Kvass — is it halal?
Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)
Description
Kvass is a drink of incomplete alcoholic or alcoholic and lactic fermentation of a wort of malt, rye flour, bread and sugar; alcohol at most 1.2 % (GOST 31494-2012), and up to +0.2 % in unfiltered kvass during storage. Yeasts and lactic acid bacteria ferment it. Kvass wort concentrate is a wort of malt and cereal products concentrated to at least 70 % dry matter.
Basis of the ruling
Kvass is a drink made by incomplete fermentation of a wort from malt, rye flour, bread and sugar; the fermentation is carried out by yeasts and lactic acid bacteria. Under the GOST standard it contains no more than 1.2% alcohol, and up to 0.2% more when unfiltered kvass is stored.
Names: Квас · Kvass · كفاس
Also known as: квасное сусло, сусло квасное, концентрат квасного сусла, квасной концентрат, kvas
Category: Foods and ingredients
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