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From: kolling@erda.dec.COM (Karen Kolling)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: pepsi haraam
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.133359.12151@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 25 Jan 91 13:33:59 GMT
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In article <1991Jan21.023000.9393@nntp-server.caltech.edu>,
ut-emx!blais@emx.utexas.edu (Donald Blais) writes:
> 
> In article <1991Jan19.063346.14368@wpi.WPI.EDU>
raza@cs.heriot-watt.ac.uk (Z. Raza Hussain) writes:
> >a friend informed me yesterday that the well known soft drink pepsi
> >(sold all over the world) is indeed haraam - this is because it's
> >supposed to contain PEPSIN (pigs blood?).
> 
> Pepsin is a digestive enzyme (not blood) found in the stomach.  It can
> be obtained from the stomachs of hogs for use as a digestive aid.  The
> Pepsi company may be willing to tell you whether it is an ingredient.
> Tarantula hawk spider wasps (Pepsis) are not a likely ingredient :-).



Pepsi says years ago there was (hence the name, Pepsi), but there
hasn't been for many years.  Nice to know, given Coca Cola's record with
regard to cooperation with South Africa, etc.