M&M’s Are Not Halal In Some Countries And One Twitter Account Simply Won’t Accept The Information
This weekend the news that M&Ms are not halal in some countries broke.
And to say people were ripping is an understatement.
It started with a brief response from the M&M’S UK Twitter account stating, ‘M&M’s are not suitable for a Halal diet.’
Hi, thanks for getting in touch. M&M’s are not suitable for a Halal diet. We use additives that come from animal products when we’re making M&M’s and traces of these can be found in the sweets. Kind regards
— M&M’s UK (@mmsuk) February 13, 2019
They then cleared things up by announcing CERTAIN countries do have halal M&M’s and it’s mentioned on the packaging
We sell quality products all over the world & seek to meet our consumers’ needs in each market where we operate. In some countries, this includes certifying our products as Halal. Where we have Halal-certified products, this is indicated on the product packaging.
— M&M’S (@mmschocolate) February 20, 2019
Twitter is doing the most with tweets hoping to unsee the whole thing
— ZRTsunade 賭???? (@Zrt_20) March 19, 2019
Like it’s not even happening
While others are simply NOT accepting the news
A Twitter account using the handle ‘Muslim Matters’ has pretty much said ‘thanks, but no thanks for the info’. The account stated ‘it is also not appropriate for M&M to determine halal standards without referring to Muslim scholars’ and in a follow up tweet demanded a full ingredients list from the world-famous confectionary brand.
Dear @mmsuk
We appreciate your concern for Muslim consumers regarding halal diets.However, just like you cannot determine kosher for Jews (has to be rabbinical determination), it is also not appropriate for M&M to determine halal standards without referring to Muslim scholars
— MuslimMatters (@MuslimMatters) March 21, 2019
People wish the question had never been asked
Why did u have to ask ! pic.twitter.com/VgaPGjef5A
— Amna.G.A (@Amna_G_A) March 22, 2019
The news you can’t unread
M&M’S are haram in some countries and the controversy is not going to die down and anytime soon.
— ZRTsunade 賭???? (@Zrt_20) March 19, 2019