Asalaamu Alaikum,
I am a big cereal lover :D and I also have quite a lot of paranoia and waswas at times about simple food items...
I normally tend to buy Kellogg in UK as it has the HFA halal sign. There have been cases where I have been a bit surprised though - like why one cereal which is vegetarian can have the halal and kosher sign, and why another vegetarian cereal might be halal but not kosher etc. Also I have some doubts regarding HFA as what they certify as halal doesn't always correspond with what the Muslim consumer group suggests. For instance Krispy Kreme is certified halal but to my understanding, Muslim consumer group doesn't class this as halal (in US) due to the presence of alcohol in its flavour.
I have two types of cereal at home and SIX PINTS of milk sitting in the fridge. I emailed Kellogg's but I am just wondering if all this is just pure waswas... I know we can never be too careful with wht we eat but for me, sometimes I have to know when I am being careful and when I'm going to extremes with paranoia.
One cereal is just plain Coco Pops - I had suspicions as it said flavouring and Muslim Consumer Group always adds a note saying halal only if no alcohol is used in flavouring. Now since HFA certified Krisy kreme as well, I was wondering if I can just trust the HFA sign to mean no alcohol... but then I'm thinking of alcohol in Coco Pops... that is going too far isn't it?? :rolleyes:
The other one I have is one of those ridiculously priced krave boxes - the caramel type. It has an ingredient called alpha tocopherol which I googled and found that it is only halal if a synthetic solvent is used or something to those lines. Now this cereal funnily enough, is halal but NOT kosher certified...
What does kosher ceritfication mean??
HELP me Insha Allah. I want to have some cereal and I don't want all that milk to go bad!!!
I am a big cereal lover :D and I also have quite a lot of paranoia and waswas at times about simple food items...
I normally tend to buy Kellogg in UK as it has the HFA halal sign. There have been cases where I have been a bit surprised though - like why one cereal which is vegetarian can have the halal and kosher sign, and why another vegetarian cereal might be halal but not kosher etc. Also I have some doubts regarding HFA as what they certify as halal doesn't always correspond with what the Muslim consumer group suggests. For instance Krispy Kreme is certified halal but to my understanding, Muslim consumer group doesn't class this as halal (in US) due to the presence of alcohol in its flavour.
I have two types of cereal at home and SIX PINTS of milk sitting in the fridge. I emailed Kellogg's but I am just wondering if all this is just pure waswas... I know we can never be too careful with wht we eat but for me, sometimes I have to know when I am being careful and when I'm going to extremes with paranoia.
One cereal is just plain Coco Pops - I had suspicions as it said flavouring and Muslim Consumer Group always adds a note saying halal only if no alcohol is used in flavouring. Now since HFA certified Krisy kreme as well, I was wondering if I can just trust the HFA sign to mean no alcohol... but then I'm thinking of alcohol in Coco Pops... that is going too far isn't it?? :rolleyes:
The other one I have is one of those ridiculously priced krave boxes - the caramel type. It has an ingredient called alpha tocopherol which I googled and found that it is only halal if a synthetic solvent is used or something to those lines. Now this cereal funnily enough, is halal but NOT kosher certified...
What does kosher ceritfication mean??
HELP me Insha Allah. I want to have some cereal and I don't want all that milk to go bad!!!