Recently I was alerted that jus roll pre-rolled pastry contains ethanol in the ingredients. The source of ethanol i.e synthetic or brewed is unclear. Is it permissible to consume such pastry once baked? If it is haram do you have to discard it or could you give to non-muslim freinds?
Thank you for contacting us to enquire about our Jus-Rol Chilled Puff Sheet 320g product.
We are most interested to learn of your nutritional request. Please be advised that the minimal quantity of alcohol in the Jus Rol Chilled Puff Sheet is added to the dough to maintain the shelf-life of the product. We would like to assure you that the percentage of alcohol present in this product is very low (approximately 1%), with the majority of the alcohol evaporating during cooking. Alternatively, you could use our Jus Rol Frozen Puff sheets or our All Butter range which currently do not contain any alcohol.
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Last Updated: 06/06/2014
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Ethanol is listed as an added ingredient in Jusrol pastry therefore we consider it Haraam.
A lot of other jus-rol products contain alcohol. If you check the ingredients although it states suitable for vegetarians, alcohol and not ethanol is clearly written in the ingredients.
Yeh I think that's the case, because someone bought me the croissants ready to bake...that normally stays in fridge section....and it clearly had alcohol written in the ingredients.
As its Ramdhan many families are busy making food. Please be aware that some varies of 'Jus Rol' pastry contains ethanol (Alcohol) and is not permissable (Haram), please be careful when buying.
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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