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🍽️ Food & drink

Is Jelly Halal?

Quick answer It depends

Most jelly desserts in the UK are set with pork or unspecified gelatine, so they are not halal. Jelly set with halal beef gelatine, fish gelatine, agar or carrageenan is halal — look for a halal or vegetarian label.

Also asked as: “Is jello halal?” · “Is jelly dessert halal?” · “Is Hartley’s jelly halal?”

Gelatine

Packs usually just say "gelatine", which in the UK is commonly pork. See gelatine, halal gelatine and fish gelatine.

Plant-based setting agents

Agar (E406) and carrageenan (E407) are seaweed-based and halal.

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