Halal Haram Ingredient List Starting With Letter C

A comprehensive list of Halal and Haram ingredients starting with the letter C. The list contains common uses of the ingredients in the food/medicine/cosmetic industries, sources and halal and haram status.

Caffeine (Halal)

The world’s primary source of caffeine is the coffee “bean” (the seed of the coffee plant), from which coffee is brewed. Can also be found in tea leaves.

Calcium Carbonate (Halal)

Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound and common substance found in rocks as the minerals calcite and aragonite (most notably as limestone, which contains both of those minerals).

Calcium Chloride (Halal)

Calcium chloride is an inorganic compound, a salt with the chemical formula CaCl2. As a firming agent, calcium chloride is used in canned vegetables, in firming soybean curds into tofu and in producing a caviar substitute from vegetable or fruit juices. It is commonly used as an electrolyte in sports drinks and other beverages, including bottled water. The extremely salty taste of calcium chloride is used to flavor pickles while not increasing the food’s sodium content. In much of the world, calcium chloride is derived from limestone. In the US, most of calcium chloride is obtained by purification from brine.

Calcium Citrate (Halal)

Calcium citrate is the calcium salt of citric acid. It is commonly used as a food additive (E333), usually as a preservative, but sometimes for flavor.

Calcium Propionate (Halal)

Calcium propanoate or calcium propionate is the calcium salt of propanoic acid. Propanoic acid is a naturally occurring carboxylic acid. Calcium propanoate is used as a preservative in a wide variety of products, including but not limited to: bread, other baked goods, processed meat, whey, and other dairy products.

Calcium Sorbate (Halal)

Calcium sorbate is the calcium salt of sorbic acid. Calcium sorbate is a polyunsaturated fatty acid salt. It is a commonly used food preservative; its E number is E203.

Calcium Sulfate (Halal)

Calcium sulfate (or calcium sulphate) is the inorganic compound with the formula CaSO4 and related hydrates. It is used as a desiccant. The main sources of calcium sulfate are naturally occurring gypsum and anhydrite, which occur at many locations worldwide as evaporites.

Calcium Stearate (Doubtful)

Calcium stearate is carboxylate of calcium, classified as a calcium soap. It is a component of some lubricants, surfactants, as well as many foodstuffs. It is a white waxy powder. Calcium stearate is used as a flow agent and surface conditioner in some candies such as Smarties, jawbreakers and Sprees. Consume only if the containing product is Halal or Kosher certified as the stearic acid it sources from may have animal origin.

Calcium Stearoyl Lactylate (Doubtful)

Calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate (calcium stearoyl lactylate or CSL) or E482 is used as a food additive. CSL finds widespread application in baked goods, cereals, pastas, instant rice, desserts, icings, fillings, puddings, toppings, sugar confectionaries, powdered beverage mixes, creamers, cream liqueurs, dehydrated potatoes, snack dips, sauces, gravies, chewing gum, dietetic foods, minced and diced canned meats, and mostarda di frutta. Consume only if the containing product is Halal or Kosher certified as the fat it is sourced from may have animal origin.

Canola or Canola Oil (Halal)

As a term canola may refer to both an edible oil (also known as canola oil) produced from the seed of any of several varieties of the Brassicaceae family of plant.

Caramel (Halal)

Caramel is a beige to dark-brown confectionery product made by heating a variety of sugars. It can be used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons, or as a topping for ice cream and custard.

Caraway (Halal)

Caraway, also known as meridian fennel, and Persian cumin, (Carum carvi) is a biennial plant in the family Apiaceae, native to western Asia, Europe, and North Africa. It’s a plant based spice.

Carboxymethyl cellulose (Halal)

Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) or cellulose gum is a cellulose derivative with carboxymethyl groups. CMC is used in food under the E number E466 as a viscosity modifier or thickener, and to stabilize emulsions in various products including ice cream.

Cardamom (Halal)

A plant based spice.

