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