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    "title": "Are wine gums halal?",
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    "modified": "2026-09-26T01:04:11+01:00",
    "excerpt": "Wine gums contain no alcohol, but they usually contain gelatine, which may come from pigs. What that means for halal diets, and the 2016 Mondelez change.",
    "content_text": "Wine gums sound as though they might be a problem for Muslims because of the word wine. In fact, they usually contain no alcohol at all. The real question is the gelatine.\nNo wine, but gelatine\nDespite being stamped with names such as port, sherry, burgundy and claret, wine gums usually contain no alcohol, and some packs carry a statement saying they contain no wine: see do wine gums have wine in them?\nWhat gives wine gums their firm chew is usually gelatine. Gelatine is made from animal collagen, and most of it comes from pork skin, pork and cattle bones, or cattle hides. Halal customs generally require gelatine from sources other than pigs, such as cattle slaughtered according to religious rules, or fish. Religious scholars do not all agree on gelatine, and people follow the guidance of their own tradition: see what is gelatine made from?\nThe 2016 change\nIn July 2016 Mondelez, the company that owns Maynards Bassetts, announced that in future its sweets would contain either bovine or porcine gelatine, beef or pork, listed on the pack simply as gelatine. It said it was changing the way it sourced gelatine to secure flexibility of supply. The change affected a number of Maynards Bassetts brands, and the company said it wanted to make sure Muslim communities were aware of it, and asked people to share the information.\nThat means that unless a pack says otherwise, you cannot assume the gelatine in a Mondelez sweet is from beef.\nHow to find halal sweets\nThe most reliable way is to look for halal certification on the pack. Some sweets are made with beef gelatine from animals slaughtered according to Islamic law, and some are made without gelatine, using plant based gelling agents. Haribo, for example, makes a halal version of its Goldbears with beef gelatine: see is Haribo made from pig?\nWe sell halal golden bears in our pick and mix, and every sweet on our site has its own ingredients and allergens panel. For a wider guide, see what sweets are halal in the UK?",
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