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Not all Kosher Certified food products are Halal because they do not meet the Islamic dietary requirements.



The Kosher Certified food products are not considered Halal if they contain the following ingredients:



(1) Gelatin (2) Kosher Gelatin (3) L-Cysteine made from human hair or chicken or duck feathers (4) Wine (5) Liquor (6) Beer batter (7) Rum flavor (8) Ethyl Alcohol or ethanol as a main ingredient appears on the ingredient list such in McDanold’s buns in Canada(9) Cochineal or Carmine, a red color from insects (10) Naturally Brewed Soy Sauce with wheat & soy as ingredients(11) Brewer’s Yeast Extract or Brewer;s Autolyzed Yeast or yeast extract made from brewer’s yeast, a by product of beer making used only in cheese and  cheese crackers[ but  in all other products  Yeast Extract or autolyzed yeast is made from baker’s yeast a Halal source] (12) Nucleotides (building block of nucleic acid) are obtained from Torula yeast cells grown on alcohol, used in Infant baby formulas to help babies build a good immune, digestive system and decreased incident of diarrhea (13) Vanilla Extract (14) Wine Vinegar (15) Ethyl alcohol is used as a solvent in natural and artificial flavors (16) Confectionary Glaze or Resinous Glaze made Shellac which is dissolve in alcohol and then alcohol is evaporated.