The increasing growth trend of the global Muslim population implies an increase in the consumption of halal products. The importance of the halal market attracts much attention from many stakeholders, including academia/researchers. Many scholars have conducted studies on halal topics. However, these studies cover broad topics, such as ICT potential in the halal sector, the halal supply chain, Islamic Law, and other halal studies related to natural sciences. This study aims to study the research gap and future trends of halal food additive and ingredient research in business and economics using bibliometric analysis. The data were obtained from the Scopus database from 1999 to 2022. The authors analyzed the keyword “Halal Consumption and Production” by using the general keyword “Halal or Haram Additive and Ingredient”. The dataset was uploaded on VOSviewer and R language (Bibliometrix) software. This study found a deficit of studies on halal food additives and ingredients in business and economics. The co-occurrence network output demonstrated that future studies on halal food additives and ingredients should consider clusters that have lower density and central positions, such as production–consumption and the supply chain, healthy foods, and the logistics market and health effects. The Bibliometrix strategic diagram of the 2020–2022 thematic evolution demonstrates a research gap in three out of four quadrants (i.e., emerging or declining, basic, and motor themes). This study suggests potential research areas in the field of halal food additives and ingredients, such as ethical and sustainable sourcing, responsible consumption, consumer sovereignty, international trade, economic modeling, food security, green/sustainable supply chain, and halal regulation and product safety.

This study examines the indirect and direct factors affecting the preference for distant travel of apple fruit (food miles or FMs) in Indonesia, a Muslim-majority country. This research employs a quantitative consumer survey of 522 respondents in Indonesia from January to February 2023. Data were collected online (i.e. via social media), and the respondents were chosen randomly. Data were then analysed using a partial least square-structural equation model to prove the proposed hypotheses using Rstudio. This investigation has some principal findings. First, domestic interest and health-environment benefits directly affect the preference for short food miles (SFMs). Second, the halal requirements do not directly affect the choice of SFMs but indirectly affect the preference for SFMs through health-environmental benefits. In sum, the choice for SFMs is affected by domestic interest (direct), health-environmental benefits (direct), and halal requirements (indirect). This study finally has a theoretical contribution to the interplay among green supply chain, halal food supply chain, and food security.

Indonesia encounters self-insufficiency in beef, which domestic needs should be fulfilled from imports, implying longer food miles. This study aims to disclose factors affecting food miles and self-insufficiency of beef in Indonesia. First, self-insufficiency of beef is directly affected by urbanisation and consumption behaviour and indirectly affected by urbanisation through the change of consumption behaviour; second, the change in consumption behaviour itself is contributed by rapid urbanisation; third, longer food miles of beef are affected by self-insufficiency (directly), consumption behaviour (directly and indirectly through self-insufficiency), and halal requirements (directly). Self-insufficiency is affected by urbanisation and the change in consumption behaviour. Longer food miles of beef are affected by changes in consumption behaviour and self-insufficiency induced by the change in urban consumption behaviour. Longer food miles of beef are tolerable among Indonesian consumers in situations of self-insufficiency, provided that halal requirements are fulfilled. Moreover, this study has some practical implications for consumers, meat traders in Muslim-majority countries, governments in Muslim-majority countries, domestic farmers, business players in meat supply chain in exporting countries, governments in exporting countries, and halal-certifying bodies mainly in Muslim minority countries. The findings from the present study have theoretical contributions to green supply chain and logistics, self-sufficiency and food security, halal food miles, and sustainable development.

Indonesia generally has better food security performance, but the extent of food access at the commodity and regional level still needs to be questioned. The present study examines the causes of purchasing frequency and dietary habits of beef (access to beef) in eastern Indonesia, a low-income region. The variables under study are related to Turner’s and colleagues’ model, so the other aim of the present study is to prove the workability of the model. This research used a survey by randomly distributing an online questionnaire from July to October 2023 to 408 meat consumers/buyers in Indonesia’s western part (high-income region) and eastern part (low-income region). Data collected from the survey were analysed mainly using the structural equation modelling technique using RStudio. This study discovered that people in eastern Indonesia purchase beef less frequently, which is caused by low incomes and high prices. People in east Indonesia also have irregular beef consumption habits contributed by infrequent purchasing, low incomes, and high prices. Moreover, the extended model proposed by Turner and colleagues is workable under a moderation test with limited variables (e.g., price, income, geographical factor, and food purchase). Besides the findings, this study has made scientific contributions to food accessibility and consumer behaviour, developed an extended model by Turner and colleagues, and conducted a comparative study on beef consumption (between marginal and non-marginal regions and between coastal and non-coastal regions). The efforts to improve accessibility to food will contribute to achieving zero goals under the Sustainable Development Goals.

The study aims to understand interlinkages and the relative importance of barriers to maximising the performance of the halal industry in Indonesia using Integrated Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) and the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) methodology. This study uses the content validity method to find the relevant or valid barrier, the ISM methodology to examine the interrelationship between the valid barriers, and the DEMATEL methodology to find the cause–effect relationships and revise the ISM digraph. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to investigate the barriers to systematically maximising halal industry performance in Indonesia, elaborating on the relationship between relevant theories and practical issues to identify the barriers. The study’s integrated approach helps corporate and political decision-makers identify essential barriers to development and explore the interdependencies between barriers. This can help decision-makers overcome critical obstacles, use resources more efficiently, and find innovative solutions for the industry’s viability and dynamic development.