The short answer
Kraft Heinz is DOUBTFUL in ZakatInvest's qualitative classification, while the current quantitative financial ratios pass and the prohibited-revenue screen remains INCOMPLETE. Debt is 25.76% of assets, liquidity is 4.99%, receivables plus cash are 6.84%, and disclosed interest income is 0.69% of quarterly revenue. The retained qualitative concern is Oscar Mayer and other pork-product exposure.
This is a reproducible research screen, not a fatwa or investment recommendation. Readers should apply their school's principles and consult a qualified scholar for a binding ruling.
Current quantitative Sharia screen
Based on 10-Q figures for the period ended 2026-03-28; calculated 2026-07-13.
21,133 / 82,046
4,091 / 82,046
5,614 / 82,046
42 / 6,047
- Financial
- Pass
- Overall
- Incomplete
Debt is 25.76%, liquidity is 4.99%, receivables plus cash are 6.84%, and disclosed interest income is 0.69%; the examined financial ratios pass, but the filing does not quantify a prohibited-revenue numerator and the qualitative pork-product concern remains for scholar review.
- Financial
- Pass
- Overall
- Incomplete
The examined total-assets financial ratios pass, but the filing does not quantify a prohibited-revenue numerator; disclosed pork-product categories keep the qualitative conclusion incomplete. This is not an index-membership claim.
- Financial
- Pass
- Overall
- Incomplete
Debt and identifiable cash and marketable securities are below the examined Malaysia SAC financial limits, but the filing does not quantify prohibited product revenue and the pork-product concern requires qualitative review. This is not an official SAC classification of a U.S.-listed security.
- Financial
- Not calculated
- Overall
- Not calculated
A properly licensed and reproducible historical market-cap series is not stored, so these methods are not estimated from a current spot price.
Business-activity disclosure
Kraft Heinz manufactures packaged foods and condiments, a permissible activity category in general. Its portfolio also includes pork-product exposure through Oscar Mayer and other meat categories, which is a binding qualitative concern under stricter Sharia views.
Limitation: The filing reports segment and product-category information but does not provide a reproducible prohibited-revenue numerator for pork products, alcohol-derived flavorings or every product SKU; no exact percentage is asserted.
Purification
Kraft Heinz discloses interest income but does not prescribe a scholar-approved purification percentage. Because the qualitative prohibited-revenue screen is also not quantified, readers should follow the qualified scholar or methodology they use rather than applying an invented fixed rate.
Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
- Inputs use Kraft Heinz's March 28, 2026 Form 10-Q; amounts are USD millions and revenue and interest income are for the quarter.
- Debt uses $1,910 million of current long-term debt plus $19,223 million of long-term debt, with carrying-value rounding reconciled to the filing's approximately $21.1 billion total debt; operating leases are not added separately.
- Cash uses $3,308 million of cash and cash equivalents. Interest-bearing securities use $783 million of current marketable securities; the filing also reports available-for-sale debt securities within that balance.
- Trade receivables use the reported $2,306 million net balance. Inventories, goodwill and other current assets are not added.
- Quarterly net sales are $6,047 million and disclosed interest income is $42 million. The screen does not infer a fixed purification rate.
This is a reproducible financial screen, not a fatwa. A failed total-assets screen can coexist with a pass under a market-cap methodology. ZakatInvest keeps the qualitative assessment separate so numerical thresholds do not erase material context.
Current quantitative screen
The calculations use Kraft Heinz's official filing at the SEC (first-quarter 2026 Form 10-Q). Amounts are in USD millions and use total assets as the denominator.
- Interest-bearing debt / assets: 25.76%, using $21,133 million of current and long-term debt.
- Cash plus marketable securities / assets: 4.99%, using $3,308 million of cash and $783 million of marketable securities.
- Receivables plus cash / assets: 6.84%, using $2,306 million of trade receivables plus cash.
- Disclosed interest income / revenue: 0.69% for the quarter. No fixed purification percentage is prescribed here.
All three examined asset-based financial calculations pass on the reported ratios. Market-cap denominator methods are not calculated because ZakatInvest does not store a licensed, reproducible historical market-cap series. These are calculations against named methods, not official index-membership claims.
Kraft Heinz's business activity
Kraft Heinz manufactures packaged foods and condiments through North America, International Developed Markets and Emerging Markets businesses. Packaged-food manufacturing is generally permissible at the activity level, but the product portfolio includes Oscar Mayer and other meat categories with pork exposure.
Qualitative considerations
- Pork products: Oscar Mayer and other meat categories include pork products. The filing does not separately quantify consolidated pork-product revenue, so no exact percentage is asserted here.
- Product formulations: some products may contain alcohol-derived flavorings or non-halal-certified ingredients; this is distinct from the corporate revenue screen.
- Portfolio changes: goodwill and intangible assets, divestitures and the paused separation plan require continuing business-quality and structure review.
- Operations: supply-chain, commodity, labor, packaging, environmental and geopolitical risks remain broader ethical-diligence topics.
Purification and the verdict
Kraft Heinz discloses interest income, but the filing does not prescribe a scholar-approved purification percentage. Because the prohibited-revenue screen is not fully quantified, follow the qualified scholar or methodology you use rather than applying an invented fixed rate.
Kraft Heinz remains DOUBTFUL in ZakatInvest's qualitative classification: the financial ratios pass, but the business-activity result cannot be completed from the filing because prohibited-product revenue is not separately quantified and the disclosed pork exposure requires scholar-specific treatment. Revisit the record when Kraft Heinz files new statements or materially changes product mix, leverage, marketable securities, divestitures or its separation plans.
Use the quantitative screen alongside your school's principles and consult a qualified scholar before investing.
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