Snacks, candy and pantry
Is Funyuns halal?
Funyuns makes no halal claim; Frito-Lay lists Funyuns Onion Flavored Rings as made without pork enzymes.
The longer answer
Frito-Lay's consumer FAQ (checked October 2026) says many of the cheeses in its seasonings are made with animal enzymes and suggests that people who want to avoid them steer clear of snacks listing cheese as an ingredient. Frito-Lay also publishes a list titled "U.S. Products Made Without Pork (Porcine) Enzymes". We read the archived copy from October 5, 2025 (list dated January 8, 2025) because the live page returned an error. The list says pork enzymes are used to develop the cheese in some of its cheese seasonings and that it names "some Frito-Lay snacks that do not contain pork enzymes". It does not say the snacks are halal, and it does not say that enzymes from other animals are absent. The Funyuns entries on that copy are Onion Flavored Rings and Baked Onion Flavored Rings. Other Funyuns flavors are not on that copy, so they are not confirmed either way.
What to check before you order
Read the ingredient list for the flavor you are buying, and look it up on Frito-Lay's kosher list, which the company says covers snacks free of animal enzymes and flavors.
How we decide
We only report what the company or its certifier has said publicly, and we link to it below. We do not test food, and we do not take a brand’s word from a single franchise. If a location tells you something different from this page, trust the location and tell us.