Cheese of Doritos: Halal or Haram?
By livinghalal • Jul 17th, 2007 • Category: Food, HealthIn this article, it is my intention to examine the issue in a more academic manner. However, for those who don’t have the time to read it, then to cut a long story short, the strongest opinion appears to be that cheese, in all of its commonly available varieties (except those that actually contain pork as an added flavoring) is absolutely and totally halāl.
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http://www.fritolay.com/your-health/for-special-dietary-needs.html
im not so sure about what the lists say i still have my doubts i also want to if they dont have pork enzymes do they have other animal enzymes????? thats the reason i still dont buy cheetos or doritos
As Salamu Alaykum- Depending on how much war’a or how much you choose to take an active part in what you take into your body, the best advice I can offer you is to always call the company.
When I have researched their website, I was concerned with cheese in their products. Obviously, cheese enzymes are produced using many different animal bi-products,& such. So, I called to have clarity. Of course customer service said that anything with cheese and for those who do not eat “pork” or pig products, should not consume the cheese products of “Doritos”.
When I asked in detail if someone could let me know which animal (or non animal) enzyme was in the product, she said she could not tell me other than she would advise me not to consume if I was to stay away from “pork” products.
What does this mean to me and my family? Well…we just don’t eat chips that have cheese enzymes unless we call and they tell us that it is of a halal source. Note that “natural flavors” often contain non halal ingredients as well, so I am either on the phone while at the grocery store, or we just refrain from processed packaged food.
Always side on the side of caution. It may be “just a chip” but it can mean a lifetime of regret by not controlling your naafs for the momentary satisfaction of belly hunger. I find it personally problematic when religious Muslims pick and choose what is halal simply because it satisfies them momentarily because the “internet Imam” said there is a “fatwa” or a dispensation for it. But we know that it is not YOU (wink wink) who is doing this.
I do everything I can to make sure our family is confident in the foods we eat, make, grow and purchase. And we can easily do without most items.
The moral of this story? GROW YOUR OWN FOOD…MAKE YOUR OWN FOOD…& EAT HALAL