Is Luppo Halal?

The Certificate Names the Marshmallow

Most marshmallow products leave you guessing. Luppo does not, and that makes this brand unusual enough to explain carefully.

Şölen Çikolata, the Gaziantep manufacturer behind Luppo, publishes its halal certificate on its own site. We read the current document page by page. It carries certificate number TSEGLB.HAK.HLL.007.2023.020 and states that the company “has been audited and found to comply with the requirements of TS OIC/SMIIC 1:2019 general requirements for Halal Food”, under category C4 covering cocoa and cocoa products, sugar and sugar products, and flour products. Initial certification date 10 July 2023; certificate expiry 9 July 2027; report number HL-R-2026/202. The appendix runs to 49 pages.

The certifier is TSE GLOBAL, whose full legal name is Uluslararası Uygunluk Değerlendirme Servisi A.Ş., based in Ümraniye, Istanbul. This matters, and it catches people out: TSE GLOBAL is a private certification body, not Türk Standardları Enstitüsü, the Turkish state standards institution. The two carry confusingly similar branding. Both are legitimate, and both are accredited by Turkey’s state accreditation body HAK, TSE GLOBAL under number 2020-002 and the state institution under 2019-001.

The important part is the appendix. Report HL/C4/2023/083 lists products individually, and Luppo appears there again and again, with the filling spelled out:

• Luppo Cake Bite, nine variants, every one specifying marshmallow: milk chocolate coated, strawberry sauce, cocoa, mini, cherry marmalade, pistachio cream
• Luppo Sandviç, thirteen variants: marshmallow with chocolate, caramel, mocha, peach, strawberry, orange, cherry, forest fruit and milk-jam fillings
• Luppo Choco, six variants, and Luppo Enjoy
• Mini Luppo, three variants, marshmallow specified
• White chocolate coated marshmallow pistachio and milk-jam sandwich cakes
• Luppo Break biscuits, under report HL/C4/2023/082

That is the strongest form of evidence available for a confectionery product. Not “the brand is certified” but “this exact variant was audited and named”.

The Earlier Certificate Lapsed, Then Şölen Renewed

The previous certificate, ICS-MS-HL-2023/020, reached its certification expiry on 9 July 2026. For a period after that date this page carried a Mushbooh verdict, because an expired certificate is not a certificate.

Şölen has since published the renewed document described above, with the same certifier, the same standard and the same product-by-product appendix. The verdict therefore returns to Halal. The certificate can be checked on the TSE GLOBAL site using the number on its face.

The Gelatine Question Is Answered by the Audit, Not the Label

Here is the gap that remains. Şölen does not declare the gelatine source anywhere we could find. The certificate establishes that an auditor working to TS OIC/SMIIC 1:2019 was satisfied with the marshmallow; it does not tell you whether the gelatine was bovine, fish or something else.

We also could not obtain a full ingredient list for Luppo Cake Bite. Şölen’s product page gives a description rather than a panel, and the third-party records we found are partial. For most readers the product-level certificate settles the question. If your household wants the slaughter source named, the certificate alone does not give it to you.

A Reference Not to Trust

One retail database record for a cherry Luppo carries the scan text “Halal Certificated Ref.No: CAK 142/00”. We could not identify what body “CAK” refers to, and it may be an older export certificate or simply a scanning artefact. Do not treat it as a certification. The TSE GLOBAL certificate above is the one with a traceable source.

Product Summary

Product	Named in the appendix	Gelatine	Status
Luppo Cake Bite, all nine variants	Yes, marshmallow specified	Present, source undeclared	Halal — product-level certificate, valid to July 2027
Luppo Sandviç and Mini Luppo	Yes, marshmallow specified	Present, source undeclared	Halal — product-level certificate, valid to July 2027
Luppo Choco and Luppo Enjoy	Yes	Not indicated	Halal — product-level certificate, valid to July 2027
Luppo Break	Yes (report HL/C4/2023/082)	Not indicated	Halal — product-level certificate, valid to July 2027
Luppo Delish, Dream Bar	Not seen in the appendix we read	Unknown	Check the pack

Key E-Codes

E-code	Name	Status	Notes
E441	Gelatine	Halal here	In the marshmallow filling. Covered by a current product-level certificate; the animal source is not declared on the pack

What We Could Not Confirm

• The gelatine source behind the marshmallow. The audit accepted it; the pack does not name it.
• A full ingredient list for Luppo Cake Bite.
• Luppo Delish and Dream Bar, which we did not find in the appendix pages we read.

How we reached this verdict

We checked the following Tier-1 sources before publishing:

• Manufacturer: Şölen’s own published certificate PDF, read page by page, including the Appendix EK-1 product listing where Luppo appears on pages 41 to 47. Şölen’s certificates page and its Luppo product pages.
• Certifier: TSE GLOBAL, named in the certificate footer, and its HAK accreditation number 2020-002 shown on the certificate face. The HAK register of accredited bodies. The GİMDES certified-products database, which does not include Şölen.
• Standard: TS OIC/SMIIC 1:2019, the OIC halal food standard, which is a recognised basis for certification rather than a self-declared scheme.
• Sunni fatwa on gelatine: gelatine without a confirmed halal-slaughtered source is not halal under the mainstream position applied across this site. A current product-level certificate resolves that.

Madhab note

The four schools agree on the principle, and a current certificate removes the disagreement that an expired one created.

• All four schools: A product audited and named on a live halal certificate is Halal.
• All four schools: Gelatine from an animal not slaughtered according to Islamic rites is impermissible. The certificate, not the pack, is what tells you this gelatine passed.
• Hanbali and HMC-strict view: Certification must be current, and it is. Readers who also want the slaughter source disclosed will not find it on the wrapper.

If the certificate lapses again without a published renewal, this page returns to Mushbooh.