Halal Brand Guide

El Monterey (Ruiz Foods) produces a wide range of frozen Mexican food. Many products — including burritos, taquitos, and egg rolls — explicitly contain pork and are haram. Chicken and beef variants exist but carry no halal certification. No El Monterey product is halal-certified.

United States · Frozen burritos, Frozen taquitos

Kit Kat sold in the UK and US contains E476 (PGPR — polyglycerol polyricinoleate) from an unverified glycerol source, making it Mushbooh. E322 is listed as soya lecithin (halal). No halal certification on standard UK/US products. Nestlé holds halal certification for Kit Kat produced in Malaysia and Indonesia.

United Kingdom · Milk chocolate wafer bars, Dark chocolate bars

Knorr (Unilever) products vary widely in halal status. Plant-based products (vegetable stock, tomato soups) are generally halal. Chicken and beef stock cubes and bouillons contain animal derivatives from sources that are not halal-certified. Noodle and seasoning products often contain E635 or E631 — Mushbooh. Some Knorr products carry halal certification for Gulf and South Asian markets.

Germany · Stock cubes, Bouillon

Magnum ice cream bars (Unilever) are Mushbooh in the UK and EU. The chocolate coating contains E471 (mono and diglycerides of fatty acids) from an undisclosed source. No halal certification applies to UK or European Magnum products. Halal-certified Magnum is produced for Malaysia (JAKIM), Indonesia (MUI), and some Middle Eastern markets.

United Kingdom · Chocolate-coated ice cream bars, Mini ice cream bars

Standard Skittles (UK and US) were reformulated by Mars Wrigley to remove gelatin in 2009 and carmine (E120) by approximately 2015. Current Skittles use plant-based binders (tapioca dextrin) and synthetic colours, with no animal-derived ingredients. UK Skittles packaging is labelled vegan/suitable for vegetarians. Under the Sunni mainstream Hanafi-Maliki-Shafi'i position (manufacturer vegetarian-suitable + no alcohol = halal indicator per Darul Ifta Birmingham), standard Skittles are Halal. Hanbali / HMC-strict view treats them as Mushbooh until formally certified. Some Middle East SKUs carry local halal certification.

United States · Fruit-flavoured sweets, Gummy sweets

Snickers bars sold in the UK and US contain E471 (mono and diglycerides of fatty acids) from an undisclosed source — making them Mushbooh. No halal certification applies to standard UK or US Snickers. Mars produces halal-certified Snickers for Muslim-majority markets including Malaysia and Indonesia.

United States · Milk chocolate bars, Peanut butter bars

Trident chewing gum (Mondelez International) contains E422 (glycerol) from an undisclosed plant or animal source, making it Mushbooh. No halal certification applies to Trident in the UK or US. Some variants may contain gelatine (E441) — check the current label carefully.

United States · Chewing gum, Sugar-free gum

Maple Leaf Foods is Canada's largest branded meat company and produces no blanket halal-certified range. Some chicken and turkey products sold in Ontario and Quebec have carried halal certification from ISNA Canada or HMA, but this is product-specific and subject to change. Extensive pork lines are haram. The only reliable method is to check the individual pack for a recognised halal certification logo.

Canada · Deli meats, Hot dogs

Tim Hortons has no chain-wide halal certification in Canada or the US. Meat products are not halal certified, and key baked goods contain E471 (mono- and diglycerides) and E920 (L-cysteine) from undisclosed sources. A handful of individual locations in Ontario have obtained local halal certification, but this does not apply to the chain as a whole. Treat any Tim Hortons as Mushbooh unless that specific outlet displays a valid halal certification.

Canada · Donuts, Timbits

Ferrero Group products — including Nutella, Ferrero Rocher, Kinder Bueno, and Tic Tac — are not halal-certified in the UK or EU. The primary concern is E471 (mono & diglycerides of fatty acids) in Ferrero Rocher, Kinder, and some Nutella batches, and E476 in Ferrero Rocher specifically. Sources are undisclosed. Raffaello (coconut) contains no gelatine or E120, but shares the uncertified status. Halal-certified variants of some Ferrero products are available in select markets.

Italy · Hazelnut spreads, Chocolate pralines

Mars UK/EU products have no halal certification. The key concern is E471 (mono & diglycerides of fatty acids) — present in most Mars chocolate bars — which can be derived from animal or plant fat. The source is not disclosed. Skittles and Starburst have removed carmine (E120) from the US recipe, but UK/EU formulations must be checked separately. Muslims in the UK should treat standard Mars products as Mushbooh until certification is obtained.

United States · Milk chocolate, Caramel chocolate

Nestlé products cannot be assessed as a single category — halal status varies by product, country of manufacture, and formulation. KitKat UK contains E471 and has no halal certification. Quality Street contains gelatin in some pieces. Nestlé states that products carrying a vegetarian logo use plant-sourced E471, but no blanket UK halal certification exists. KitKat in Malaysia and the Middle East is halal-certified. Individual product checking is essential.

Switzerland · Wafer chocolate bars, Aerated chocolate