Scan

Food guide

Is Butter Halal? What to Check

Quick answer

Butter is halal. Margarines and spreads are usually vegetable oils with emulsifiers; the emulsifiers (E471) and vitamin D3 are the only usual questions.

Ingredients to watch in butter & spreads

E471Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acidsE475Polyglycerol esters of fatty acidsE322LecithinsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)HalalWheyDoubtfulE160aCarotenes (beta-carotene)

Tips

78 butter & spreads products checked

50 no issues28 doubtful0 haram
Vitalite 54% Vegetable Fat Spread – halal check
Vitalite 54% Vegetable Fat SpreadVitalite Doubtful
Bertolli – halal check
BertolliBertolli Doubtful
Lotus Biscoff Smooth – halal check
Lotus Biscoff SmoothLotus No issues
LURPAK Blended Spread 75% – halal check
LURPAK Blended Spread 75%LURPAK No issues
Bonne Maman Hazelnut Chocolate Spread – halal check
Bonne Maman Hazelnut Chocolate SpreadBonne Maman Doubtful
Asda British Salted Butter – halal check
Asda British Salted ButterAsda No issues
Meridian Chocca chocolate spread – halal check
Meridian Chocca chocolate spreadMeridian Doubtful
Meridian Chocca crunchy chocolate – halal check
Meridian Chocca crunchy chocolateMeridian Doubtful
Marks & Spencers chocolate hazelnut creme – halal check
Marks & Spencers chocolate hazelnut cremeMarks & Spencers Doubtful
Tesco Chocolate spread – halal check
Tesco Chocolate spreadTesco Doubtful
Aldi Everyday Essentials Chocolate Spread – halal check
Aldi Everyday Essentials Chocolate SpreadAldi Everyday Essentials Doubtful
Sainsbury's Classic Houmous – halal check
Sainsbury's Classic HoumousSainsbury's No issues
Marks & Spencers Classic Houmous – halal check
Marks & Spencers Classic HoumousMarks & Spencers No issues
Delphi Classic Houmous – halal check
Delphi Classic HoumousDelphi No issues
Meadow Fresh Classic Houmous – halal check
Meadow Fresh Classic HoumousMeadow Fresh No issues
Aldi Classic Strawberry – halal check
Aldi Classic StrawberryAldi No issues
Co-op Crunchy Peanut Butter – halal check
Co-op Crunchy Peanut ButterCo-Op No issues
Paysan Breton Cream Cheese – halal check
Paysan Breton Cream CheesePaysan Breton Doubtful
Nature Valley Crunchy peanut butter – halal check
Nature Valley Crunchy peanut butterNature Valley No issues
Whole Earth Crunchy Peanut Butter – halal check
Whole Earth Crunchy Peanut ButterWhole Earth No issues
Meridian Crunchy Peanut Butter – halal check
Meridian Crunchy Peanut ButterMeridian No issues
Mister Choc Duo Chocolate Flavour Spread – halal check
Mister Choc Duo Chocolate Flavour SpreadMister Choc Doubtful
Vego Fine hazelnut chocolate spread – halal check
Vego Fine hazelnut chocolate spreadVego No issues
flora 100% natural – halal check
flora 100% naturalFlora Doubtful
Flora Vegan – halal check
Flora VeganFlora Doubtful
Philadelphia Original Soft Cheese – halal check
Philadelphia Original Soft CheesePhiladelphia No issues
Milbona Full Fat Soft Cheese – halal check
Milbona Full Fat Soft CheeseMilbona Doubtful
Aldi Greenvale – halal check
Aldi GreenvaleAldi Doubtful
Tesco Guacamole – halal check
Tesco GuacamoleTesco No issues
Nature's Store Hazelnut & Cocoa Spread – halal check
Nature's Store Hazelnut & Cocoa SpreadNature's Store No issues
Waitrose Hazelnut chocolate spread – halal check
Waitrose Hazelnut chocolate spreadWaitrose No issues
Sainsbury's Hazelnut chocolate spread – halal check
Sainsbury's Hazelnut chocolate spreadSainsbury's Doubtful
Hazelnut Chocolate Spread – halal check
Hazelnut Chocolate SpreadChoco Nussa Doubtful
Nutoka Hazelnut Chocolate Spread – halal check
Nutoka Hazelnut Chocolate SpreadNutoka Doubtful
Jim Jams Hazelnut Chocolate Spread – halal check
