International Journal of Halal Research

Detoxification of Jojoba Meal Simmondsin by Production of Its Protein Isolates as a Protein Source in Food Applications

2024-09-07T11:04:27+00:00

Jojoba meal is a byproduct after oil extraction and serves as an excellent source of protein. Nevertheless, the meal's presence of toxic factor simmondsin as a cyanogenic glycoside restricted its application and made the researchers seek alternative methods for its detoxification. Jojoba protein isolates were prepared by alkaline extraction at different pHs 8, 9, and 10 (JPI 8, JPI 9, JPI 10) followed by isoelectric precipitation as a procedure for detoxification of jojoba meal from simmondsin and produce safe food-grade functional ingredient (jojoba protein isolate JPI) available to use in many industrial applications. The highest protein yield (83.21%) was recorded in protein isolates extracted at pH 9 (JPI 9) with the highest protein content at 91.15%.Simmondsin content ( mg /kg ) in jojoba meal is 278.79, 5.64 in JPI8, 2.27 in JPI9, and 1.97 in JPI 10. JPI 9 achieved high levels of isoleucine, lysine, cysteine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and threonine. High chemical protein scores in JPI 9 at 156.98 and 109.01 for threonine, phenylalanine, and tyrosine.The results revealed that JPI9 achieved the highest level and the yield of essential and nonessential amino acids it was used in enriched the biscuit with different levels (5- 10 and 15%) to produce high protein biscuit functional product as one of industrial applications

Halal Literacy on Islamic Branding and Advertising in The Interest of Halal Product Consumption in High School Student Society

2024-09-07T11:04:13+00:00

Community service with the international abdimas scheme was carried out to increase the awareness of the school student partner group. Empowering partner groups to increase knowledge and understanding of halal literacy in terms of recognizing and being able to verify halal products, especially for products that have elements of Islamic branding and advertising. The benefit obtained from this service activity is to increase the active role of partners as Muslim consumers in monitoring product consumption at school. The implementation did in several stages: identification, socialization, and implementation. Training in order to improve halal literacy on products that have elements of Islamic branding and Islamic advertising will be delivered through several materials including halal literacy regarding halal and thoyyib principles. The role of religiosity in the importance of halal awareness in choosing halal products, verification of products that contain elements of Islamic branding and advertising, halal food additives and the importance of halal certification. The results of the activity show that the partner group already understands the importance of halal products and is able to distinguish halal products, although there was still error in choosing a product because of writing halal word in Arabic letter. The level of understanding of halal literacy is not universal, grade 6 primary students have a significantly lower understanding than grade 5 and grade 4.

Islamic Finance is Gaining Momentum Around the World

2024-09-07T11:03:59+00:00

Most people still have little understanding and information about how Islamic banking system works. Misconceptions drive people to think that there is no real difference between Islamic banking and the traditional financial system. The root of the issue, in author’s humble opinion, simply lies with the fact that people don’t differentiate between such concepts as “riba” and “ribh” in terms of how they are formed. This article explains the essence and nature of the formation of these two concepts, while also presenting some insights that might serve as justifications for forbidding the practice of “riba” and gives a list of Shariah requirements for the most common Islamic finance product – Murabaha.