Mushbooh is an Arabic word for doubtful things. Muslims are required to stay away from doubtful things. Food products and food ingredients whose sources are not known whether they are made from Halal or Haram source fall under this category.
- Yeast Extract from brewer’s yeast (some Islamic scholars considered it Halal but to other think it is a Mush-booh ingredient).
- Cochineal/Carmine color (Islamic scholars in UK and South Africa considered it Haram but others do not considered it Haram).
- Processing Aid Ingredients or Hidden ingredients in food products and food ingredients:
FDA will allow up to 2% of processing aid ingredients or hidden ingredients in a food product or in a food ingredient without reporting in the ingredients statement. Only Halal or kosher certified food products which meet the Islamic dietary requirements protect Muslim consumers from Haram processing aid ingredients or hidden ingredients. Examples of Hidden ingredients are use of pork gelatin in apple juice processing, gelatin in Beta carotene, Polysorbate 80 (a fat based emulsifier) in vitamins mix for milk fortification.
- The Natural or artificial Flavor: consists of two things one is flavoring material and second is solvent which could be alcohol (haram) or water or propylen glycol (halal) or vegetable oil. The flavoring material in natural flavors is any thing comes from natural such vegetable source or animal source while flavoring material in artificial flavor is from chemicals or synthetic material.
If a food product has a Halal or kosher symbol on its package, then Natural flavors or artificial flavor’s flavoring material comes from Halal sources, if they do not have Halal or kosher symbol then the flavoring material may comes from any source animal or vegetable.
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