Is this recipe halal?
Paste any recipe or a link to one. In a second you’ll see which ingredients are haram, which are doubtful, and which just need halal-certified sourcing, plus the swap that makes each one halal.
Questions
How does the halal recipe checker work?
It reads each ingredient line and checks it against HalalCook’s halal rulebook — 28 rules covering pork and pork-derived products, alcohol (wine, spirits, beer, mirin, sake, Shaoxing, extracts), gelatin, rennet, insect-derived colourants, additives such as E471 and E920, blood, and meat or stock that needs halal sourcing. Each flagged ingredient shows why it was flagged and the halal swap for it.
Is cooking with wine halal if the alcohol burns off?
No. Adding wine intentionally makes the dish haram even when cooked, according to the consensus of the four madhabs. Vinegar is the exception: red wine, white wine and sherry vinegar are halal, because the alcohol has fully turned into acetic acid.
What does mushbooh mean?
Mushbooh means doubtful. It covers ingredients that may or may not be halal depending on their source, such as gelatin, animal rennet in hard cheeses, and vanilla extract made with alcohol. The checker flags them so you can check the label or choose the halal alternative.
Is this a halal certification or a fatwa?
No. It is an automated check against a published rulebook, meant to help you spot problem ingredients quickly. It does not certify a product or replace a qualified scholar. Where the schools of thought differ, as with shellfish in the Hanafi madhab, the checker tells you so rather than picking a side.
Want the reasoning behind a specific ruling? Read cooking with wine, gelatin, mirin and rennet in hard cheese.