Carmine color (Haram)

Carmine, also called cochineal, cochineal extract, crimson lake or carmine lake, natural red 4, C.I. 75470, or E120, is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium salt of carminic acid; it is also a general term for a particularly deep-red color. The pigment is produced from some scale insects such as the cochineal scale and certain Porphyrophora species (Armenian cochineal and Polish cochineal). Carmine is used in the manufacture of artificial flowers, paints, crimson ink, rouge, and other cosmetics, some medications, and is routinely added to food products such as yogurt, candy and certain brands of juice, the most notable ones being those of the ruby-red variety. Insects are haram according to Imam Abu Haneefah, Ahmad and Dawood.

Carnauba Wax (Halal)

Carnauba wax also called Brazil wax and palm wax, is a wax of the leaves of the palm Copernicia prunifera, a plant native to and grown only in the northeastern Brazilian states.

Carob, Carob Powder, Carob Gum (Halal)

Ceratonia siliqua, commonly known as the carob tree, St John’s-bread, or locust bean, is a species of flowering evergreen shrub or tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated for its edible pods, and as an ornamental tree in gardens. The ripe, dried pod is often ground to carob powder, which is used to replace cocoa powder. Locust bean gum or Carob Gum is a galactomannan vegetable gum extracted from the seeds of the carob tree, mostly found in the Mediterranean region. The long pods that grow on the tree are used to make this gum.

Carrageenan (Doubtful)

Carrageenans or carrageenins are a family of linear sulphated polysaccharides that are extracted from red edible seaweeds. They are widely used in the food industry, for their gelling, thickening, and stabilizing properties. Their main application is in dairy and meat products, due to their strong binding to food proteins. After harvest, the seaweed is dried, baled, and sent to the carrageenan manufacturer. There the seaweed is ground, sifted to remove impurities such as sand, and washed thoroughly. After treatment with hot alkali solution (e.g., 5–8% potassium hydroxide), the cellulose is removed from the carrageenan by centrifugation and filtration. The resulting carrageenan solution is then concentrated by evaporation. It is dried and ground to specification. If Ethyl Alcohol is used during processing then it is not Halal, if Isopropyl Alcohol is used and taken out completely or Potassium Chloride or nothing above is used during it processing then it is Halal.

Carrot Seed Oil (Halal)

Carrot seed oil is the essential oil extract of the seed from the carrot plant Daucus carota.

Carrot Oleoresin (Halal)

A carrot based food colour.

Caseinates (Doubtful)

Calcium caseinate is a protein produced from casein in skim and sometimes 1% milk. Its main food uses are for powders requiring rapid dispersion into water, such as coffee creamers & instant cream soups. It is also used as a dietary supplement by bodybuilders and other athletes who ingest it before bed, with breakfast, or as a meal after working out as it breaks down at a slower rate than whey protein, thus supplying the body with a sustained amino acid release. Consume if the containing product is Halal or Kosher certified.

Cetyl Alcohol (Doubtful)

Cetyl alcohol is used in the cosmetic industry as an opacifier in shampoos, or as an emollient, emulsifier or thickening agent in the manufacture of skin creams and lotions. It is a fatty alcohol which is halal if obtained from vegetable sources (eg. palm oil) and haram if obtained from animal sources.

Cheese Powder (Doubtful)

Sources from dry cheese. Consume if the product is Halal or Kosher certified.

Chicory Root or Root Chicory (Halal)

Obtained from woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the dandelion family. Root chicory (Cichorium intybus var. sativum) has been cultivated in Europe as a coffee substitute. The roots are baked, roasted, ground, and used as an additive, especially in the Mediterranean region (where the plant is native). As a coffee additive, it is also mixed in Indian filter coffee, and in parts of Southeast Asia, South Africa, and southern United States, particularly in New Orleans.

Chives (Halal)

Chives are a commonly used herb and can be found in grocery stores or grown in home gardens. In culinary use, the scapes and the unopened, immature flower buds are diced and used as an ingredient for fish, potatoes, soups, and other dishes.

Chlorine (Halal)

Chlorine is a chemical element with symbol Cl and atomic number 17. Maybe present in water. Mostly used for bleaches and disinfection products.

