Tootsie Rolls Halal Again

Just heard back from Tootsie Roll that all Tootsie Roll product except “Junior Mints” are OK for Muslims and Vegetartian (not Vegan).

I previously reported them using pork rennet to make the whey used in their products. Now they use microbial rennet and are now kosher certified.

Thank you Tootsie Roll Industries for letting us enjoy our favorite candy again.

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From: Andrews, Susan <@tootsie-roll.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:09 AM
Subject: RE: TRI Website - Contact Request
To: Ali Rizvi

The rennet is microbial.  Tootsie Rolls are under kosher 
certification now.

Thanks for the interest.




From: Ali Rizvi
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 6:18 PM
To: Andrews,  Susan
Cc: Ali Rizvi
Subject: Re: TRI Website - Contact Request

One more quick clarification, are you using microbial rennet
now for producing the whey in your products.

When I checked last time Tootsie Roll whey was being produced 
using pig rennet.

Thank you for your quick response.

Regards,
Ali

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Andrews,  Susan <@tootsie-roll.com> wrote:

Ali, thank you for contacting us.  Only Junior Mints contain pork based gelatin.
All our other products do not contain any animal product.

We hope this helps.




From: Ali Rizvi
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 1:56 PM
To: @tootsie-roll.com
Subject: TRI Website - Contact Request

Name Ali Rizvi
Title
Organization
Company Halalist
Address
City Seattle
State WA
Zip
Phone 2066514254

Question Dear Tootsie Roll People, I would like to know which of your
product use animal based ingredients. Following a halal diet I am not 
concern with Milk, Egg or Honey but care about any products using other 
animal ingredients. I have heard that some of the tootsie products have 
animal derived ingredients. A comprehensive list of products with and without
 animal products (including which ingredient is derived from animal) would be 
really helpful. I would like to resume consumption of my favorite tootsie product 
for myself, my children and our community members and would love to clear up 
any confusion on my blog. Hope for your prompt response.

Regards,
Ali Rizvi