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Is Aptamil Halal?

It depends on where you bought it.

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About this ruling

Condition
Certification and products vary by market
Evidence confidence
Medium means the sources are named, but they do not pin the evidence to a specific market or product. Use this page as orientation, then read the pack in your hand.
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Reviewed

Aptamil's UK site answers the question directly: 'most Aptamil products are halal certified but there are a few that aren't'.

Next step Most UK Aptamil milks are Halal certified, including First Infant Milk, Follow On Milk and the toddler powders, but a few are not: the toddler ready-to-feed bottles, the Organic 800 g powders and some cereals. Check your exact product against Aptamil's Halal list. How to verify
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How to verify

  1. Find your exact Aptamil product and size on Aptamil's Halal page.
  2. Certified: First Infant Milk, Follow On Milk, toddler powders, listed Advanced milks, Anti-Reflux, Comfort, Lactose Free.
  3. Not certified: toddler 200 ml and 1 L bottles, Organic 800 g powders, several cereals.
  4. UK bottles point to the website for Halal information; the list is dated June 2022, so ask Aptamil if your product is newer.

Quick checks

  • Most milks: Halal certified.
  • Toddler liquids, Organic 800 g: not certified.
  • Check the list for your product.

What decides the answer

  • Aptamil (1) First Infant Milk, (2) Follow On Milk, toddler powders, listed Advanced milks, Anti-Reflux, Comfort, Lactose Free

    Halal certified, per Aptamil

  • Aptamil baby cereals

    two certified, several not; check the list

  • Aptamil (3) and (4) toddler milk 200 ml and 1 L

    not Halal certified

  • Aptamil Organic First Infant, Follow On and Toddler 800 g powders

    not Halal certified

Why this ruling

Aptamil is Nutricia's range of infant, follow-on and toddler milks, with some baby cereals, sold in the UK. Unusually for a big brand, Aptamil publishes its own answer on Halal, product by product.

What Aptamil says

Aptamil's UK site says: "Yes, most Aptamil products are halal certified but there are a few that aren't." It then lists them.[1] UK bottles point to that page: the back of a 200 ml First Infant Milk says "For information on halal please visit our website."[2]

Range Halal certified Not Halal certified
Aptamil (1) First Infant Milk Liquids (70 ml, 200 ml, 1 L) and powders (350 g, 700 g, 800 g, 2 × 600 g) —
Aptamil (2) Follow On Milk Liquids and powders —
Aptamil (3) and (4) Toddler Milk 700 g and 800 g powders 200 ml and 1 L bottles
Aptamil Organic First Infant Milk 70 ml and 200 ml First Infant, Follow On and Toddler 800 g powders
Aptamil Advanced First Infant Milk 70 ml, 200 ml and 800 g; Follow On Milk 200 ml and 800 g; Toddler Milk 800 g —
Specialist Anti-Reflux, Comfort, Lactose Free —
Cereals Organic Seven Grain, Organic Banana & Strawberry Porridge Organic Baby Rice, Creamed Banana Porridge, Creamy Porridge, Multigrain cereals, Bircher Muesli

The list was last updated on 9 June 2022.[1] If your product or size is not on it, ask Aptamil before relying on it.

Why some are not certified

Aptamil explains that a product is certified only when its raw materials are Halal and its factory has been audited and approved by an Islamic Halal body. Some of its factories have not yet been audited, so their products are not certified, although Aptamil says most of its recipes contain no haram ingredients or processing steps.[1]

The recipe itself is mostly milk, lactose, whey, plant oils, fish oil, vitamins and minerals, with mono- and diglycerides as an emulsifier.[2] For a certified product, that emulsifier is covered by the certificate; for an uncertified one, its source is the open point, as on our E471 page.

Where you'll find it

  • First infant milk from birth
  • Follow-on and toddler milks
  • Specialist formulas and baby cereals

Frequently asked questions

Is Aptamil Halal?
Most UK Aptamil milks are Halal certified, according to Aptamil, including First Infant Milk and Follow On Milk in liquid and powder. A few are not, such as the toddler ready-to-feed bottles and the Organic 800 g powders.
Is Aptamil ready-made milk Halal?
Aptamil (1) First Infant Milk and (2) Follow On Milk ready-to-feed bottles (70 ml, 200 ml and 1 L) are on Aptamil's Halal-certified list. The (3) and (4) toddler milks in 200 ml and 1 L bottles are not.
Is Aptamil Organic Halal?
Partly. The Organic First Infant Milk liquids (70 ml and 200 ml) are certified; the Organic First Infant, Follow On and Toddler 800 g powders are not.
Why aren't all Aptamil milks Halal certified?
Aptamil says certification needs Halal raw materials and a factory audited by an Islamic body. Some of its factories have not been audited yet, so their products are not certified, even though most of the recipes contain no haram ingredients.

Scholarly view

Infant milk is made from cow's milk, whey, plant oils, vitamins and minerals, with fish oil for DHA, so the Halal question is less about the recipe than about certification. Aptamil's own explanation is that a product is certified only when its raw materials are Halal and its factory has been audited by an Islamic authority; several uncertified lines, it says, contain no haram ingredients but come from factories not yet audited.

Sources

Named Islamic, certifier, manufacturer, and regulatory sources used on this page. Inline markers like [1] jump here. Retrieval dates show when we last checked the live URL. Editorial methodology.

Manufacturer / product

  1. Is Aptamil Halal?

    Aptaclub (Nutricia UK) Retrieved

    Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

    'Yes, most Aptamil products are halal certified but there are a few that aren't.' Lists certified milks by range and stage and those not certified. 'Most of our recipes do not contain haram ingredients or processing steps. However, some of our factories have not yet been Halal approved.' Updated: 09.06.2022.

  2. Aptamil 1 First Infant Milk 200 ml (barcode 8716900559129)

    Open Food Facts (pack photos) Retrieved

    Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

    Water, dairy-based blend (skimmed milk, lactose, vegetable oils, demineralised whey, soy lecithin, whey concentrate, fish oil, vitamins and minerals), galacto-oligosaccharides, milk protein, emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), fructo-oligosaccharides, oil from Mortierella alpina, minerals, L-carnitine, vitamins. 'For information on halal please visit our website.'

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