Pork & Porcine Derivatives
pork, porcine, pig, swine, lard, pork fat, porcine fat, pork gelatine, pork gelatin, porcine gelatine, porcine gelatin, pork collagen, porcine collagen, pork broth, pork stock, pork extract, pork protein, porcine protein, pork rind, pork skin
What it is
Pork and ingredients explicitly derived from pigs, including lard, porcine gelatine or collagen, fats, proteins, stocks, extracts, rind and skin.
Why BOTIA flags it
When a label declares pork or an explicitly porcine derivative, the source is already known: there is no uncertainty to resolve. What can be missed are names that not everyone immediately recognises as pig-derived — lard, porcine gelatine, porcine collagen or porcine protein. By contrast, generic ingredients such as gelatine, collagen, animal fat or E471 may be animal-derived without showing that they came from pigs. Codex explicitly lists pigs and boars, together with their products and derivatives, among the sources excluded from foods carrying a halal claim.
BOTIA CAN
- Detect explicit pork, porcine, pig, swine, lard and other clearly pig-derived terms when they are declared.
- Distinguish a confirmed porcine declaration from generic animal-origin terms whose species remains unknown.
BOTIA CANNOT
- Infer pork from a generic ingredient such as gelatine, collagen, animal fat or E471 unless the species or porcine origin is declared.
- Make a religious determination for an individual; BOTIA can show the declared porcine origin and what the cited Codex standard says.