Mari Berkenalan Dgn Emulsifier’s Code

Salam 'alaik utk semua pembaca. Alhamdulillah, berkesempatan juga utk menulis entry ini. Dah lama juga tidak meng'post' di blog ni. My last post mungkin about a year ago, mengenai gelatine tu. ^_^. Entry2 selepas itu semuanya ditulis oleh my partner, mar.. This time I just want to share about again, the controversial thing in the food industry... Why food? Because we eat everyday, we need food to convert into energy that'll be used when we're performing 'ibadah.. Dan makanan yg kita makan akan menjadi darah daging kita. Jika termakan makanan yg haram, adakah disebabkan kita tidak tahu atau TIDAK MAHU ambil tahu? Ok, done the talking, here is the list of the codes for emulsifiers.

Dibawah ini adalah kiriman e-mail dari seorang makcik=) yg bersumberkan: (Reference: pg 313-327, Appendix M in "HALAL FOOD PRODUCTION" by Mian N.Riaz and Muhammad M. Chaudry, CRC Press, 2004). IIUM Library has copy of this book.

===As an introduction, Classification of E-number ingredients is as follow:

E100 to E180
Colors

E200 to E252
Preservatives

E260 to E297
Acidities

E300 to E385
Antioxidants

E400 to E425
Thickeners

E430 to E499
Emulsifiers

E620 to E640
Flavor Enhancers

E950 to E967
Sweeteners

===SPECIFICALLY:

E100
What is it? cucurmin
Status: Halal
Likely reason for its usage is to give yellow and/or orange color to the
product.

E110
What is it? sunset yellow FCF or orange yellow S (= FD&C yellow no. 6)
Status: Halal
Likely reason for its usage is to give yellow and/or orange color to the
product.

E120
What is it? Cochineal or carminic acid
Status: Doubtful
Likely reason for its usage is to give red color to the product.

E140
What is it? (i) chlorophylls, the natural green color of leaves or (ii)
chlorophyllins
Status: Halal
Green color

E141
What is it? Copper complexes of (i) chlorophylls or (ii) chlorophyllins
Status: Halal
Green color

E153
What is it? carbon black or vegetable carbon (charcoal)
Status: Halal

E210
What is it? benzoic acid (occurs naturally in many fruits)
Status: Halal

E213
What is it? calcium benzoate
Status: Halal

E214
What is it? ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate
Status: Halal

E216
What is it? propyl p-hydroxybenzoate
Status: Halal

E234
What is it? Nicin
Status: Halal

E252
What is it? Potassium nitrate (saltpetre)
Used as pickling salt.
Status: Halal
(Note: some Muslim scholars regard this preservative ingredient as
doubtful because of the health effect of this ingredient)

E270
What is it? lactic acid
Status: Halal

E280
What is it? propionic acid
Status: Halal

E300
What is it? L-Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
Status: Halal

E301
What is it? Sodium ascorbate (salt of ascorbic acid)
Status: Halal

E325
What is it? sodium lactate
Status: Halal

E326
What is it? potassium lactate
Status: Halal

E327
What is it? calcium lactate
Status: Halal

E334
What is it? L(+) tartaric acid (tartaric acid occurs naturally; in
addition to being an acid it is also used as sequestrant and emulsifying
agent)
Status: Halal

E335
What is it? (i) monosodium tartrate (ii) disodium tartrate
Status: Halal

E336
What is it? (i) monopotassium tartrate (cream of tartar) (ii) dipotassium
tartrate
Status: Halal

E337
What is it? sodium potassium tartrate
Status: Halal

E422
What is it? I don't know
Status: I don't know

E430
What is it? polyoxyethylene (8) stearate
Status: Doubtful

E431
What is it? polyoxyethylene (40) stearate
Status: Doubtful

E433
What is it? polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan mono-oleate (polysorbate 80)
Status: Doubtful

E435
What is it? polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan mono-stearate (polysorbate 60)
Status: Doubtful

E436
What is it? polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan tri-stearate (polysorbate 65)
Status: Doubtful

E440
What is it? (i) pectin (ii) amidated pectin
(pectin occurs in many fruits, and is often added to jam to help it to set)
Status: Halal

E470
What is it? salts of fatty acids (salts could be sodium, potassium,
calcium or magnesium)
Status: Doubtful

E471
What is it? mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids
Status: Doubtful

E472a
What is it? acetic acid esters of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids
Status: Doubtful

E472b
What is it? lactic acid esters of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids
Status: Doubtful

E472c
What is it? citric acid esters of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids
Status: Doubtful

E472d
What is it? tartaric acid esters of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids
Status: Doubtful

E472e
What is it? mono- and di-acetyl tartaric esters of mono- and di-glycerides
of fatty acids
Status: Doubtful

E472f
What is it? mixed acetic acid and tartaric acid esters of mono- and
di-glycerides of fatty acids
Status: Doubtful

E473
What is it? sucrose esters of fatty acids
Status: Doubtful

E474
What is it? sucroglycerides
Status: Doubtful

E475
What is it? polyglycerol esters of fatty acids
Status: Doubtful

E476
What is it? polyglycerol esters of polycondensed esters of castor oil
(polyglycerol polyricinoleate)
Status: Doubtful

E477
What is it? propane-1,2-diol esters of fatty acids
Status: Doubtful

E478
What is it? lactylated fatty acid esters of glycerol and propane-1,2-diol
esters
Status: Doubtful

E481
What is it? sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate
Status: Doubtful

E482
What is it? calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate
Status: Doubtful

E483
What is it? stearyl tartarate
Status: Doubtful

E491
What is it? sorbitan monostearate
Status: Doubtful

E492
What is it? sorbitan tristearate
Status: Doubtful

E493
What is it? sorbitan monolaurate
Status: Doubtful

E494
What is it? sorbitan monooleate
Status: Doubtful

E495
What is it? sorbitan monopalmitate
Status: Doubtful

E542
What is it? edible bone phosphate (bone meal)
Status: Doubtful

E570
What is it? fatty acids
Status: Doubtful

E572
What is it? magnesium stearate
Status: Doubtful

E631
What is it? disodium inosinate
Status: Halal

E635
What is it? disodium 5-ribonucleotides
Status: Halal

E904
What is it? shellac
Status: Doubtful


My youngest brother, Qayyim selalu bertanya mengenai apa2 sahaja ingredient yg terdapat 'E' di depannya. Contohnya, bila nak makan gula-gula, dia akan melihat ingredients di plastic gula2 tu, dan biasanya mmg terdapat perkataan E itu. Jadi setiap kali pun,dia akan tanya, "along,ni boleh makan tak?" As usual, dulu mmg saya xberapa pasti. Jadi saya pun akan confuse setiap kali nak bagi jawapan.. Bukan setakat itu sahaja, satu lagi, ayam. Dia mmg tidak akan menjamah mana-mana hidangan ayam, biasanya dia akan bertanya dulu, "ni ayam suntik ke? Ni ayam organic tak?" Macam2 adik sorang ni..^_^ Jadi oleh sebab itu, dirumah ini biasanya mmg jarang ada hidangan ayam.. waAllahua'lam, moga mendapat manfaat dari entry kali ini.