Halal issues in pastry and bakery products: the halal gatekeepers of bakery ingredients / Wan Rusni Wan Ismail... [et al.]

The bakery and pastry industry is one of the fastest growing “cottage” industries in Malaysia. Being a Muslim-majority country, halal is a very important factor in securing the market share. Unlike other ready-to-eat products which ingredients come from raw materials, most ingredients and additives...

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Main Authors: Wan Ismail, Wan Rusni, Ramli, Rafidah Aida, Mohd Zain, Zarifah, Abdullah, Hasniza, Zulkifli, Amirul Hakim, Azahar, Hanisah
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi Mara Cawangan Pulau Pinang 2020
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29229/1/29229.pdf
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author Wan Ismail, Wan Rusni
Ramli, Rafidah Aida
Mohd Zain, Zarifah
Abdullah, Hasniza
Zulkifli, Amirul Hakim
Azahar, Hanisah
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Ramli, Rafidah Aida
Mohd Zain, Zarifah
Abdullah, Hasniza
Zulkifli, Amirul Hakim
Azahar, Hanisah
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description The bakery and pastry industry is one of the fastest growing “cottage” industries in Malaysia. Being a Muslim-majority country, halal is a very important factor in securing the market share. Unlike other ready-to-eat products which ingredients come from raw materials, most ingredients and additives used in bakery and pastry industry are processed food components which raised the uncertainty on their halal status. Using qualitative semistructured interview, important findings have emerged pointing to somewhat serious issues pertaining to ambiguous ingredients in bakery and pastry application which requires immediate actions. A total of 12 pastry chefs were interviewed about their perception of the halal issue of baking ingredients. Results indicate strong awareness among the practitioners regarding the ambiguous ingredients in pastry and bakery products. However, the uncertainty and doubts of these ambiguous ingredients are often washed away by the trust they put in the ingredient’s suppliers, mentors and halal label on the packaging. Putting trust on other people in finding halal ingredients sounds positive and doubt-free. However, this might also lead us to becoming too complacent with what we use in pastry and bakery products without putting much effort to inspect the halal status of each ingredient we use. Recommendations to enlighten this matter require actions from all responsible parties including the chefs, suppliers, authority (JAKIM) as well as the end-user. This is also in accordance with the Islamic teaching which said that finding the halal food or things are the responsibilities of everyone.
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spelling uitm.eprints-92292020-04-07T18:17:49Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29229/ Halal issues in pastry and bakery products: the halal gatekeepers of bakery ingredients / Wan Rusni Wan Ismail... [et al.] ejssh Wan Ismail, Wan Rusni Ramli, Rafidah Aida Mohd Zain, Zarifah Abdullah, Hasniza Zulkifli, Amirul Hakim Azahar, Hanisah Food industry and trade. Halal food industry. Certification Malaysia The bakery and pastry industry is one of the fastest growing “cottage” industries in Malaysia. Being a Muslim-majority country, halal is a very important factor in securing the market share. Unlike other ready-to-eat products which ingredients come from raw materials, most ingredients and additives used in bakery and pastry industry are processed food components which raised the uncertainty on their halal status. Using qualitative semistructured interview, important findings have emerged pointing to somewhat serious issues pertaining to ambiguous ingredients in bakery and pastry application which requires immediate actions. A total of 12 pastry chefs were interviewed about their perception of the halal issue of baking ingredients. Results indicate strong awareness among the practitioners regarding the ambiguous ingredients in pastry and bakery products. However, the uncertainty and doubts of these ambiguous ingredients are often washed away by the trust they put in the ingredient’s suppliers, mentors and halal label on the packaging. Putting trust on other people in finding halal ingredients sounds positive and doubt-free. However, this might also lead us to becoming too complacent with what we use in pastry and bakery products without putting much effort to inspect the halal status of each ingredient we use. Recommendations to enlighten this matter require actions from all responsible parties including the chefs, suppliers, authority (JAKIM) as well as the end-user. This is also in accordance with the Islamic teaching which said that finding the halal food or things are the responsibilities of everyone. Universiti Teknologi Mara Cawangan Pulau Pinang 2020-01 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29229/1/29229.pdf Halal issues in pastry and bakery products: the halal gatekeepers of bakery ingredients / Wan Rusni Wan Ismail... [et al.]. (2020) ESTEEM Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/ESTEEM_Journal_of_Social_Sciences_and_Humanities/>, 4. pp. 160-170. ISSN 2600-7274 https://ejssh.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle Food industry and trade. Halal food industry. Certification
Malaysia
Wan Ismail, Wan Rusni
Ramli, Rafidah Aida
Mohd Zain, Zarifah
Abdullah, Hasniza
Zulkifli, Amirul Hakim
Azahar, Hanisah
Halal issues in pastry and bakery products: the halal gatekeepers of bakery ingredients / Wan Rusni Wan Ismail... [et al.]
title Halal issues in pastry and bakery products: the halal gatekeepers of bakery ingredients / Wan Rusni Wan Ismail... [et al.]
title_full Halal issues in pastry and bakery products: the halal gatekeepers of bakery ingredients / Wan Rusni Wan Ismail... [et al.]
title_fullStr Halal issues in pastry and bakery products: the halal gatekeepers of bakery ingredients / Wan Rusni Wan Ismail... [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Halal issues in pastry and bakery products: the halal gatekeepers of bakery ingredients / Wan Rusni Wan Ismail... [et al.]
title_short Halal issues in pastry and bakery products: the halal gatekeepers of bakery ingredients / Wan Rusni Wan Ismail... [et al.]
title_sort halal issues in pastry and bakery products the halal gatekeepers of bakery ingredients wan rusni wan ismail et al
topic Food industry and trade. Halal food industry. Certification
Malaysia
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29229/1/29229.pdf
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