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Is Chupa Chups Halal?

It depends on what the label says.

Halal if verified
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About this ruling

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Reviewed

Chupa Chups lollipops, made by Perfetti Van Melle, contain no gelatine.

Next step Fruit Chupa Chups are sugar, glucose syrup, fruit puree, food acids, flavourings and plant-based colours, with no animal ingredients. The cream flavours, such as strawberry-cream, add whey powder, and whey's rennet is the point to weigh. We found no Halal certification for Chupa Chups. How to verify
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How to verify

  1. Fruit and sour flavours: sugar, glucose, fruit puree, acids, flavourings, plant colours. No animal ingredients.
  2. Cream flavours (strawberry-cream, cola-cream and similar): whey powder; avoid if you require Halal rennet.
  3. Chupa Chups-branded gummies, ice lollies and drinks are separate products: read their own labels.

What decides the answer

  • Fruit and sour Chupa Chups (no dairy)

    Halal by ingredients: not Halal-certified

  • Cream flavours (whey powder)

    permissible on the Hanafi view of rennet; avoid if you require Halal rennet

  • Other Chupa Chups-branded products (gummies, lollies, drinks)

    read their own labels

Why this ruling

Chupa Chups are lollipops made by Perfetti Van Melle. The lollipops contain no gelatine, and the fruit flavours have nothing from an animal. We found no Halal certificate for the brand, so the answer depends on the flavour.

Fruit and sour flavours

A fruit Chupa Chups is sugar, glucose syrup, about 3% fruit puree, food acids, flavourings and a colour, either caramel (E150d) or concentrates of beetroot, safflower, lemon and spirulina.[1][2] The sour range is the same with more acid.[3] None of these is animal-derived. See E150 for caramel colour.

Cream flavours

The strawberry-cream and other cream flavours add whey powder.[1] Whey is drained from cheese, which is set with rennet. On the Hanafi view of Imam Abu Hanifah, rennet from a permissible animal is lawful even if the animal was not slaughtered Islamically; his two students held otherwise, and abstaining is the more cautious choice.[4] See whey powder.

Other Chupa Chups products

The brand also appears on gummies, ice lollies and drinks made under licence. Those are different recipes, so read their own labels.

Where you'll find it

  • Lollipops sold singly, in tubes and in bouquets
  • Mini lollipops and sour lollipops
  • Party bags

Frequently asked questions

Are Chupa Chups Halal?
The fruit flavours are Halal on ingredients: sugar, glucose syrup, fruit puree, acids, flavourings and plant-based colours, with no gelatine. The cream flavours add whey powder, which depends on your view of rennet. We found no Halal certificate for Chupa Chups.
Do Chupa Chups contain gelatine?
Not the lollipops. The lists we checked for fruit, sour and mini lollipops contain no gelatine.
Why would a Chupa Chups flavour not be Halal?
Only the cream flavours raise a question: they contain whey powder, and whey can be made with rennet from animals not slaughtered Islamically. Many scholars, including the Hanafi position followed by UK guides, accept it; stricter scholars do not.

Scholarly view

Hard lollipops are boiled sugar, so the Halal question sits in the extras. Fruit Chupa Chups have none from animals. The cream flavours add whey powder; the Hanafi view of Imam Abu Hanifah treats rennet from a permissible animal as lawful even without Islamic slaughter, while his two students and stricter scholars do not. Flavourings are accepted unless a source shows they come from wine or another intoxicant.

Sources

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Islamic / scriptural

  1. Animal rennet Halaal?

    Food Guide, Gloucester Muslim Welfare Association (GMWA) Retrieved

    Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

    Hanafi. According to Imam Abu Hanifah, rennet from a permissible animal not slaughtered Islamically is permissible; according to the Sahibayn it is impure. The fatwa allows consuming it, while taqwa (piety) prefers abstaining. Pig rennet is haram.

Manufacturer / product

  1. Chupa Chups The Best of Lollipops (barcode 8410031132519)

    Open Food Facts (ingredient list transcribed from pack photos) Retrieved

    Strawberry and apple flavours: sugar, glucose syrup, fruit puree 3%, acids (lactic, malic, citric), flavourings, colour (E150d). Strawberry-cream flavour: sugar, glucose syrup, whey powder, fruit puree and further ingredients.

  2. Mini Chupa Chups (barcode 8410031965056)

    Open Food Facts (ingredient list transcribed from pack photos) Retrieved

    Sugar, glucose syrup, fruit puree from concentrate 3%, acids (lactic, malic, citric), flavourings, concentrates (beetroot, safflower, lemon, spirulina), paprika oil extract.

  3. Chupa Chups Sour (barcode 8410031976311)

    Open Food Facts (ingredient list transcribed from pack photos) Retrieved

    Sugar, glucose syrup, acids (citric, lactic, malic), fruit puree from concentrate 3%, flavourings, concentrates (safflower, beetroot, lemon, spirulina).

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