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Is Specially Selected Halal in the UK?
We checked the ingredient lists of 2 Specially Selected products sold in the UK: 2 had no haram or doubtful ingredients, 0 had doubtful ingredients and 0 contained haram ingredients. Halal status varies by product and by country, so check the specific product.
Based on ingredients, not on brand-wide halal certification.
What we found about Specially Selected and halal
Specially Selected is an Aldi brand: Open Food Facts records the product we checked as sold at Aldi. Specially Selected is Aldi UK's premium own-label range, and in 2025 it was named Own Label Range of the Year at The Grocer Gold Awards. Our products from it are sourdough breads.
Aldi UK has made two statements on halal. In May 2020 it said it did not sell any certified halal meat and that animals for its own-label meat and poultry must be pre-stunned. On 2 February 2026 it said it does not sell halal goods everywhere and is running a trial in a few select stores. Those statements are about meat and halal products, not about this brand's other foods, so check the ingredient list and look for a certifier's logo on any meat product.
See also Aldi: what we checked.
Sources
- Open Food Facts: Specially Selected product page
- Lead Stories: Claims about halal meat at Aldi UK, what we know
Checked 2026-11-01.
Why these results
None of the 2 Specially Selected products we checked listed a haram or doubtful ingredient.
Is Specially Selected vegetarian or vegan?
Of the 2 Specially Selected products we checked: 1 labelled vegetarian and 1 with no vegetarian label and no meat or gelatine listed. Whether a product is vegetarian depends on the product, so check the pack for a vegetarian or vegan label.
Specially Selected products
Ingredient data from Open Food Facts (ODbL), retrieved 2026-10-15. Product photos by Open Food Facts contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Recipes change — always check the pack. This is an ingredient check, not a halal certification.