Al Islami Foods voted super brand for the second time

Posted in: Middle East & Africa, Food Manufacturing
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Al Islami Foods, the top real halal food producer in the Middle East, has been voted as super brand of the year 2010 by the Superbrands Council of UAE. Al Islami is the only food company to receive this honor for the second time, thus proving to be one of UAE's strongest home-grown brands.

Jan 25, 2010 - 1:10:20 AM Read more

Vegemite becomes politically correct

Posted in: Australia, Oceania, Food Manufacturing
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VEGEMITE has gone halal in a bid by food giant Kraft to make the national "treasure" available to Muslim Australians. This small gesture has created a mixed bag of reactions from people in Australia.



Jan 24, 2010 - 7:28:30 AM Read more

Premium Brands buys Vancouver Halal meat supplier for $2.1 million

Posted in: Canada, The Americas, Meat & Poultry, Food Manufacturing

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VANCOUVER, B.C. — Premium Brands Holdings Corp. (TSX:PBH) says it has acquired Vancouver-based South Seas Meats Ltd., a distributor of Halal specialty meats that will help expand Premium's portfolio of ethnic foods. Premium Brands, which has about 25,000 customers in Western Canada and Washington State, paid about $2.1 million for South Sea Meats, which had annual sales of about $10 million. Ahsan Razak, the founder and operator of South Sea Meats, will join the management team of Premium Brands.


Jan 22, 2010 - 9:49:26 PM Read more

Are all Pringles Halal?

Posted in: Asia, Halal Integrity, Food Manufacturing
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In response to a recent article 'Pringles Now Halal', Halal Focus questioned Procter & Gamble (Malaysia) on: What does this mean with regard to Pringles globally if you buy them without a Halal certification on the packet? Are they also Halal? The following is the official statement from Procter & Gamble (Malaysia). If you want to follow up in your region, I would take their suggestion to contact your regional Procter & Gamble office to tell them you would also like the assurance of a Halal certification on your Pringles. Or does it matter to you? Are you content with reading the ingredients? You are the consumer, you have a say in it.

Jan 22, 2010 - 12:10:00 AM Read more

Pringles now Halal

Posted in: Asia, Halal Integrity, Food Manufacturing

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Malaysia – Procter & Gamble (P&G) has had its potato crisp brand Pringles certified by Malaysia's Halal authority JAKIM. All Pringles labels have started to carry the Halal logo from December 2009.


Jan 16, 2010 - 11:11:14 AM Read more

Campbells include Halal Food in their Food Bank Donations

Posted in: Canada, Food Manufacturing

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Campbell Company of Canada and Food Banks Canada today announced a comprehensive multi-year agreement that will support hunger relief across Canada through the donation of nutritious food, charitable funds, educational resources and other awareness and community programs.


Jan 13, 2010 - 3:45:40 AM Read more

Malaysia: AYS Plans To Penetrate Overseas Market With Food Products

Posted in: Asia, Food Manufacturing
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AYS Sdn Bhd, which produces the first microwaveable halal frozen ready-to-eat Malaysian meals under the Sri Kulai brand, hopes to penetrate the overseas market by middle of this year. Chief executive officer Liow Ren Jan said the company was looking at Dubai as its first overseas market due to the increasing demand there not only for halal food products but also for Malaysian food.

Jan 12, 2010 - 3:03:36 AM Read more

Capture halal food market, urges Mukhriz

Posted in: Asia, Food Manufacturing
MUAR: Malay entrepreneurs have been urged to emulate the business commitment of the non-Malays when venturing into the halal food industries.

Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir said logically, the Malays should be monopolising the halal food industry as it was synonymous with Islam.


Jan 9, 2010 - 10:15:40 PM Read more

Introducing Campbells Halal Certified Products in Canada

Posted in: Canada, The Americas, Food Manufacturing
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Campbells Halal Range


Campbells Canada launches a selection of Halal-certified products.

Dec 31, 2009 - 11:46:04 PM Read more

Muslims find more halal foods on European store shelves

Posted in: Germany, Europe, Retail, Food Manufacturing
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Interest is growing among companies that want to offer products for the Muslim market because trade in halal products is growing not only in Germany and Europe but worldwide, with Muslims projected to be 30 per cent of the world population by 2025. The largest halal markets are in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Middle East. In Europe, Germany, France and Britain are the largest.

Dec 30, 2009 - 3:45:02 AM Read more