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Trends in Kosher and Halal Certification with Dr. Joe Regenstein

October 12, 2022

Watch or listen to this special presentation on trends in kosher and halal certification in product development with David Feder, Executive Editor-Technical for Prepared Foods, and Joe Regenstein, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Food Science and head of the Kosher and Halal Food Initiative in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University.

New Functional Supplements: Curcumin Gummy

Anlit Ltd., Tel-Aviv, Israel, says it plans to use Vitafoods Europe-FPE, May 9-11, 2017, in Geneva, to introduce vegetarian curcumin gummies for consumers

April 13, 2017

Most gummies contain gelatin, but the growing demand for vegetarian products—together with the fact that all Anlit products are certified kosher and halal—led the company to replace gelatin with pectin.

Ethical Food Labels

Halal and vegan labels are set to grow by a compound annual growth rate of over 5% annually between 2015 and 2020

May 31, 2016

Global Market Research Company Euromonitor International launched the new Ethical Labels database, responding to the growing movement towards sustainability, social responsibility and transparency on labels.

Canada Alters Halal Rules

Canada has amended the Food and Drug Regulations to provide consumers with more information about how food labelled as halal are made.

April 24, 2014

Halal claims on food labels, packaging or advertising material must now include the name of the certifying body.

Kosher, Halal Opportunities

Whether due to food safety concerns or a desire to abide by certain standards, the market for kosher and halal foods continues to grow.

November 11, 2013

The 16% of Americans who buy kosher products do so in an effort to maintain a halal diet, making it the fourth-most cited reason for buying kosher, behind the 55% of those who eat kosher for health and safety reasons, the 38% who are vegetarians and 35% who simply like the taste or flavor.

Halal Certification in Europe

The Turkish Standards Institution (TSE) announced plans to begin issuing halal food certificates in Europe.

October 11, 2013

The move is to address growing demands by Muslim-Turkish consumers in Europe.

Understanding Kosher and Halal

June 14, 2012

Both kosher- and halal-certified products convey a sense of food quality and safety to consumers, proving the recent growth in both markets goes beyond religion. Speakers at two Prepared Foods’ R&DSeminars provided information and insight on what makes these two markets perfect mainstream cross-overs.

Seven Launches from Saffron Road

June 5, 2012

Seven new Saffron Road items will be rolled out nationally in Whole Foods Markets’ stores between July and August 2012, just in time for Ramadan.

Embracing Profitable Sustainability

February 20, 2012

Butter Buds Food Ingredients has been selected to participate in The Profitable Sustainability Initiative of Wisconsin. The Racine-based company is one of thirty state manufacturers selected for this program.

Evolving Halal Certification Trends

Mujahed Khan

April 4, 2011

The demand for halal in the U.S. and abroad from consumers has grown in the last few years. From 2005-2009, Datamonitor Group has estimated that the number of global halal product launches has increased by 150%.