salaam
the latest text doing the rounds is that rubicon drinks are haram coz it contains alcohol- o.o5%
i went on their site and found this:
Are Rubicon Exotic Juice Drinks suitable for Halal consumption?
Questions about soft drinks containing ethyl alcohol have been raised a number of times by concerned Muslims over the past few years. In these cases the Muslim Law (Shariah) Council in the UK have confirmed that the composition and procedure involved in the production of these soft drinks is in compliance with the rules of Shariah and therefore Halal for Muslims to consume.
If you were to analyse soft drinks you would find a tiny trace amount of ethyl alcohol in many of the finished products. The reason this is common in soft drinks is because the flavouring process often results in a trace of ethyl alcohol. This amount is typically less than 0.05% - a level that is so low that the body metabolises the ethyl alcohol faster than it is consumed meaning it can have no intoxicating effect. Some Rubicon products do contain trace levels below this 0.05% level.
AG Barr the soft drinks company who have made Rubicon products for the past 25 years have accreditation from the Muslim Law (Shariah) Council UK that testifies that its drinks are in compliance with the rules of Shariah and therefore are Halal for Muslims to consume.
Rubicon only makes soft drinks and these have been enjoyed by the people of Britain and around the world for over 25 years.
We hope this answers your questions and allays your concerns about the suitability of Rubicon to be consumed by Muslims. If you have any further concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us on info@rubiconexotic.com
i dunno about you but it creates more doubts than answers.
I'm in the process of getting answers from a few shaykhs...
wasalaam
The human body also produces alcohol... and most natural products/fruits veg etc contain trace amounts naturally.
If you have a look at the vinegar topic, one of the linked to answers covers such minute amounts of alcohol - according to that answer, the hadith A little of some thing that intoxicates in greater amounts is not about concentration but about consumption.
Drinking a lot of these drinks will not cause you to be intoxicated (or will it?)
Either way, other scholars verdicts will be a good read too.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.