Cream Cheese

Halal status: Source dependent

Cream cheese, a soft cheese made by curdling milk and cream, which may be done with rennet from an animal's stomach. Authorities differ on rennet from an animal that was not slaughtered the Islamic way: SANHA and MUIS say the cheese is then not permissible, while IIFA's 2018 answer and IslamQA say it is. IIFA and MUIS say rennet from pigs is haram. The stricter view is shown. A halal mark on the pack settles it.

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