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Four questions before you buy

Cosmetics, gym, medicine, kids. Each block is a procedure. It maps names to catalogue rows. It does not certify a product, and it is not a fatwa. Mashbooh means missing information, not haram.

Cosmetics

  1. What is the fat or wax? Lanolin is wool grease. Squalane is olive or shark. Stearic acid and glycerin are plant or animal. A vegan mark settles many of these. The word natural does not.
  2. What is the alcohol? Alcohol denat is the perfume/toner split. Phenoxyethanol is a different molecule. Do not treat them as one.
  3. Any animal protein? Collagen, keratin, snail mucin and carmine (E120) are source questions. Retinyl palmitate is a stub — insufficient evidence, not a yes.
  4. Is the parent code the same route? A parent code is not a silent ruling on a different manufacturing route. Ask for the INCI, not the front-of-pack claim.

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Gym and capsules

  1. Powder or shell? Creatine powder is not a creatine capsule. Gelatin, HPMC and pullulan are the shell. The powder has its own row.
  2. What is the lubricant? Magnesium stearate (E572) is vegetable, synthetic, or animal. A vegetarian capsule does not settle the powder.
  3. Which sweetener route? E960a is stevia leaf extract. E960b is fermentation and stays insufficient-evidence. E960c and E960d are not the leaf-extract row.
  4. What do you ask the brand? Species or feedstock, country of processing, and whether a certificate is for this SKU. A certificate is not a class ruling.

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Medicine

  1. Capsule shell? Gelatin follows the capsule row. E428 is the INS code for the same substance as gelatin/E441 — source-dependent, not a new verified label. HPMC and pullulan are different shells.
  2. Tablet polymer? E1210 carbomer is an EU/NI supplement thickener. Identity only. Insufficient evidence. E1211 is not on the FSA or EU list — do not invent it.
  3. Coating and colour? Shellac (E904) is scholarly disagreement. Carmine (E120) is the insect colour. Titanium dioxide is a separate row.
  4. Photograph rule A photo of a blister pack maps names. It does not certify the factory.

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Kids

  1. Gummy or jelly? Gelatin, including packs that print E428, wants species and slaughter. A vegetarian gummy is a different shell.
  2. Colour? Carmine and the Southampton colours are different questions. Natural colour is not a plant guarantee.
  3. Slush and glycerol? E422 glycerol in slush is a dose question for young children (FSA guidance) and a feedstock question. Neither is a fatwa.
  4. Shared fryer? A kids’ menu item can be a plate problem even when the ingredient row is fine.

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Parent codes match only the same substance. E960a does not rule E960b, E960c or E960d. A barcode maps ingredients. It is not a certificate.