hi; we still need to see some evidence of this though.
also i have a question i believe the fish is coated and some times chefs use beer in the mixture, does anyone know whether MacDonald uses beer or not?
thanks
Hi, from my knowledge they contain beer
Iv spoken in depth with a manager of Mcdonalds
There are 3 types of fryers.
1.non halal products
2. Fish, and various types of cheese bites
3.chips only.
They filter the non halal products and the fish,cheese bites
In the same filter
Then uses the same oil to fry the products again in their own fryers
This means both oils are contaminated with eachother which makes the fish and cheese bite products haram for Muslims to eat.
The chips on the other hand are only for the chips and the filter for the chips only filter the oil that cooks the chips, making the chips halal(the manager stated that this is for all Mcdonalds branches.
He mentioned that The haloumi bites bave geletine in them ,which doesnt make a difference for us Muslims as the haloumi bites are cooked in contaminated oil.
Hi, thanks for this, we are still waiting for another official response
Hi, due to cross contamination we would not say it is Halal. For clarification on fish you will need to contact them directly.