Posted on 02/22/2008 1:54:02 PM PST by forkinsocket
Furious Muslims have heavily criticised Walkers crisps after it emerged that certain varieties of the manufacturer's products contain trace elements of alcohol.
Some crisp types use minute amounts of alcohol as a chemical agent to extract certain flavours.
The report in Asian newspaper Eastern Eye, highlights concerns raised by shopkeeper Besharat Rehman, who owns a halal supermarket in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Mr Rehman told the paper: "A customer informed us that Sensations Thai Sweet Chilli and Doritos Chilli Heat Wave are not on Walkers' alcohol-free list. Our suppliers were unaware of this.
"Even if it is a trace amount of alcohol, Walkers should make it clear on the packaging so that the customer can make an informed choice.
"I feel frustrated and angry. I have let my customers down simply because such a big company like Walkers is not sensitive to Muslim needs.
"Many of them were my daughter's favourite crisps. As soon as I found out about the alcohol in them, I called home to ask my wife to throw out all the packets.”
Shuja Shafi, who chairs the food standards committee of the Muslim Council of Britain, said that he intended to investigate. "Certainly we would find it very offensive to have eaten food with alcohol."
Masood Khawaja, of the Halal Food Authority, said that this was not the first time the issue had been raised with Walkers.
"They should have looked into the matter and solved it instead of hiding behind labelling regulations. It does not matter what percentage of alcohol is involved.
"Besides Muslims, there are a lot of teetotal people who would not like to consume alcohol in any form. As far as possible we try and lobby for halal symbols on popular products like Kellogg's cereals.
"But we have always told Muslims to check the contents list even if a product is marked suitable for vegetarians. But to not mention it on the packaging is unfair.”
However, a spokesperson for Walkers said that trace amounts of alcohol in crisps or bread are believed to be permissible for Muslims.
"We do not add alcohol to our products. However, ethyl alcohol may be present in trace amounts in a very small number of our flavours.
"It is used as a carrying agent for flavourings, and is found in many common food and drink products.
"Foods like bread can also contain the same or higher trace amounts due to fermentation. "We are aware of the concerns from some Muslim consumers about the appropriateness of specific ingredients. We take the concerns of our consumers extremely seriously.
"In previous assessments by Muslim scholars, foods and drinks that contain trace amounts of ethyl alcohol have been confirmed as permissible for Muslim consumption because of both the fact that the ingredient does not bear its original qualities and does not change the taste, colour or smell of the product, and its very low level."
Don’t friggin’ eat them.
Problem solved.
Next......
Sorry, no virgins for any Muslim who has been eating Doritos. Tough luck.
Ritual obsessive compulsive disorder.
That's exactly what you should do as a practicing Moslem. Now shut the hell up.
Try the Pork Rinds instead.
Boo
Hoo
So what? We all know Muslims drink like fish and frequent stripbars as much as they can get away with. This Holier-Than-Thou act is stupid. Hells Bells, Mad Mo was a murdering child-molesting rapist, so what makes these ragheads believe we think anything less of them in the first place??
But:
it’s ok to kill your daughter for talking to another human
It’s ok to cut off heads
It’s ok to treat your wife as a slave
It’s ok to treat the family dog better than a woman
SUBHUMAN MENTAL PATIENTS!
What do they do about yeast breads?
Grow up.
The world is full of icky things like women, cartoons, dogs, free speech, and alcohol. They aren’t going away just because you can't deal with them.
I guess that fruit is right out then because if a little bit of yeast lands on it and starts fermenting just a little you'll get alcohol.
And speaking of yeast, bread is out too because the yeast which causes it to rise isn't just producing carbon dioxide. It is producing alcohol, most of which boils off during cooking, but you can never be too careful.
With that said virtually EVERYTHING contains alcohol as it is part of the break down of sugars and startches. All fruits and vegetables contain alcohol, all breads do. I am unsure if meats and dairy do, but I would bet it is in there.
Beer is liquid bread.
I feel so much better. After all the stories of muslims cutting off the heads of little girls on the way to Christian school, slashing the necks of hostages, stoning women to death, blowing up innocent civilians, murdering high school girls in "honor" killings, making fools of themselves over catroons, and on and on-- I was beginning to think muslims were without a social conscience. We have found an issue that gets them all upset--trace alcohol in a snack.
Just a bunch of turd retards.
Well, too late now; they’re all going to hell. No exceptions.
They are seeing how far they can push and they have had little to no resistance. Same in America.
What they see from the West is nothing but accommodation and appeasement. (each time I even write about this subject here at FR I want to scream! - Dear Fellow FReepers - I live in a Muslim majority country - Please listen tot what I say!!! How are you people so F*&KING STUPID? - F*#KING FOOT BASINS IN THE AIRPORTS???!!!)
They will continue to chip away at all they can until the West grows a spine and says "NO MORE"
But at this point I've given up on both America and Britain - I really believe that PC has both countries in a stranglehold and that it is not possible to break free.
So now in England they want to whine about potato chips - I say good on them. ON YOUR KNEES ENGLAND!
Orange juice contains trace amounts of alcohol.
Indeed, pretty much anything with sugar in it has alcohol in it, at some level.
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