Is a Food Product Considered Halal and Permissible to Eat if it Contains Microbial Enzymes?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Is it halal to eat something that has microbial enzymes because it might be made from yeast or something else, or are all microbial enzymes considered halal?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health.
Microbial enzymes made from minerals, plants, or artificial sources are halal if they are not harmful or intoxicating. Enzymes derived from halal animals are also halal.
[Halal Agahi Tahqiqati Council, Karachi, Fiqh al-Halal]
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Related
- Applications of Microbial Enzymes in Food Industry – PMC (nih.gov)
- Applications of Microbial Enzymes in the Food Industry | SpringerLink
- Is It Permissible to Eat Food When One Is Not Certain about Its Ingredients? (seekers.flywheelstaging.com)
- What Type of Yeast is Impermissible? – SeekersGuidance
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[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
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Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
