BASF now offers 145 ingredients for personal and home care products which have been certified to the international halal standard HAS 23000.
Along the entire process strict guidelines for raw material purchasing, manufacturing, filling, warehousing, and transport are followed to ensure product purity in compliance with Islamic law. In order to gain the halal certification for its products, Illertissen and Düsseldorf – BASF’s largest production site for personal care ingredients – successfully underwent four audits.
BASF’s portfolio of halal ingredients ranges from sugar-based surfactants, pearlisers, emollients and protein derivatives for personal care applications – such as facial cleansers or baby bubble baths – to detergent and cleaning agents, and raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry. These ingredients have been approved by Halal Control, Russelsheim, or the Halal Food Council of Europe, Brussels, which are both recognised by the Indonesian Council of Ulama (Majelis Ulama Indonesia) – a major umbrella association of Islamic quality management organisations.
