Carmine

Q: I had bought strawberry milk carton on which carmine (red colour extract from an insect) a food ingredient is mentioned. i want to know.

1- Is it confirmed carmine is obtained from an insect?

2- If any ingredient mix with the food which has no impact of taste and it just mix in a small ratio for colouring can make the food haram or not suitable for cosuming?

3- I have heared that carmine is only haram in hanafi madhab, is it true?

4- If above question is right, what should I do with the milk? Shall I through it away.

A:

1. We have not researched this.

2. Avoid it. It will obviously make the food haraam.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

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