ANSWERED: Vinegar - Halal or Haram?

[faqir]

Asalamu alaykum,

My specific query is Balsamic vinegar and other wine derived vinegars.....


I have found the following from Sh. Qaradawi.... does it conform with the understanding of traditional Islam?

http://www.islamonline.net/fatwa/english/FatwaDisplay.asp?hFatwaID=41992


JazakAllah khair.

Wasalam.

[eat-halal guy]

:salam:

All varieties of vinegars are Halal. (Please see below)

Vinegar is prepared by two successive microbial process. The first being an alcoholic fermentation [which is Haraam] and the second an oxidation of alcohol by aceto bacter, when its molecular structure is changed and it ceases to be an intoxicant. Other varieties of vinegar are produced from beetroot, tarragon and alcoholic spirits. In vinegar the intoxicating factories destroyed by the microbial process of oxidation hence it becomes permissible. Islam permits any variety of vinegar to be used as a condiment or preservative. (Source: http://www.halaal.co.uk )