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Is Chomps Halal?

It depends on what the label says.

Halal if verified
Medium confidence About this ruling

About this ruling

Condition
Source disclosure is incomplete
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

Chomps are meat sticks made from grass-fed beef (and turkey in some flavours), water, salt, spices, cultured celery powder and a beef collagen casing.

Next step Chomps beef sticks list only beef, spices and a beef collagen casing, with no pork, but their pack records carry no Halal mark, so the slaughter of the beef is not verified. How to verify
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How to verify

  1. Beef, spices and a beef collagen casing: no pork.
  2. Look for a Halal certifier's mark: the pack records show none.
  3. Without one, the beef's slaughter is not verified; see beef jerky.

Quick checks

  • No pork.
  • Beef collagen casing.
  • No Halal mark on the records.

What decides the answer

  • Chomps with a Halal certifier mark

    Halal

  • No mark, as on the pack records

    slaughter not verified

Why this ruling

Chomps are meat sticks sold in the US as a protein snack.

What the pack lists

"Grass-fed beef, water", salt, spices, cultured celery powder and "beef collagen casing".[1] The jalapeño stick is the same, with jalapeños.[2] No pork, and no Halal mark on either record.

Why that is not enough

Beef is Halal only from an animal slaughtered the Halal way, and the casing is beef collagen from the same kind of source. Without a certifier's mark, Chomps sit where most US meat snacks do; see beef jerky and Jack Link's.

Where you'll find it

  • Beef and turkey meat sticks sold as a protein snack in the US

Frequently asked questions

Are Chomps Halal?
They contain no pork, but the pack records show no Halal mark, so the beef is not verifiably Halal-slaughtered.
Do Chomps contain pork?
No. They list beef (or turkey), spices and a beef collagen casing.

Scholarly view

Beef and turkey are Halal animals, but their meat is Halal only when slaughtered the Halal way. The collagen casing follows the same animal, so it raises the same question. A Halal certifier's mark is how a pack settles it.

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. Chomps taco beef stick (0850015892851)

    Open Food Facts (pack record) Retrieved

    Jurisdiction: United States

    Ingredients: 'Grass-fed beef, water, less than 2% of: encapsulated lactic acid, sea salt, cultured celery powder, cumin, paprika, black pepper, chili powder, cherry powder, red pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, beef collagen casing.' Labels recorded: non-GMO; no Halal mark.

  2. Chomps jalapeño beef stick (0850015892424)

    Open Food Facts (pack record) Retrieved

    Jurisdiction: United States

    Ingredients: 'Grass-fed and finished beef, water, encapsulated lactic acid, sea salt, jalapeño peppers, cultured celery powder, cherry powder, black pepper, red pepper, garlic powder, coriander, beef collagen casing.' No Halal mark recorded.

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