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What is the ruling on eating chocolate that contains a percentage of insects, such as cockroaches, and does the rule of "the غالب (predominant) is halal" apply to it?

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has denied rumors regarding the presence of cockroach particles in chocolate, affirming that insects are not attracted to cocoa beans. As for some colors and dyes extracted from insects and added to sweets, such as "Red 40," they are permissible Islamically () because these substances undergo chemical and physical reactions that completely alter their structure (istihala), transforming them into a new, pure, and permissible substance. This change affects the legal ruling, as istihala purifies and renders permissible. This also applies to other added substances extracted from impermissible sources, if they transform into a new substance through istihala.

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