E-Code Products ( Halal, Haram ,Syubhah) bhg 4

Chemical Name
Description
Remarks
 
500
Sodium Carbonate/Sodium Bicarbonate/Baking Soda
Mineral Salt
Synthetically prepared. May also be manufactured by the Solvay process or electrolytically from sea water

501
Potassium Carbonate/Potassium Hydrogen Carbonate
Mineral Salt
Prepared by saturating a concentrated solution of potassium carbonate with carbon dioxide

503
Ammonium Bicarbonate/Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate
Mineral Salt
Prepared by passing excess carbon dioxide through concentrated ammonia water

504
Magnesium Carbonate
Mineral Salt
May be prepared by mixing boiling concentrated solutions of magnesium sulphate and sodium carbonate

507
Hydrochloric Acid
Food Acid
Industrially produced by the reaction of sodium chloride and sulphuric acid

E-Code Products ( Halal, Haram ,Syubhah) bhg 3

Chemical Name
Description
Remarks

400
Alginic Acid
Vegetable Gum
Extracted from brown seaweeds such as the species of Laminaria, Macrocystis and Ascophyllum

401
Sodium Alginate
Vegetable Gum
Sodium salt of alginic acid (E400)

402
Potassium Alginate
Vegetable Gum
Potassium salt of alginic acid (E400)

403
Ammonium Alginate
Vegetable Gum
Ammonium salt of alginic acid (E400)

404
Calcium Alginate
Vegetable Gum
Calcium salt of alginic acid (E400)

405
Propane-1,2-Diol Alginate/Propylene Glycol Alginate/Alginate Ester
Vegetable Gum
Propylene glycol ester of alginic acid (E400)

E-Code Products ( Halal, Haram ,Syubhah) bhg 2

Chemical Name
Description
Remarks

296
Malic Acid (DL- or L-)
Food Acid
Commercially synthesised by means of heating malic with sulphuric acid

297
Fumaric Acid *
Food Acid
Commercially prepared by glucose fermentation using fungi such as Rhizopus nigricans

300
L-Ascorbic Acid/Vitamin C *
Antioxidant/ Vitamin
Occurs naturally in many fruits and vegetables. May be synthesised from the hydrogenation of glucose to sorbitol and its eventual conversion to ascorbic acid. May also be biologically synthesised through means of fermentation

301
Sodium Ascorbate
Antioxidant/ Vitamin
Synthetic sodium salt of ascorbic acid (E300)

302
Calcium Ascorbate
Antioxidant/ Vitamin
Synthetic calcium salt of ascorbic acid (E300)

E-Code Products ( Halal, Haram ,Syubhah) bhg 1

Chemical Name
Description
Remarks

100
Curcumin (C.I. 75300)
Colouring
Orange-yellow colouring extracted from the rhizome of a plant of the ginger family called Curcuma longa (turmeric)

101
Riboflavin/Lactofavin/Vitamin B2 *
Colouring/ Vitamin
Yellow or orange-yellow colouring manufactured from yeast or other fermenting organisms. May also be synthesised from xylene, ribose or alloxan

102
Tartrazine/FD&C Yellow 5 (C.I. 19140)
Colouring
Synthetic yellow colouring

104
Quinoline Yellow (C.I. 47005)
Colouring
Synthetic dull yellow colouring

107
Yellow 2G (C.I. 18965)
Colouring
Synthetic yellow colouring