Inkolo yamaSikh, ngokomlando ezinze engxenyeni esenyakatho-ntshonalanga yezwekazi laseNdiya, ibeka ukudla okulula nokungokwemvelo kubalandeli bayo. I-Sikhism ithi ikholelwa kuNkulunkulu oyedwa, ogama lakhe lingaziwa muntu. Umbhalo ongcwele yiGugu Granth Sahib, ohlinzeka ngeziqondiso eziningi mayelana nokudla kwemifino.
(Guru Arjan Dev, Guru Granth Sahib Ji, 723).
Ithempeli elingcwele lamaSikh laseGurudwara lihlinzeka ngokudla kwe-lacto-vegetarian, kodwa akubona bonke abalandeli benkolo abanamathela ekudleni okusekelwe ezitshalweni kuphela. Ngokuvamile, i-Sikh ikhululekile ukukhetha inyama noma ukudla kwemifino. Njengokholo olukhululekile, iSikhism igcizelela inkululeko yomuntu siqu kanye nenkululeko yokuzikhethela: umbhalo awuwona ubushiqela ngokwemvelo, kodwa kunalokho umhlahlandlela wendlela yokuphila yokuziphatha. Nokho, ezinye izinhlanga zenkolo zikholelwa ukuthi ukwenqatshwa kwenyama kuyimpoqo.
Uma iSikh isakhetha inyama, khona-ke isilwane kufanele sibulawe ngokusho - ngokudubula okukodwa, ngaphandle kwanoma yisiphi isiko ngendlela yenqubo ende, ngokungafani, isibonelo, i-halal yamaSulumane. Inhlanzi, insangu newayini kuyizigaba ezingavunyelwe kuSikhism. U-Kabir Ji uthi lowo osebenzisa izidakamizwa, iwayini nenhlanzi uzoya esihogweni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kungakanani okuhle akwenzile nokuthi mingaki imikhuba ayenzayo.
Wonke amaSikh gurus (othisha abangokomoya) ayengadli imifino, abenqaba utshwala nogwayi, ayengazisebenzisi izidakamizwa futhi azigunda izinwele zawo. Kukhona futhi ukuxhumana okuseduze phakathi komzimba nengqondo, ukuze ukudla esikudlayo kuthinte izinto zombili. NjengakuVedas, uGuru Ramdas uveza izimfanelo ezintathu ezidalwe uNkulunkulu: . Konke ukudla nakho kuhlukaniswa ngokwalezi zimfanelo: ukudla okusha kanye nemvelo kuyisibonelo se-satava, ukudla okuthosiwe nokubabayo ama-rajas, okubilile, okulondoloziwe futhi okufriziwe ama-tamas. Ukudla ngokweqile nokudla okungenamsoco kuyagwenywa. Kuthiwa ku-Adi Granth.