Verdicts

Every product gets two separate answers, one for halal and one for health. We never combine them into one score.

Verdict	What it means	What to do
Halal	Nothing of concern that we are aware of, or every doubt has been cleared by accepted evidence.	Enjoy. See the health score for the nutrition side.
Halal · small doubt	The only question left is a possible trace of alcohol used to carry a flavor. Nothing on the label shows it is there, and a doubt like this doesn't cancel what is permissible, so the product counts as halal. A halal certificate, or the maker confirming there's no alcohol and no animal source, makes it fully halal. BBQ chips with natural flavors are Doubtful · low, because the flavor could be made from meat. Fruit snacks with natural flavors are Halal · small doubt, because meat is very unlikely and only a trace of carrier alcohol is possible. Artificial flavors are Halal · small doubt in any product, sweet or savory. By law they aren't made from animals, so the only question is a trace of alcohol used to carry the flavor.	Enjoy, or choose a certified product if you want to be extra careful. Natural flavors
Doubtful · low	Something might be from an animal or might contain alcohol, but it isn't known to. The ruling returns to permissibility, though it's better to avoid.	Check What would clear this, or ask the brand.
Doubtful · high	Meat, or an ingredient known to be from an animal, certified by an agency whose policy allows machine slaughter or a killing stun. Those methods are haram, but this product might have been hand slaughtered; that possibility is the only reason it isn't marked Haram. Doubtful meat is not permissible to eat. Also kosher beef and veal from countries whose law requires a stun right after the cut, brewed soy sauce sold as the product, a vanilla or other flavor extract whose listed ingredients include no alcohol, and a few ingredients Darul Fatwa hasn't ruled on, such as shellac.	Avoid, unless a certifier that meets our standard or the brand confirms otherwise.
Haram	Pork, blood, wine or alcohol added to food; vanilla and other flavor extracts, which are made in alcohol; alcohol in cosmetics; machine-slaughtered meat; meat or an animal ingredient with no halal certification; carmine and other insects eaten as food.	Avoid. We show halal alternatives.
Unknown	We don't have the ingredients yet, or only unreviewed contributions.	Help us add it: snap the label.
Scholars differ	Shown next to any verdict, whatever its color, when the schools of Islamic law differ on an ingredient in the product. The verdict follows Darul Fatwa's school (Shafi^iyy); the note says what the other schools hold. For example, shrimp is Halal with the note “The Hanafiyy school permits only fish”. It is also shown on meat that may have been stunned, because some authorities, including halal.ua (2015), reject electrical stunning entirely; the verdict follows Darul Fatwa.	Nothing, unless you follow another school: then read the note and ask a scholar you trust.

Likely halal · AI-checked, awaiting review

Sometimes a product is Doubtful (low) only because an ingredient isn't in our list yet. When you open such a result, our own AI (running on our own computer, not a cloud service) looks at each unrecognized ingredient and says what it is. If every one is a description rather than an ingredient (such as “first cold pressed”), water, a mineral or a plant, the AI is highly confident, and nothing else in the product is in doubt, you see Likely halal with a dashed outline and an “AI-checked” tag, and the AI's explanation under each ingredient.

It is not a verdict. It never uses the Halal badge, it is never stored, shared or shown in search or alternatives, and it never applies to anything that might be from an animal or contain alcohol: flavorings, enzymes and emulsifiers, colors, or anything the AI is unsure about keep the verdict exactly as our rules give it, with the AI's note as extra information only. Every AI classification goes to our team for review; once approved, the ingredient joins our dictionary (listed, dated, on What changed) and the verdict becomes a confirmed one.

From your photo · not yet verified

When you photograph a label, you see our standard applied to the ingredients you photographed straight away, marked “From your photo · not yet verified”. It can say Halal, for you only: it stays on your device. Everyone else keeps seeing the current result.

A label becomes the public result only when at least 3 different people have photographed the same ingredients list, and our system, reading each photo itself, agrees (the barcode in the photo matches, and nothing in it tries to trick the reader). Meat still needs a halal certifier that meets our standard: photos only prove what the label says.

Slaughter badges on meat

Hand slaughter confirmed	Certified hand slaughter by a Muslim, and the animal died from the cut.
Hand slaughter · kitabiyy possible	Accepted under Darul Fatwa's position; shown so you always know.
Stunning possible	The certifier's policy allows a stun that may kill the animal, which is haram. This animal may not have been stunned that way, so it's shown as Doubtful · high rather than Haram.
Machine slaughter possible	The certifier's policy allows machine slaughter, which is haram. This product might have been hand slaughtered, so it's shown as Doubtful · high rather than Haram.
Not confirmed	No certification we can verify.

Medicine

Medicine never shows a bare “Haram”. You'll see a medicine note: what it contains, that rulings of necessity (darurah) may apply, and that you shouldn't stop or change a medication without consulting a trustworthy Muslim doctor who knows your case.

Who counts as a trustworthy doctor?

Muslim
Upright (^adl): avoids major sins, doesn't persist in minor ones, truthful
Knowledgeable about the religious rulings that apply
Qualified and skilled in the relevant field
Knows your case
Same gender where possible, unless necessity requires otherwise