Is it halal? Scan the barcode.
Point your phone at any packaged food and get a verdict in seconds: Halal, Doubtful or Not halal, with the exact ingredients that caused it and a one-line reason for each. No account, no app store, nothing uploaded.
Step by step
- Scan the barcode with your camera, or type the number under it.
- We look the product up in Open Food Facts and read its ingredient list.
- Every ingredient is checked against our rulings — pork, alcohol, gelatin, animal enzymes, carmine and more — and you see which ones matter.
What the verdicts mean
- Halal
- No ingredient on the label is known to come from pork, blood, alcohol or an uncertified animal source.
- Doubtful
- An ingredient could go either way — gelatin with no source, flavors that may use an alcohol carrier, enzymes of unknown origin. We show you which so you can decide.
- Not halal
- The label lists pork, blood, alcohol, or meat from an animal with no halal certification.
- Unknown
- We could not find the product, or could not read enough of its ingredients to say anything.
Questions
Is this a halal certification?
No. The app reads the ingredient list on the label and tells you what it finds. A certified halal logo from a recognized body is stronger evidence than any app, including this one.
Which products does it know?
Anything in Open Food Facts, a volunteer-run database of several million packaged foods. If a barcode is missing you can add the product there in a minute, and the app will read it on the next scan.
Which standard does it follow?
Zabiha. Meat from permitted animals (beef, chicken, lamb) and ingredients made from it, such as gelatin or broth, count as halal only when the product is halal-certified. Pork, blood and alcohol are never halal.
Does it work on iPhone?
Yes, in Safari, with no app-store install. Add it to your home screen for an app-like icon. Android Chrome works too and can turn on the flashlight.
Why is gelatin “doubtful”?
Gelatin can be made from pork, beef or fish, and labels rarely say which. Kosher gelatin is not automatically halal either. When the source is not stated, the app says Doubtful and shows you the ingredient so you can decide.
Product data from Open Food Facts (Open Database License; photos CC BY-SA). This app reads labels for you; it does not certify anything.