Halal Brand Guide

Horlicks (now owned by Unilever in the UK) is a malted milk drink made from wheat flour, malt, milk, and vitamins. No animal fat, gelatine, or haram additives are present. No halal certification for UK products, but the formulation is widely accepted as halal.

United Kingdom · Malted milk drink, Hot drink

HP Sauce (Heinz) is made from tamarind extract, tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, and spices — no animal fat, gelatine, or haram additives. No halal certification is held, but the product is plant-based and widely accepted as halal.

United Kingdom · Brown sauce, BBQ sauce

Hula Hoops Original (KP Snacks) is made from potato starch, sunflower oil, and salt — fully plant-based with no animal derivatives. No halal certification is held, but the ingredient profile of the original and many flavoured variants is permissible. Some flavoured variants with cheese or meat seasonings should be checked individually.

United Kingdom · Ring-shaped potato crisps, Flavoured snacks

Innocent Drinks produces smoothies, juices, and coconut water using only fruit and natural plant-based ingredients. No animal derivatives, no alcohol, no gelatine, no E-code emulsifiers from undisclosed sources. The range is also vegan-certified. Innocent products are halal by nature of their ingredients.

United Kingdom · Smoothies, Fruit juice

Jacob's (Pladis) cream crackers, biscuits, and snack products may contain E471 (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids) from an undisclosed source. Without halal certification, products containing E471 are Mushbooh. Plain cream crackers with only flour, vegetable oil, and salt are cleaner — check the label.

United Kingdom · Cream crackers, Biscuits

Jordan's (2 Sisters Food Group) cereals, granola, and cereal bars are made from oats, wheat, nuts, honey, and dried fruit — no animal fat, gelatine, or haram additives. No halal certification is held, but the plant-based formulation is widely accepted as halal.

United Kingdom · Granola, Muesli

Kettle Chips (Campbell's, now Snyder's-Lance / Campbell Soup Company) are kettle-cooked in sunflower oil with no animal fat, no lard, and no animal-derived emulsifiers. The brand holds no halal certification, but the ingredient profile of most variants is permissible. Most UK flavours are declared suitable for vegetarians.

United Kingdom · Kettle-cooked potato crisps, Flavoured crisps

Kingsmill (Allied Bakeries) standard bread uses wheat flour, vegetable oil, yeast, salt, and plant-derived emulsifiers. No animal fat, lard, or haram additives in the mainstream range. No halal certification, but the products are widely accepted as halal.

United Kingdom · White bread, Wholemeal bread

Lee Kum Kee is a Hong Kong sauce brand with a wide product range. Some products — including oyster sauce variants — carry HMC halal certification. Other sauces contain shrimp or undisclosed flavourings. Status varies significantly by product and market variant. Always check the individual pack for a certification logo.

Hong Kong · Oyster sauce, Soy sauce

Lotus Biscoff (Lotus Bakeries, Belgium) biscuits and spread contain no animal fat, no gelatine, and no pork derivatives. The caramelised biscuit recipe uses wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oils, and cinnamon. Lotus Biscoff holds halal certification in several European and Middle Eastern markets, and the product is widely accepted as halal globally.

United Kingdom · Caramelised biscuits, Biscoff spread (smooth and crunchy)

Standard Lucozade Energy and Lucozade Sport variants are free from animal derivatives and are generally considered halal. However, some Lucozade flavours have used E120 (carmine — derived from cochineal insects), making those variants haram. Because the full range is not consistently certified and formulations change, the overall brand verdict is Mushbooh — check each flavour individually.

United Kingdom · Energy drinks, Sports drinks

Lurpak (Arla Foods) is a pure butter product made from cream and salt — no animal fat additives, no gelatine, no haram ingredients. No halal certification is held for UK products, but the simple dairy formulation is widely accepted as halal.

Denmark · Butter, Spreadable butter