Q: I had bought strawberry milk carton on which carmine (red colour extract from an insect) a food ingredient is mentioned. i want to know.
1- Is it confirmed carmine is obtained from an insect?
2- If any ingredient mix with the food which has no impact of taste and it just mix in a small ratio for colouring can make the food haram or not suitable for cosuming?
3- I have heared that carmine is only haram in hanafi madhab, is it true?
4- If above question is right, what should I do with the milk? Shall I through it away.
A:
1. We have not researched this.
2. Avoid it. It will obviously make the food haraam.
And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
Answered by:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)