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If you are Muslim can you help me please?

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Beeinthecity · 21/01/2018 16:37

It's dds friends birthday tomorrow and she has just decided she wants to take her in some chocolate as a gift, only dd has sen and isn't very observant to what she normally has!

I know you have to stay away from certain foods and about Halal but we aren't sure what is okay and what is not.

Are things like normal dairy milk bar or those boxes of little dairy milk chocolates OK?
Can you suggest anything else please that will be OK that I can buy on a Sunday locally please.

Thank you!

OP posts:
Fekko · 21/01/2018 17:07

And this the kind thought that counts!

Omgineedanamechange · 21/01/2018 17:08

lliketeabagging so you know fuck all about Halal then.

RestlessLegKick · 21/01/2018 17:10

By the way, that's lovely of your DD that she wants to do something nice for her friend!

TheDevilMadeMeDoIt · 21/01/2018 17:13

lliketeabagging so you know fuck all about Halal then.

Quite.

On the other hand I've just Googled teabagging - which I knew nothing about and am now glad we're not having meatballs for tea.

Original poster
Beeinthecity · 21/01/2018 17:13

Thanks Restless.
She's always struggled with friends due to her additional needs and started at a new school not long ago after bullying, this kid has been lovely to her.

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Fekko · 21/01/2018 17:14

Never google anything you read on mumsnet!

RestlessLegKick · 21/01/2018 17:22

Beeinthecity

Well you're obviously doing something right with her because it's nice to see children generally wanting to be nice towards each other.

I'm sorry though that your DD has had such a tough time in another school. It must be painful as a parent to witness such a thing, but she's clearly doing better now, and I hope it continues.

No1WiseGuy · 21/01/2018 17:27

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Lilmis · 21/01/2018 17:29

Anything that says vegetarian suitable, no alcohol or gelatine. Some asda sell halal harribo.

RogueV · 21/01/2018 17:30

Go for the suitable for vegetarian options then check for alcohol

Veggie percy pigs are fine we’re not that soft! Confused

Baileyscheesecake · 21/01/2018 17:38

AdalindSchade "The vast majority of chocolate is suitable for vegetarians." - Not necessarily the case. Actually a lot of chocolate has lecithin in it which can be derived from animals. I don't know about muslims but some strict vegetarians won't eat anything with lecithin in. Check the labels to be on the safe side to make sure it says suitable for vegetarians.

southboundagain · 21/01/2018 17:41

"The vast majority of chocolate is suitable for vegetarians. Only things like chocolate mousse or jelly sweets may contain gelatine"

Gelatine isn't always 100% obvious - it's worth checking for it, or a statement like "suitable for vegetarians". Party Rings had gelatine in until a couple of years ago.

AdalindSchade · 21/01/2018 17:41

Lecithin used in chocolate is from soya.

AdalindSchade · 21/01/2018 17:41

Party rings didn't have gelatine in, they had cochineal food colouring

AnneTwacky · 21/01/2018 17:41

Freddos are vegetarian.

I think most Cadburys chocolate is, but know for certain Freddos are.

ThisLittleKitty · 21/01/2018 17:43

Party rings did have gelatine!!

ThisLittleKitty · 21/01/2018 17:46

See pic.

If you are Muslim can you help me please?
LaContessaDiPlump · 21/01/2018 17:47

Avoid things with little marshmallows in - Sainsburys once sold Rocky Road bites with marshmallows containing pig gelatin. Off-putting for vegetarians, vegans, Muslims AND Jews! I was almost impressed by the epicness of the fail.

ThisLittleKitty · 21/01/2018 17:49

I only give things suitable for vegetarians. It does annoy me when the kids come out of school after someone's birthday with haribo as I have to take it off them but I guess a lot of people don't think.

Original poster
Beeinthecity · 21/01/2018 17:49

Thanks I'd much rather look an idiot on here asking a silly question than give a child a food which goes against their beliefs.

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southboundagain · 21/01/2018 17:50

Yup, they did indeed, here's a picture:
www.feedingboys.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Fox-party-rings-1024x1024.png

It changed in 2015.

HildaZelda · 21/01/2018 17:50

Unless someone is very sensitive I don't think they'll be upset by Percy Pigs. My friend's husband is Muslim and eats them by the bucketload.

southboundagain · 21/01/2018 17:51

(I found out as a teenager when I happened to read the ingredients list, after I'd given some to a Jewish friend of mine. I felt so guilty!)

Me264 · 21/01/2018 18:01

As a vegetarian of 16 years, I did not know party rings used to have gelatine in them 😕 wouldn’t even have thought to check a biscuit’s ingredients unless it obviously had marshmallow in it!

I do know that jammy dodgers used to be veggie and now aren’t!

fuzzywuzzy · 21/01/2018 18:07

I was really upset about iced party rings, luckily I have a habit of checking for the vegetarian sign on food and then reading the ingredients so I never ate them when they had gelatine in them.

I wrote to the company to tell them I was disappointed as I used to love them as a child.

Why would biscuits even need gelatine?