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Is Sour Punch 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

American Licorice's Sour Punch gummies list sugar, corn syrup, water, modified corn starch, fruit acids, palm oil, plant-based colours and flavours: no gelatin.

Next step Sour Punch gummies are set with corn starch, not gelatin, and coloured with plant extracts. Sour Punch Bites list glyceryl monostearate and glycerin, which can be plant or animal, with no source given. How to verify
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How to verify

  1. Gummies: modified corn starch, no gelatin, plant colours.
  2. Bites (and straws of the same type): glyceryl monostearate (E471) and glycerin, source not stated.
  3. Not Halal-certified.

Quick checks

  • Gummies: starch, no gelatin.
  • Bites: glycerides unstated.
  • Not certified.

What decides the answer

  • Sour Punch gummies

    no gelatin, plant colours: fine by ingredients

  • Bites with glyceryl monostearate and glycerin of unstated source

    not verifiable

Why this ruling

Sour Punch is American Licorice's range of sour gummies, straws and bites.

Gummies

Sour Punch gummies list "sugar, corn syrup, water, corn starch-modified" with fruit acids, palm oil, and colours from spirulina, carrot, blueberry, blackcurrant and turmeric.[1] No gelatin.

Bites

Sour Punch Bites are a wheat-based chew. They list glyceryl monostearate and glycerin,[2] which can be made from plant or animal fat; see glycerin and E471.

Where you'll find it

  • Sour gummies, straws and bites in the US

Frequently asked questions

Is Sour Punch Halal?
The gummies have no gelatin: they are set with corn starch. The Bites list glyceryl monostearate and glycerin of unstated source. Neither is Halal-certified.
Do Sour Punch gummies contain gelatin?
No. They list modified corn starch, fruit acids, palm oil, plant colours and flavours.

Scholarly view

Starch-set sweets avoid the main Halal concern in gummies, gelatin. Glyceryl monostearate and glycerin are made from fats, and their ruling follows the fat; when a pack does not name the source, they remain unverified.

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. Sour Punch Gummies (0041364881287)

    Open Food Facts (pack record) Retrieved

    Jurisdiction: United States

    Ingredients: 'Sugar, corn syrup, water, corn starch-modified, contains 1% or less of: tartaric acid, citric acid, hydrogenated palm oil', colours from spirulina, carrot, blueberry, blackcurrant and turmeric, then 'natural and artificial flavors, malic acid.'

  2. Sour Punch Bites (0041364084985)

    Open Food Facts (pack record) Retrieved

    Jurisdiction: United States

    'Corn syrup, sugar, wheat flour, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, food starch modified, palm oil, glyceryl monostearate, sodium citrate, glycerin, artificial flavors', then added colours.

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