Is Jaffa Cakes halal?
Jaffa Cakes contains doubtful (mushbooh) ingredients or additives — see why below.
Automated classification, not a religious ruling. No scholar or certification body has reviewed this assessment — always check the product's own halal certification.
Product facts
| Brand | Tower Gate |
|---|---|
| Nutri-Score | E |
| NOVA group | 4 |
| Eco-Score | A |
| Food-safety regulator | U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food safety only — not a halal authority. |
Jaffa Cakes's ingredient and additive data is cross-referenced against Codex/INS numbering, the same system used by food-safety regulators worldwide.
Additives
- E322 — Lecithin (Doubtful (mushbooh))
- E330 — Citric acid (Halal)
- E420 — Sorbitol (i) Sorbitol (ii) Sorbitol syrup (emulsifier) (sweetener) (Halal)
- E440 — Pectins (i) pectin (ii) amidated pectin (Halal)
- E450 — Diphosphates (i) Disodium diphosphate (ii) Trisodium diphosphate (iii) Tetrasodium diphosphate (iv) Dipotassium diphosphate (v) Tetrapotassium diphosphate (vi) Dicalcium diphosphate (vii) Calcium dihydrogen diphosphate (Halal)
- E471 — Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (glyceryl monostearate, glyceryl distearate) (Doubtful (mushbooh))
- E500 — Sodium carbonates (i) Sodium carbonate (ii) Sodium bicarbonate (Sodium hydrogen carbonate) (iii) Sodium sesquicarbonate (acidity regulator) (Halal)
Ingredients
sugar, glucose-fructose syrup, 15% orange juice from concentrated orange juice, wheat flour, cocoa mass, 6% liquid whole egg, palm oil, cocoa butter, stabiliser: sorbitols, gelling agent: pectins, acid: citric acid, raising agents: sodium carbonates, diphosphates, whey powder (milk), emulsifiers: lecithins, mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, natural orange flavouring, natural vanilla flavouring with other natural flavourings, salt, wheat starch,
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