Does coca cola contain alcohol?

[mohammedali]

salaam.. there have been many articles and stories about coca cola containing alcohol - is this true?

i have read somewhere on the internet that there are foods and drinks which contain a very minute amount of alcohol, but are still permissable to be consumed.. is this true also?

coca cola has been consumed within my family for years and years, therefore this being a huge worry for me!

[Colonel_Hardstone]

salaam.. there have been many articles and stories about coca cola containing alcohol - is this true?

i have read somewhere on the internet that there are foods and drinks which contain a very minute amount of alcohol, but are still permissable to be consumed.. is this true also?

coca cola has been consumed within my family for years and years, therefore this being a huge worry for me!

Drinking Coca Cola isn't healthy for you so you should avoid it but the issue of Alcohol in it is baseless...

Abstract: Coca Cola doesn’t contain Alcohol nor is fermentation used in the process so it isn’t Haram. However, it isn’t healthy so should be avoided as much as possible on health grounds : -)

Background: Every few years rumours start within the Muslim community about the presence of Alcohol or Pigs blood or some other “Haram” ingredient and then juicy gossip and discussions start within the Muslim circles.

We (as Muslims) are supposed to follow the Qur’aan & Sunnah in evaluating and Authenticating news BEFORE spreading it further as clearly stated in the Qur’aan:

[49:6] O you who believe, if a sinful person brings you a report, verify its correctness, lest you should harm a people out of ignorance, and then become remorseful on what you did.

Muslims vs Non-Muslim way of dealing with news: You will find that most Muslims have no idea who broke the news, are unable to research the primary source, at best they quote the secondary or even tertiary source in their text messages or email OR sometimes none at all!

In other words the Qur’aanic injunction of “verifying the Authenticity of news” is ignored to get some cheap laughs and giggles!

Origins of Coca-Cola Alcohol Issue: The story of Coca cola containing Alcohol first appeared on page 2B on February the 18th, 1979, in "Atlanta Journal-Constitution" in an article received little attention at the time. They also published a photograph of hand-written copy of John Pemberton's original recipe.

This newspaper is still in print and they admitted that they broke the news in 1979!

http://www.ajc.com/news/a-claim-to-c...xtype=rss_news

American Life picks up the 1979 story in 2011: American Life picked up the story on the 2nd of February 2011 and here is the print in which they admit to the 1979 story and acknowledge the original source:

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radi...riginal-recipe

Something for a Muslim to think about? Yes, that they should investigate matters before spreading them...Also consider:

1. The authenticity of the photograph is still dubious, consider the following points:
   
   
   • Document expert John Reznikoff, who came into possession of some materials which—if authentic—would change history.
   
   
2. Even if proven “Authentic” this would be the “original recipe” and not what is used today
   
   Confirmed statement: Fortunately, Islam doesn’t rely on sensationalism rather than cold hard facts and here they are from Coca-Cola:
   
   http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/c...s_alcohol.html
   
   In the manufacture of Coca-Cola, alcohol is not added as an ingredient and no fermentation takes place.
   
3. Gc instrument did not detect alcohol in coca-cola, pepsi & 7 up
   
   

[Abu_Tamim]

salaam.. there have been many articles and stories about coca cola containing alcohol - is this true?

i have read somewhere on the internet that there are foods and drinks which contain a very minute amount of alcohol, but are still permissable to be consumed.. is this true also?

coca cola has been consumed within my family for years and years, therefore this being a huge worry for me!

It contains sebo_glyco_mooly_9_alcohol.
You are in deep trouble.

[Colonel_Hardstone]

It contains sebo_pebo_mebo_glyco_poly_sholy_mooly_9_alcohol.

As a Doctor it gives you no right to disrespect Chemistry. I have corrected the name of the Alcohol please make sure that it doesn't happen in the future!!!

We at SF pride ourselves on Academic Authenticity.

[saeed_bakr]

salaam.. there have been many articles and stories about coca cola containing alcohol - is this true?

i have read somewhere on the internet that there are foods and drinks which contain a very minute amount of alcohol, but are still permissable to be consumed.. is this true also?

coca cola has been consumed within my family for years and years, therefore this being a huge worry for me!

Assalam alaykum,

If Coca Cola contains any alcohol, it would be in the form of a "sugar alcohol," as there are alcohol-based sugars. But this is not to be compared with alcoholic beverages. If there was alcohol of any appreciable amount in Coca Cola, the labeling would have to reflect that.

There are foods in which alcohol occurs naturally in trace amounts, but this can't possibly be considered as falling under the Quran's prohibition of intoxocating substances.

Alcohol sugars are also of use to diabetics because they do not increase blood glucose levels.

I can tell you that this kind of worry is waswasa (sp?)--whisperings of Shaytan--and should be ignored.

Wassalam

[Abu_Tamim]

As a Doctor it gives you no right to disrespect Chemistry. I have corrected the name of the Alcohol please make sure that it doesn't happen in the future!!!

We at SF pride ourselves on Academic Authenticity.

long time, no chem. rusty. bio still good though....

[xs11ax]

maybe the brother is thinking about ethanol which is used as a solvent in the flavouring used for coke and many other fizzy drinks?

http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/show...roducts-in-USA

[Taliban1]

long time, no chem. rusty. bio still good though....

What is the biological name for Ta'addud

[Abu_Tamim]

What is the biological name for Ta'addud

ultrasuperoliberalofecundity.

[Colonel_Hardstone]

What is the biological name for Ta'addud

ultrasuperoliberalofecundity.

In english it translated to standing on a tall building and looking down and the message is clear...