Papa John's® Cheese & Vegetarian Pizzas! Halal!

Pizza becomes doubtful because of the following reasons:

• Whey derived by animal enzyme (rennet) for the crust
• Cheese obtained by animal enzyme (rennet) 
• Haram meat
• Cross contamination by Haram meat due to the same pizza slicer used by the employees for all pizzas

The FAQ's on Papa John's website:

ENZYMES USED

"A majority of our products contain biosynthesized (artificially made) and/or vegetable-derived enzymes. Our Mozzarella cheese does NOT contain animal derived enzymes. The enzymes are from a microbial source (bacteria are used as like in yogurt production).

However, the cheese blend used on our Tuscan Six Cheese Pizza contains animal-derived enzymes.

Our hand-tossed original pizza dough contains fungal or bacterial derivatives.

Our garlic sauce contains lactic acid, which is not classified as an animal derivative since it is the result of microbiological fermentation of lactobacillus sp. bacteria (the natural bacteria used in making yogurt). Our Blue Cheese, Cheese sauce, Parmesan sauce and Ranch DO contain animal derived enzymes. Papa John's Parmesan cheese packets contain microbial (bacteria) enzymes."

Papa John's FAQ's: http://www.papajohns.com/faqs/index.shtm

CONCLUSIONS:

• Papa John's cheese pizza is HALAL
• Papa John's vegetarian pizza is HALAL
• Garlic sauce is HALAL
• Parmesan Cheese Packets are HALAL

NOTE: 

Ask the employee/server to wash the pizza slicer before your eyes to avoid cross contaminants. Or ask them not to slice the pizza and slice it yourself!