Jim Jams Hazelnut Chocolate SpreadJim Jams Doubtful
TESCO Hazelnut Chocolate Spread – halal check
TESCO Hazelnut Chocolate SpreadTESCO Doubtful
Ramona's Heavenly Houmous – halal check
Ramona's Heavenly HoumousRamona's No issues
Tesco Houmous – halal check
Tesco HoumousTesco No issues
The Deli Houmous – halal check
The Deli HoumousThe Deli No issues
Duchy Organic Houmous – halal check
Duchy Organic HoumousDuchy Organic No issues
Ocado Houmous – halal check
Ocado HoumousOcado No issues
Houmous – halal check
HoumousEssential Waitrose & Partners No issues
Waitrose Houmous – halal check
Waitrose HoumousWaitrose No issues
Asda Houmous – halal check
Asda HoumousAsda No issues
Sabra Houmous Garlic + Red Pepper – halal check
Sabra Houmous Garlic + Red PepperSabra No issues
Jalapeño Ramona's Heavenly Houmous – halal check
Jalapeño Ramona's Heavenly HoumousRamona's No issues
Philadelphia Light Soft Cheese – halal check
Philadelphia Light Soft CheesePhiladelphia Doubtful
Flora Lighter spread – halal check
Flora Lighter spreadFlora Doubtful
Lidl Maribel Yeast Extract Vegan – halal check
Lidl Maribel Yeast Extract VeganLidl No issues
Marmite Yeast Extract – halal check
Marmite Yeast ExtractMarmite Doubtful
Cadbury Milk Chocolate spread – halal check
Cadbury Milk Chocolate spreadCadbury Doubtful
Nutella – halal check
Nutella Doubtful
Ferrero Nutella – halal check
Ferrero NutellaFerrero No issues
Nutella – halal check
NutellaNutella No issues
Nutella Hazelnut Spread With Cocoa – halal check
Nutella Hazelnut Spread With CocoaNutella Doubtful
Aldi Nutoka – halal check
Aldi NutokaAldi Doubtful
Tesco Organic Houmous – halal check
Tesco Organic HoumousTesco No issues
So Organic Organic Houmous – halal check
So Organic Organic HoumousSo Organic No issues
Holy Moly Original Hummus – halal check
Holy Moly Original HummusHoly Moly No issues
Whole Earth Peanut Butter – halal check
Whole Earth Peanut ButterWhole Earth No issues
Pip and Nut Crunchy Peanut Butter – halal check
Pip and Nut Crunchy Peanut ButterPip & Nut No issues
Tesco Red pepper houmous – halal check
Tesco Red pepper houmousTesco No issues
Lidl Red pepper houmous – halal check
Lidl Red pepper houmousLidl No issues
Meadow Fresh Reduced fat homous – halal check
Meadow Fresh Reduced fat homousMeadow Fresh No issues
Tesco Reduced fat houmous – halal check
Tesco Reduced fat houmousTesco No issues
Sainsbury's Reduced Salt Yeast Extract (Marmite) – halal check
Sainsbury's Reduced Salt Yeast Extract (Marmite)Sainsbury's No issues
Sabra Houmous Extra – halal check
Sabra Houmous ExtraSabra No issues
Müller Salted British Butter – halal check
Müller Salted British ButterMüller No issues
Moorish Smoked Humous – halal check
Moorish Smoked HumousMoorish No issues
Marks & Spencers Smooth Hazelnut Chocolate Spread – halal check
Marks & Spencers Smooth Hazelnut Chocolate SpreadMarks & Spencers Doubtful
Whole Earth Smooth Organic Peanut Butter – halal check
Whole Earth Smooth Organic Peanut ButterWhole Earth No issues
Whole Earth Smooth Peanut Butter – halal check
Whole Earth Smooth Peanut ButterWhole Earth No issues
Meridian Smooth Peanut Butter – halal check
Meridian Smooth Peanut ButterMeridian No issues
Lidl Soft Cheese – halal check
Lidl Soft CheeseLidl Doubtful
Lurpak Spreadable – halal check
Lurpak SpreadableLurpak No issues
Bonne Maman Strawberry Conserve – halal check
Bonne Maman Strawberry ConserveBonne Maman No issues
Co Op Strawberry jam – halal check
Co Op Strawberry jamCo Op No issues
Vegemite Yeast Extract – halal check
Vegemite Yeast ExtractVegemite No issues

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.

Check a whole product

Scan a barcode, snap the label or paste the ingredients.

ScanPaste

Other foods