Over the past two years, plant-based food consumption has grown by 49% across the EU, reaching a total sales volume of €3.6 billion.
Halal and non-halal products
2025-05-15
Halal Products:
Milk (or goat's milk, camel's milk), honey, fish, plants (non-intoxicating), fresh or frozen vegetables, fresh and dried fruits, legumes, nuts such as peanuts, cashews, hazelnuts, and walnuts, grains such as wheat, rice, rye, and oats, and animals such as cattle, sheep, deer, elk, chickens, ducks, and game birds are also halal, but they must be slaughtered in accordance with Islamic law before they can be eaten (or otherwise used). The slaughtering process is as follows: The butcher, who must be a Muslim (or other person of the Book, such as a Jew or Christian), places the animal on the ground (small animals can be held in the hand) and uses a sharp knife to simultaneously sever three major blood vessels (but not the entire neck), while reciting the name of Allah or other words in praise of His name. Furthermore, chemical analysis is conducted on halal foods for certain food additives that may be haraam to Muslims, such as gelatin, bone meal, leavening agents, animal fats, and animal enzymes. If these products contain pork or lard, their use is prohibited.Non-Halal products
1. Pigs and their derivatives
2. Blood and Wine
3. No animals are slaughtered in the name of halal.
Halal food taboos:
1. Prohibited Foods. In principle, it is forbidden to eat dead animals, blood, pork, and animals slaughtered in the name of anyone other than Allah. Furthermore, drinking alcohol, gambling, idolatry, and fortune-telling are all forbidden and should be avoided. Therefore, for Muslims, dietary restrictions extend beyond simply "not eating pork"; "drinking alcohol" is a more significant taboo.
Second, animal products must be slaughtered according to halal principles before they can be consumed. The basic concept behind "slaughtering in the name of Allah" is that the person slaughtering the animal must be a Muslim, the animal must be slaughtered after reciting the name of Allah, and the animal must be alive; Muslims do not eat dead animals. When slaughtering, the throat should be slaughtered to minimize the animal's pain.
3. Regarding aquatic products, according to the principle that marine animals and food are legal and can be eaten, aquatic products do not need to be slaughtered in the above manner.
At present, my country's Hui, Uyghur, Kazakh, Baoan, Dongxiang, Uzbek, Tatar, Tajik, Kyrgyz and other ethnic groups believe in halal dietary principles, and their daily diet is based on halal diet standards.