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Is Chewits Halal?

It depends on what the label says.

Halal if verified
Medium confidence About this ruling

About this ruling

Condition
Verify the product or supplier in hand
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

Chewits are chewy sweets made with sugar, glucose syrup, vegetable fats and fruit flavours, with no gelatine.

Next step Chewits have no gelatine. Some packs, such as the UK chewy bites, are coloured with carmine (E120), on which scholars differ; others, like Chewits Xtreme, are labelled vegan. Read the colour on the pack in your hand. How to verify
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How to verify

  1. No gelatine.
  2. Look for carmine, cochineal or E120 in the colours: if present, see carmine.
  3. Vegan-labelled packs (such as Xtreme) settle the emulsifier too.
  4. Not Halal-certified.

Quick checks

  • No gelatine.
  • Some packs: carmine (E120).
  • Vegan-labelled packs: clear.

What decides the answer

  • Vegan-labelled Chewits (such as Xtreme)

    Halal by ingredients

  • Chewits with carmine (E120)

    depends on your view of carmine

  • No vegan label

    the emulsifier source is not stated

Why this ruling

Chewits are chewy fruit sweets sold in the UK and Ireland.

What the packs list

The UK chewy bites end their list with "emulsifier (sucrose esters of fatty acids)", fruit juice, salt, sodium lactate and "colour (carmine)".[1] Chewits Xtreme apple and lemon are labelled vegetarian and vegan, coloured with chlorophyllins and lutein.[2] A strawberry pack sold in France and Spain uses egg white powder and fruit and vegetable colours.[3] None lists gelatine.

The colour and the emulsifier

Carmine comes from cochineal insects, and scholars differ on it. Sucrose esters (E473) are made from fatty acids of unstated source unless the pack is labelled vegan.

Where you'll find it

  • Chewy fruit sweets sold in the UK and Ireland

Frequently asked questions

Are Chewits Halal?
They have no gelatine. Some packs use carmine, on which scholars differ, and others are labelled vegan. Chewits are not Halal-certified.
Do Chewits contain gelatine?
No. They are made with sugar, glucose syrup, vegetable fats and fruit flavours.
Are Chewits vegan?
Some are: Chewits Xtreme is labelled vegan. The chewy bites with carmine are not.

Scholarly view

With no gelatine, the questions are the colour and the emulsifier. Carmine is made from cochineal insects, and scholars differ on eating it; see carmine. Sucrose esters are made from fatty acids that can be plant or animal; a vegan label answers that.

Sources

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Manufacturer / product

  1. Chewits chewy bites (8713800132230)

    Open Food Facts (pack record) Retrieved

    Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

    Ingredients end: 'emulsifier (sucrose esters of fatty acids), fruit juice from concentrate (apple, lemon, strawberry, orange, pineapple, peach), salt, acidity regulator (sodium lactate), colour (carmine)'.

  2. Chewits Xtreme apple and lemon (5060072652113)

    Open Food Facts (pack record) Retrieved

    Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

    Labelled vegetarian and vegan; colours are copper chlorophyllins and lutein.

  3. Chewits strawberry flavour, France and Spain (5010933011207)

    Open Food Facts (pack record) Retrieved

    Jurisdiction: Europe

    Ingredients include 'egg white powder' and colour from blackcurrant and black carrot concentrates.

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