Sirop de Liège is now Halal

[abcd123]

They did that to export the product, it is necessary to have a halal label to export food to muslim countries.

I don't deny that,but still.Put that goddamned label on the export batches and that's it!

[Lawalye]

It is just a label that will allow this product to find a place in Arabic, Indonesian and other Muslim countries market. People who boycot are just Islamophobic morrons. Every product is Halal except the one that is Haram, so if you want to stop drinking Halal water, put alcohol in it, if you want your chocolate to stop being Halal, put pork in it...

There are alcohol in the syrup, there are also alcohol in small amounts in a fresh fruit.

[Mraz]

Yes but put a halal label, it means also that they legitimize Islam.

It is obviously clear that the product has always been halal.

They could just make a package for the export and keep the original one for the domestic market if it can avoid the polemic.
It is marketing, Muslims are consumers and are targeted for their money. I doubt the concept of Halal beer and champagne comes from a Muslim mind, same for most of those Halalisation ideas.

[Tchek]

To boost exportation or to boost local consumption?