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Are Tunnock's caramel wafers halal?
We checked the ingredient lists of 2 Tunnock's products sold in the UK: 0 had no haram or doubtful ingredients, 2 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 Tunnock's and halal
Retailers list Tunnock's milk chocolate caramel wafers as suitable for vegetarians. The ingredients include caramel made with glucose syrup, sugar, sweetened condensed milk, palm oil and flavouring, with soya lecithin as the emulsifier, and the allergens are milk, wheat and soya.
We found no halal certificate for Tunnock's. No meat ingredient is listed on the wafers, but a vegetarian label is not a halal certificate. Other lines, such as teacakes, snowballs and caramel logs, have different ingredients.
Sources
Checked 2026-11-01.
Why products are flagged
These are the ingredients behind the Doubtful and Haram results for Tunnock's. Doubtful means the label does not say enough, not that the product contains anything prohibited.
| Ingredient | Result | Products |
|---|---|---|
| Flavourings | Doubtful | 2 of 2 |
Is Tunnock's vegetarian or vegan?
Of the 2 Tunnock's products we checked: 2 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.
Tunnock's 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.