Food guide
Are Chocolate Spreads and Peanut Butter Halal?
Quick answer
Peanut butter and most chocolate spreads are made from nuts, sugar, oil, cocoa and milk, all halal. Check the emulsifier and any vanilla flavouring in the cheaper ones.
Ingredients to watch in chocolate & nut spreads
E322LecithinsE471Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acidsVanillin / vanilla flavouringHalalVanilla extractDoubtfulWheyDoubtful
Tips
- Soya and sunflower lecithin (E322) are halal.
- Vanillin is synthetic and halal.
35 chocolate & nut spreads products checked
18 no issues17 doubtful0 haram

Lotus Biscoff SmoothLotus No issues

Bonne Maman Hazelnut Chocolate SpreadBonne Maman Doubtful

Meridian Chocca chocolate spreadMeridian Doubtful

Meridian Chocca crunchy chocolateMeridian Doubtful

Marks & Spencers chocolate hazelnut cremeMarks & Spencers Doubtful

Tesco Chocolate spreadTesco Doubtful

Aldi Everyday Essentials Chocolate SpreadAldi Everyday Essentials Doubtful

Aldi Classic StrawberryAldi No issues

Co-op Crunchy Peanut ButterCo-Op No issues

Nature Valley Crunchy peanut butterNature Valley No issues

Whole Earth Crunchy Peanut ButterWhole Earth No issues

Meridian Crunchy Peanut ButterMeridian No issues

Mister Choc Duo Chocolate Flavour SpreadMister Choc Doubtful

Vego Fine hazelnut chocolate spreadVego No issues

Nature's Store Hazelnut & Cocoa SpreadNature's Store No issues

Waitrose Hazelnut chocolate spreadWaitrose No issues

Sainsbury's Hazelnut chocolate spreadSainsbury's Doubtful

Hazelnut Chocolate SpreadChoco Nussa Doubtful

Nutoka Hazelnut Chocolate SpreadNutoka Doubtful

Jim Jams Hazelnut Chocolate SpreadJim Jams Doubtful

TESCO Hazelnut Chocolate SpreadTESCO Doubtful

Cadbury Milk Chocolate spreadCadbury Doubtful

Nutella Doubtful

Ferrero NutellaFerrero No issues

NutellaNutella No issues

Nutella Hazelnut Spread With CocoaNutella Doubtful

Aldi NutokaAldi Doubtful

Whole Earth Peanut ButterWhole Earth No issues

Pip and Nut Crunchy Peanut ButterPip & Nut No issues

Marks & Spencers Smooth Hazelnut Chocolate SpreadMarks & Spencers Doubtful

Whole Earth Smooth Organic Peanut ButterWhole Earth No issues

Whole Earth Smooth Peanut ButterWhole Earth No issues

Meridian Smooth Peanut ButterMeridian No issues

Bonne Maman Strawberry ConserveBonne Maman No issues

Co Op Strawberry jamCo Op 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.
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