Pork gelatin in apple juices: Vegan activists help halal consumers in Germany
Pork gelatin is widely used in Germany to clarify apple juice and Muslims are left in the dark in the absence of proper labeling. The activism of another minority group of consumers is helping the halal-conscious.
Between the aisles in a supermarket in the southern German town of Heilbronn, homemaker and mother of two, Hala Farran, takes her time reading the label on a bar of chocolate she wants to buy her sons. Farran only buys halal and she looks out for what she calls “suspicious ingredients”.
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Ali Bahnasawy