Cochineal

This ingredient is found in so many foods, especially sweets. This is HARAM, but it makes you wonder why they use such ingredients. Its basically a colour!

http://www.foodguide.org.uk/?page=viewquestion&id=167

The cochineal (/kɒtʃɨˈniːl/ koch-i-neel or /ˈkɒtʃɨniːl/ koch-i-neel; Dactylopius coccus) is a scale insect in the suborderSternorrhyncha, from which the crimson-coloured natural dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessile parasite native to tropical and subtropical South America and Mexico, this insect lives on cacti in the genus Opuntia, feeding on plant moisture and nutrients.

The insect produces carminic acid that deters predation by other insects. Carminic acid, typically 17–24% of dried insects' weight, can be extracted from the body and eggs, then mixed with aluminium or calcium salts to make carmine dye, also known as cochineal.^[1] Carmine is today primarily used as a food colouring and for cosmetics, especially as a lipstick colouring.

The carmine dye was used in Central America in the 15th century for colouring fabrics and became an important exportgood during the colonial period. After synthetic pigments and dyes such as alizarin were invented in the late 19th century, natural-dye production gradually diminished. Health fears over artificial food additives, however, have renewed the popularity of cochineal dyes, and the increased demand has made cultivation of the insect profitable again,^[2] withPeru being the largest exporter. In Mexico, some towns in the state of Oaxaca are still working in handmade textiles.^[3]

Other species in the genus Dactylopius can be used to produce cochineal extract, but they are extremely difficult to distinguish from D. coccus, even for expert taxonomists, and the latter scientific name (and the vernacular "cochineal insect") is therefore commonly used when one is actually referring to other biological species. The primary biological distinctions between species are minor differences in host plant preferences, in addition to very different geographic distributions.

Haraam
Cadbury 5 Turkish Delight Cake Bars (seasonal)  (cochineal)
Cadbury 6 Double Chocolate Mini Rolls   (cochineal)
Cadbury 6, 10 Jam Mini Rolls   (cochineal)

Haraam:

TIC TAC LIME/ORANGE - (Contains cochineal)
TIC TAC ORANGE  (Contains cochineal)
TIC TAC CHERRY PASSION (Contains cochineal)

NOTE: Some of the Tic Tacs are Halal, so you will have to check the ingredients first.

Carmine: Hanafi School:

www.foodguide.org.uk/?page=viewquestion&id=230

Carmine in lipsticks is not permissible. The use of carmine in lipsticks, more commonly known as C.I. 75470 in the cosmetic industry is impermissible.  This is because there is the risk of licking the lips or somehow swallowing the carmine.

Carmine: Maliki School:

seekershub.org/ans-blog/2013/09/15/eating-foods-with-dye-...

Eating insects according to the Maliki school is permissible but that is with a condition. The condition is that the insects were killed with an intention of making them fit for consumptions (dhakat), much like the slaughtering of a sheep or cow. [Khalil, Al-Mukhtasar] The production of Carmine, by collecting the Cochineal insects and soaking them in hot water, does not seem to fit the conditions of making them fit for consumption. The collecting process is to produce a dye that is used in the food and non-food industries. It does not seem that they are intending only making the insects fit for consumption.

Carmine: Shaf'ae School:

seekershub.org/ans-blog/2017/03/08/cochineal-red-dye-inse...

The position of our scholars here in the Cape, and consequently that of the Muslim Judicial Council is that cochineal is not Halal and that consumers should refrain from it, and Allah knows best.

Carmine: Hanbali School:

Pending...

Carmine: Dhahiri

www.islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=showfatwa&O...

If this ingredient is as we found out extracted from cochineal beetle, which is dried before being ground, then it is unlawful to consume it because it is unlawful to eat insects according to the majority of scholars for they are abhorrent and the normal person is disgusted with them.