carbonated drinks with Halal status.

1. Halal Status Of
Carbonated Drinks

2. WHAT IS HALAL
STATUS
• Halal is an Arabic word that means“permissible.”
• In terms of food, it means food that is permissible according to
Islamic law
• For a meat to be certified “halal,” it cannot be a forbidden cut (such as
meat from hindquarters) or animal (such as pork) The animal must be
hung upside down and allowed to bleed dry.

3. CARBONATED DRINKS
• A soft drink is a drink that usually contains carbonated water (although
some lemonades not carbonated), a sweetener, and a natural or artificialflavoring.
• The sweetener may be a sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice, a sugar
substitute
• Soft drinks may also contain caffeine, colorings, preservatives, and/or other
ingredients.
• Soft drinks are called "soft" in contrast with "hard" alcoholic drinks. Small
amounts of alcohol may be present in a soft drink, but the alcohol conten must be
less than 0.5% of the total volume of the drink in many countries and localities,if
the drink is to be considered non-alcohol
• Fruitit punch, tea and other such non-alcoholic drinks are technically soft drinks by
this definition, but are not generally referred to as such. Unsweetened sparkling
water may be consumed as an alternative to soft drinks.

5. HALALLABELLED SOFT DRINKS
Coca-Cola Malaysia recently refuted allegations that its imported Coca-Cola UEFA
Euro 2016 limited edition aluminium bottles, sold in selected outlets in the country,
contain alcohol
company issued a statement that although the limited edition bottles were not
produced in Malaysia but imported from Europe
Our research findings demonstrate that halal-labelled softdrinks are available across
all categories, with juice and RTDtea contributing the most in sales. Major
international brands carry halal labels
including Ribena (Suntory),Pokka(Sapporo), Sunkist(SunkistGrowers) and arange
of Coca-Cola’sproducts

7. CONTINU
ED..
The ingredients and manufacturing process used in the production of Coca-
Cola beverages are rigorously regulated by the government and health
authorities in more than 200 countries which have consistently recognised
the drink as a non-alcoholic product”.
It further said that “these include countries where Islam is the major
religion”.
But the ingredients and manufacturing processes used by The Coca-Cola
Company are rigorously regulated by government and health authorities in
more than 200 countries, including many where Islam is the majority
religion. All of them have consistently recognised Coca-Cola as a non-
alcoholic products

8. HALALAND HARAMACCORDING TO HADITH
Principally, if the alcohol is extracted from grapes or dates it is not
permissible. Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, ‘Khamr (wine) is
from these two trees, dates and grapes.’(Mishkãt p.317).
Furthermore, Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, ‘Alcohol itself
is prohibited and intoxication in every other beverage.’ (Hidaaya vol. 4 p.
497).
In view of the abovementioned Hadith, since the alcohol in coke is from
from sugar cane mollasses and does not
ethanol which is fermented
intoxicate, it is permissible.
and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best
Mufti EbrahimDesai

9. COCA-COLA
Coca-Cola had been the official sponsor for UEFA Euro since 1988, and launched a
special edition Coca-Cola UEFA Euro 2016 aluminium bottle in Europe. Coca-Cola
Malaysia imported these collectables to be sold for a limited time in selected outlets
in Malaysia. UEFA has a wide appeal to football fans in Asia and many young people
are happy to stay up late at night to watch live matches, necessary due to the time
difference. Facing such a huge market, many multinationals, particularly sports
sponsors, recognise and respect the importance of local religions in their business
practices.

10. Did You
Know?
Coca-Cola is the world’s largest non-alcoholic
drinks company.

11. SPRI
TE
It is also a carbonated drink by Coca-Cola
company. It contains:
• Carbonated water
• High fructose
• Corn syrup
• Citric acid
• Natural flavors
• Sodium benzoate(To protecttaste)
There is a very low quantity of alcohol
present in it as this drink is by the Coca-Cola
and this minute quantity of alcohol considers
as no alcohol and it ispermissible.

12. PEPSI
mollasses and
from sugar
does
• Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by
PepsiCo. Originally created and developed in
1893 by Caleb Bradham and introduced as Brad's
Drink, it was renamed as Pepsi-Cola in 1898, and
then shortened to Pepsi in 1961
• An outside lab detected no alcohol in the Pepsi
• The alcohol in coke is from ethanol which is
fermented cane
not
intoxicate, it is permissible (halal)

13. 7-UP
• 7 Up (stylized as 7up outside the U.S.) is
a brand of lemon-lime-flavored non-caffeinated soft
drink
• The rights to the brand are held by Keurig Dr Peppe
in the United State and by 7 Up international in the
rest of the world. The U.S. version of the 7 Up logo
includes a red circle between the "7" and "Up"; this
red circle has been animated and used as a mascot for
the brand as Cool Spot.
• There is also a very low quantity of alcohol
present in it as this drink and this minute quantity
of alcohol considers as no alcohol and it is
permissible.

14.  including orange, citrus, grapefruit, apple, strawberry, raspberry, pineapple, pome granate,
banana, passionfruit, lemon, hibiscus, guarana, tangerine, pear, watermelo n and grape
flavours as well as tamarind
• It is part of a beverage area often referred to as the flavour segment, comprising
 carbonated and non-carbonated fruit-flavoured beverages
• The orange flavour of Mirinda now represents the majority of Mirinda sales worldwide
following a major repositioning of the brand towards that flavour in the early 1990s.
MIRINDA
• Mirinda is a brand of soft drin originallyy created in Spain in 1959 and now
owned by PepsiCo with global distribution. Its name may come from Esperanto,
meaning "admirable
• It is available in fruit varieties

15. • Mirinda is also the product of Pepsi as Mirinda
also contains a minute traces of alcohol which is
used to dissolve some constituents of drink such
as flavor, color etc.
• The very low quantity of alcohol considered as no
alcohol

16. ALCOHOL IN COCA-COLAAND
PEPSI COLA
• It is well known that some soft drinks, such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, contain
among their ingredients a tiny amount of alcohol, which is used to dissolve
some constituents of the drinks such as color, flavor, etc
• Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola, for example, contain different types of flavors,
considered to be part of the trade secrets; these flavors dissolve in alcohol,
which is no more than two to three parts in one thousand (0.03-0.02 %) in
these drinks
• Such soft drinks are considered to be permissible or halal from the Islamic
point of view, according to the rules of eating and drinking in the Islamic legal
law

17. DOES PEPSI ,MIRINDA, SPRITE, OR
COCA- COLA CONTAINALCOHOL?
• The sale of soft drinks will not publish this but yes softdrinks do contain
alcohol but in a very low amount, low as considered to noalcohol
• The alcohol levels are as low as 10mg im every litre ,and this works out at
around 0.001 percent alcohol per litre of Coke
• The very low quantity of alcohol in these drinks such as Coca-Cola,
Mirinda, Sprite Pepsi and other carbonated drinks considered as noalcohol