{"id":29791,"date":"2024-03-23T03:21:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T03:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=29791"},"modified":"2024-03-23T03:21:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T03:21:34","slug":"is-the-viennetta-ice-cream-halal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/is-the-viennetta-ice-cream-halal\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Viennetta Ice Cream Halal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 07008<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Muftiyah Aabedah Khatun<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Question:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Is the Viennetta ice cream halal? It does not say Suitable for vegetarians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Viennetta ice cream is not halal due to a particular doubtful ingredient it contains which is called \u201cemulsifiers (mono &#8211; and diglycerides of fatty acids, ammonium phosphatides)\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Emulsifiers help products combine which usually cannot combine, for example oil and water. Emulsifiers can be derived from the fat of haram animals such as pork or naturally from plants. In the case of the animal it would make the food haram and if it is from plants then the food would be halal. This would be known by the \u2018vegetarian\u2019 or \u2018vegan\u2019 sign on the label of food products; any item with this ingredient without the \u2018vegetarian\u2019 or \u2018vegan\u2019 proves it is haram and therefore contains fat from haram animals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Emulsifiers may not always contain the full list of names and can also come as numbers which are \u201cE471\u201d OR \u201cE442\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallsicecream.com\/uk\/faq.html\">https:\/\/www.wallsicecream.com\/uk\/faq.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Muftiyah Aabedah Khatun<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 07008 &nbsp; Answered by: Muftiyah Aabedah Khatun &nbsp; Question: &nbsp; Is the Viennetta ice cream halal? 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