European cookies with belgian chocolate

sugar unbleached _wheat_ flour

Status: UNKNOWN

chocolate liquor

Status: HALAL

Reason: Made from cocoa beans, typically halal.

Uses: Baking, confections

cocoa butter

Status: HALAL

Reason: Fat from cocoa beans, plant-derived.

Uses: confectionery, cosmetics

vegetable shortening (palm fat

Status: UNKNOWN

sunflower fat

Status: UNKNOWN

coconut fat (tree _nuts_), palm kernel fat)

Status: UNKNOWN

skim _milk_

Status: UNKNOWN

butterfat

Status: HALAL

Reason: Butterfat is derived from cow's milk and does not contain any haram ingredients.

Uses: Butterfat is used as a cooking fat, in baking, and in the production of dairy products.

contains 2 percent or less of butter

Status: UNKNOWN

_wheat_ syrup

Status: UNKNOWN

_milk_

Status: HALAL

Reason: Milk originates from animals and is considered halal as long as they are slaughtered according to Islamic law and are healthy.

Uses: Used in various food products, cooking, and beverages.

vegetable oil (sunflower oil, palm oil, canola oil)

Status: UNKNOWN

wheat starch

Status: HALAL

Reason: Wheat starch is derived from wheat, which is a plant-based source and does not contain any harmful or haram substances.

Uses: Used as a thickening agent in food products, sauces, and baked goods.

cocoa processed with alkali

Status: HALAL

Reason: Cocoa processed with alkali does not contain any haram ingredients.

Uses: Used in chocolate production and baking.

dextrose

Status: HALAL

Reason: Simple sugar derived from corn or starch.

Uses: sweetener, energy source

lactose

Status: HALAL

Reason: Dairy sugar, acceptable for consumption.

Uses: sweetener in dairy products

_hazelnut_ paste (tree nuts)

Status: UNKNOWN

_almonds_ (tree nuts)

Status: UNKNOWN

emulsifiers (_soy_ lecithin, mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, sunflower lecithin)

Status: UNKNOWN

whey permeate (from milk)

Status: UNKNOWN

egg

Status: HALAL

Reason: Animal-derived product, accepted in halal food.

dried whey (from milk)

Status: UNKNOWN

cream (from milk)

Status: UNKNOWN

leavening (ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate)

Status: UNKNOWN

egg whites

Status: HALAL

Reason: Egg whites are derived from halal sources (chickens) and do not contain any haram substances.

Uses: Commonly used in baking, cooking, and as a source of protein.

_hazelnuts_ tree nuts

Status: UNKNOWN

cocoa

Status: HALAL

Reason: Plant-derived ingredient, no animal origin.

Uses: flavoring in chocolate, desserts

salt

Status: HALAL

Reason: Mineral, universally accepted.

Uses: flavoring, preserving food

egg yolk

Status: HARAM

Reason: Must ensure eggs are from halal sources.

natural flavors (carmel, vanilla, coffee, hazelnut)

Status: UNKNOWN

coffee sweetened condensed milk

Status: UNKNOWN

fructose

Status: HALAL

Reason: Natural sugar found in fruits.

Uses: sweetener in snacks, drinks

maltodextrin caramelized sugar syrup

Status: UNKNOWN

barley malt extract

Status: HALAL

Reason: Derived from barley, commonly used in foods.

Uses: sweetener, flavor enhancer

yeast

Status: HALAL

Reason: Microorganism used in fermentation.

Uses: bread rising, fermentation

spices

Status: HALAL

Reason: Natural ingredients used for flavoring.

Uses: seasoning in dishes

lemon peel

Status: UNKNOWN

invert sugar syrup

Status: HALAL

Reason: Sugar syrup, modified for sweetening.

Uses: sweetener in candies

acidifier (citric acid)

Status: HALAL

Reason: Plant-derived acid, widely used.

Uses: preservative, flavoring