Chocolate Liquour or Cocoa Liqour (Halal)

Chocolate liquor (cocoa liquor) is pure cocoa mass in solid or semi-solid form. Like the cocoa beans (nibs) from which it is produced, it contains both cocoa solids and cocoa butter in roughly equal proportion. It is produced from cocoa beans that have been fermented, dried, roasted, and separated from their skins. The beans are ground into cocoa mass (cocoa paste). The mass is melted to become the liquor, and the liquor is either separated into cocoa solids and cocoa butter, or cooled and molded into blocks known as raw chocolate somewhat like unsweetened baking chocolate (bitter chocolate). Its main use (often with additional cocoa butter) is in making chocolate. The name liquor is used not in the sense of a distilled, alcoholic substance, but rather the older meaning of the word, meaning ‘liquid’ or ‘fluid’.

Cinnamon (Halal)

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum. Cinnamon is used in both sweet and savoury foods. The term “cinnamon” also refers to its mid-brown colour.

Citric Acid (Halal)

Citric acid is a weak organic tricarboxylic acid. It occurs naturally in citrus fruits. Lemons and limes have particularly high concentrations of the acid. Because it is one of the stronger edible acids, the dominant use of citric acid is used as a flavoring and preservative in food and beverages, especially soft drinks.

Citrus Oil (Halal)

Plant based. Obtained from peels/skin (rind) of citrus fruits.

Clove (Halal)

Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae. They are native to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice. Cloves are commercially harvested primarily in Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania.

Cochineal Color (Haram)

Cocoa Butter (Halal)

Cocoa butter, also called theobroma oil, is a pale-yellow, edible vegetable fat extracted from the cocoa bean. It is used to make chocolate, as well as some ointments, toiletries, and pharmaceuticals.

Cocoa Powder (Halal)

Plant based. Cocoa solids are a mixture of many substances remaining after cocoa butter is extracted from cacao beans. When sold as an end product, it may also be called cocoa powder or cocoa.

Coconut (Halal)

The term coconut can refer to the whole coconut palm or the seed, or the fruit, which, botanically, is a drupe, not a nut.

Confectionary Glaze (Haram)

Pharmaceutical glaze is an alcohol-based solution of various types of food-grade shellac. The shellac is derived from the raw material sticklac, which is a resin scraped from the branches of trees left from when the small insect, Kerria lacca (also known as Laccifer lacca), creates a hard, waterproof cocoon. When used in food and confections, it is also known as confectioner’s glaze, resinous glaze, pure food glaze, natural glaze, or confectioner’s resin. Pharmaceutical glaze may contain 20–51% shellac in solution in ethyl alcohol (grain alcohol) that has not been denatured, causing it to be haram.

Coriander (Halal)

Coriander, also known as cilantro or Chinese parsley, is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. All parts of the plant are edible, but the fresh leaves and the dried seeds are the parts most traditionally used in cooking.

Corn (Halal)

Maize, also known as corn, is a large grain plant. The leafy stalk of the plant produces separate pollen and ovuliferous inflorescences or ears, which are fruits, yielding kernels.

Corn Bran (Halal)

Is the outer layer of corn kernels.

Corn Flour or Cornmeal (Halal)

Cornmeal is a meal (coarse flour) ground from dried maize (corn). It is a common staple food, and is ground to fine, medium, and coarse consistencies, but not as fine as wheat flour. In the United States, very finely ground cornmeal is also referred to as corn flour. When fine cornmeal is made from maize that has been soaked in an alkaline solution, e.g., limewater (a process known as nixtamalization), it is called masa, which is used for making tamales and tortillas. Boiled cornmeal is called polenta.

Corn Gluten Meal or Corn Protein (Halal)

Corn gluten meal (CGM) is a byproduct of corn (maize) processing.

Corn Meal (Halal)

See Corn Flour.

Corn Oil (Halal)

Corn oil (maize oil) is oil extracted from the germ of corn (maize). Its main use is in cooking, where its high smoke point makes refined corn oil a valuable frying oil. It is also a key ingredient in some margarines.

Corn Starch (Halal)

Corn starch, cornstarch, cornflour or maize starch or maize is the starch derived from the corn (maize) grain or wheat. The starch is obtained from the endosperm of the kernel. Corn starch is a popular food ingredient used in thickening sauces or soups, and is used in making corn syrup and other sugars.

