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Halal Sugar In Japan

6/22/2020

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Sugar has played an important role throughout human history and continues to enrich people’s lives. It comes in different shapes and forms including white soft sugar, granulated and liquid or syrup sugars, with usage from cooking to confectionery to medicine.

​The process of refining sugar usually utilizes bone char from animals, a method which is not compliant with Islamic dietary laws. As a Muslim or a vegan living in Japan, where you can find sugar without animal by-products?

Halal Sugar In Japan - ハラール砂糖

Halal Sugar In Japan (Burnt bone-free)

Generally, refineries filter sugar through burnt and powdered cattle bones known as bone char, in a process that puts many including Muslims and vegans off refined sugar products. The bone char is used for the removal of pigments, ash and other impurities in the sugar.

In Japan the demand for sugar has decreased due to consumers in a society with good health knowledge, as becoming more educated about some of the sweetener’s adverse health effects. Despite the decreased domestic sale which is also the result of population decline, the growing number of Muslim visitors and residents in Japan has drawn attention to a need for more Halal and Muslim-friendly options at food service establishments and supermarkets.

In 2018, Mitsui Sugar Company eliminated bone char from the refining process in 10 of their Fukuoka refinery units. This step not only made the products suitable for Muslims and vegan’s consumption, it provided the opportunity to export, as the global demand for Halal products are growing rapidly.

Even though the change has cost the company around 850,000,000 yen, but the new method of filtration (the use of activated carbon), has reduced sugar production cost by about 100,000,000 yen per year; a reason all by itself, to prompt others in the sugar production sector to follow the banner. ( Watch A YouTube Video )


Where To Buy

According to Mitsui Sugar Company, Fukuoka Factories’ products can be purchased in some of local supermarkets, and in part from their online shop.

The products from Fukuoka factories are labeled as "福岡工場" (Fukuoka kōjō = Fukuoka Factory), on the back of the product; the two links below:
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Muslim-Friendly Sugar In Japan
  • White Soft Sugar
  • Brown Soft Sugar

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Other products that do not contain animal-derived raw materials are as follows:

  • Okinawa Powdered Sugar Cane
  • Okinawa Yanbaru Sugar
  • Hokkaido Beet Sugar
  • Okinawa Brown Sugar


Some of Mitsui sugar and other manufacturers' products can also be purchased at Rakuten Ichiba in packages with bigger quantities and slightly cheaper prices, which are usually sold with free shipping:

  • Okinawa Powdered Sugar Cane
  • Okinawa Yanbaru Sugar
  • Okinawa Yanbaru Sugar Lumps
  • Okinawa Brown Sugar
  • Hokkaido Okhotsk Beet Granule Sugar

Sources
  • Japanese Sugar Firm Mitsui Invests $7.6m In Halal Production Drive​
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2 Comments
Dede
6/3/2022 10:34:59

Assalamualaikum,
I would like to know this is halal or not
https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/B0052GKD4U/ref=sr_1_12?keywords=%E6%B2%B3%E5%90%88%E8%A3%BD%E8%96%AC&qid=1654219588&sr=8-12

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Halal In Japan
6/3/2022 11:29:17

Please take a look at our Facebook photo albums (link below); you may find what you are looking for.

https://www.facebook.com/halalJP/photos/?tab=album&ref=page_internal

If the item you are looking for is not in our Facebook albums, it is not checked yet.

The items on our lists are selected and checked by "halaljapan Facebook’s admin and his team". You can search their page and/or send them clear photos of the product (front, back "ingredients and contact number and barcode"), and ask your questions (link below). They usually check items that are used daily by many people.

https://www.facebook.com/107347891439952/posts/134154998759241/?d=n

Halal Japan has a mobile app, a Halal food identifier, that you can download. Click on the link below for more details:

https://www.halalinjapan.com/blog/halal-japan-mobile-app

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