Is Traditional Wholemeal Bread halal?

Doubtful (mushbooh)

Traditional Wholemeal Bread 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.

Traditional Wholemeal Bread
Traditional Wholemeal Bread

Why is this flagged?

  • E471 — Doubtful (mushbooh)
  • E481 — Doubtful (mushbooh)

Product facts

Brand HELGA'S
Nutri-Score A
NOVA group 4
Eco-Score B
Food-safety regulator U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food safety only — not a halal authority.

Traditional Wholemeal Bread's ingredient and additive data is cross-referenced against Codex/INS numbering, the same system used by food-safety regulators worldwide.

Additives

  • E471 — Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (glyceryl monostearate, glyceryl distearate) (Doubtful (mushbooh))
  • E481 — Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate (Doubtful (mushbooh))

Ingredients

Wholemeal wheat flour (60%), water, rye meal, yeast, vinegar, iodised salt, canola oil, cultured wheat flour, Wheat bran, soy flour, wheat gluten, vegetable emulsifiers (471, 472e, 481), vitamins (thiamin, folic acid), processing aids (wheat).

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