Corn Syrup (Halal)

Corn syrup is a food syrup which is made from the starch of corn (called maize in some countries). Corn syrup, also known as glucose syrup to confectioners, is used in foods to soften texture, add volume, prevent crystallization of sugar, and enhance flavor.

Corn Syrup Solids (Halal)

Dry form of corn syrup.

Cranberry (Halal)

A fruit. Most cranberries are processed into products such as juice, sauce, jam, and sweetened dried cranberries, with the remainder sold fresh to consumers.

Cream (Halal)

Cream is a dairy product composed of the higher-butterfat layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenization. Cream is used as an ingredient in many foods, including ice cream, many sauces, soups, stews, puddings, and some custard bases, and is also used for cakes. Whipped cream is served as a topping on ice cream sundaes, milkshakes, egg nog and sweet pies. Cream is also used in Indian curries such as masala dishes. Note: Irish cream is an alcoholic liqueur which blends cream with whiskey, and often honey, wine, or coffee. Thus, Irish Cream is not halal.

Cream of Tarter (Halal in USA and Canada, elsewhere Doubtful)

It is a acid potassium salt of tartaric acid occuring as a powder or crystal. In USA & Canada it is made from crushed grapes but in other countries it is made from wine deposits on the wine barrel. (Source: muslimconsumergroup.com)

Cultured Corn Syrup Solid (Halal)

Cultured Corn Syrup solid is made by adding bacteria to corn syrup solid for non alcoholic fermentation to produce organic acids such as lactic acid, acetic acid, butyric acid and propionic acid to lower the ph of the wheat flour. This cultured corn syrup solid is used as a natural mold inhibitor otherwise chemicals such as calcium propionate or sorbic acid or potassium sorbate has to use to retard the growth of molds on fresh bread and other fresh bakery products. Cultured Corn Syrup Solid is a Halal flour. (Source: muslimconsumergroup.com)

Cultured Cream Lipolyzed (Doubtful)

The source of the enzyme used in the process need to be verified and must be from a permissible source for it to be halal.

Cultured Milk (Doubtful)

Fermented milk products, also known as cultured dairy foods, cultured dairy products, or cultured milk products, are dairy foods that have been fermented with lactic acid bacteria such as Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, and Leuconostoc. The cultures added to milk has to be from milk sources not from meat. The media use to grow these cultures has to be Halal.

Cultured Wheat Flour (Halal)

Cultured wheat Flour is made by adding bacteria to wheat flour for non alcoholic fermentation to produce organic acids such as lactic acid, acetic acid, butyric acid and propionic acid to lower the ph of the wheat flour. This cultured wheat flour is used as a natural mold inhibitor otherwise chemicals such as calcium propionate or sorbic acid or potassium sorbate has to use to retard the growth of molds on fresh bread and other fresh bakery products. Cultured wheat flour is a Halal flour. (Source: muslimconsumergroup.com)

Cumin (Halal)

A spice. Cumin is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native from the east Mediterranean to South Asia. Its seeds (each one contained within a fruit, which is dried) are used in the cuisines of many different cultures, in both whole and ground form. It also has many uses as a traditional medicinal plant.

Curry Powder (Halal)

Curry powder is a spice mix of widely varying composition based on South Asian cuisine. Most curry powder recipes include curry leaf, coriander, turmeric, cumin, fenugreek, and chili peppers in their blends. Depending on the recipe, additional ingredients such as ginger, garlic, asafoetida, fennel seed, caraway, cinnamon, clove, mustard seed, green cardamom, black cardamom, nutmeg, white turmeric, long pepper, and black pepper may also be included.

Cytidene 5′ – Monophosphate (Haram)

Cytidene 5′ – Monophosphate is a nucleotide. Nucleotides are nucleosides in combination phosphate group are building block of RNA and DNA of cells. These are molecules. Nucleotides are commercially produced from Torula yeast cells by providing alcohol as nutrients for growing torula yeast cells in millions. Then Nucleotides are obtained RNA of torula yeast cells. Nucleotides are used in baby infant formula to provide immunity against diarrhea and other diseases in new born babies and 0-12 months old babies. (Source: muslimconsumergroup.com)