Halal food gains ground

growing demand of population in Muslim-majority Kazakhstan

Meeting the growing demand of population in Muslim-majority Kazakhstan, Halal food industry has achieved huge successes over the past decade, with halal food entering the menus of Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

 Kazakhstan Halal Industry Association chairman Marat Sarsenbayev said that in the past 10 years, the consumption of halal food in the country had grown in tandem with the increase in the Muslim population.
While halal restaurants and cafes were scarce in the capital city of Astana 10 years ago, many have sprung up in recent years.

Halal food has made it as well into the main supermarkets which started offering different types of halal meat.
The number of halal food enterprises in Kazakhstan has grown by leaps and bounds – from only a paltry eight such businesses in 2005, the number swelled to 587 in 2012.