I convey been shot past times a few curious readers whether rice cake or tteokbokki is permissible for Muslim.
"Hey, exactly wanna inquire if tteok are by too large permissible for muslim to eat? Always idea that they incorporate soju/alcohol...Thanks" - on Crazy Tteok inwards Hongdae
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Under my investigator trend too some lurking over hither too in that place on Naver too Google search engine, I constitute some answers:
- what form of alcohol was lay inwards rice cake
- the term used inwards Korean for alcohol inwards food
- how much is the alcohol content inwards rice cake (in this case: SOGA brand)
- is rice cake permissible for Muslim?
Rice Cake, brand: Soga from Pulmuone
Image from E-Mart
Picture 1: Alcohol lay inwards rice cake is called equally 주정
Picture 2: 발효 알콜 - alcoholic fermentation process
Research 1
Alcohol lay inwards rice cake is called as:
- 주정 (Picture 1) - Ethanol
- 알콜 (Picture 2) - Alcohol
Based on this question, on Naver; the inquiry was answered inwards detail.
주정(酒精): 알코올의 한 가지. 술의 주성분으로서 주로 녹말로 만드는 무색투명한 액체.
Ethanol (酒精): one kind of alcohol. Of alcohol as a primary component to make mostly colorless too transparent liquid starch.
Research 2
A exceptional enquiry on alcohol: Alcohol - The Myth too The Realities past times Dr. Mian N. Riaz (He has a Ph.D. too soon working equally nutrient scientist alongside Texas A&M University inwards Texas.)
Dr. Mian N. Riaz said:
"Alcohol (ethanol, ethyl alcohol) is usually made from starch, refined saccharify too other carbohydrates past times fermentation alongside yeast; also, synthetically from acetylene or ethylene. It is clear, colorless, rattling mobile, flammable liquid; a pleasant odor; burning taste; too miscible alongside H2O too alongside many organic liquids. It is hygroscopic too relatively nonionic. Ethanol has a slightly sweetness sense of savor too a feature aroma."
"ethyl is the best-known alcohol too the 1 that line of piece of work concern us most, equally it is the principal alcohol to endure constitute inwards all alcoholic beverages."
" There is no whatever departure betwixt ethyl alcohol too ethanol. Both are the same affair except ii dissimilar names."
"Muslims don't convey to worry, if they discovery a nutrient label disceptation which says "sugar alcohol."
" The non- alcoholic drinks may non endure alone gratis from alcohol, equally in that place is no known procedure that volition extract all the alcohol from an alcoholic drink.(2) The small-scale traces of alcohol construct the labeling of the beverages an issue."
"From the inwards a higher house discussion, it is clear all alcohols too liquors are non same. Some are intoxicants too some are not. Often, alcohol too liquor are used only equally a description. Therefore, Muslims should non endure confused or worried alongside terminology. However, if any intoxicant liquor or alcohol is used inwards whatever production too then nosotros should avoid that product. In Islam, all intoxicants are Haram whether they are inwards liquid, corporation or inwards whatever other cast too inwards whatever quantity."
Research three
Yahoo Questions: What foods incorporate ethanol?
"Ethanol CAN endure obtained inwards foods through fermentation. Many fruits and/or other foods alongside sugars tin sack ferment inwards the presence of yeast. However, this procedure usually doesn't spill out because the nutrient would necessitate to endure inwards a container that allows CO2 to endure released, even hence proceed oxygen out. Oxygen effectively stops the process. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 expert instance of this is bread. Many leavened breads attain a small-scale total of ethanol through the yeast reactions."
Research 4
You may read to a greater extent than about Ethanol here.
Research 5
I convey personally sent an e-mail to Pulmuone for the rice cake's construct SOGA.
Please ignore my bad Korean.
This is the reply from Pulmuone's representative.
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안녕하세요.
풀무원이샵 담당자입니다.
풀무원에서는 유통기한을 연장하기 위한 합성첨가물을 사용하지 않기 때문에...
저희 떡, 면 등의 제품에는 유통기한 확보를 위해 주정을 사용합니다.
말씀하신 떡제품에는 떡중량의 0.4%정도의 주정이 사용되며,
이는 대부분 조리과정에서 휘발/ 제거됩니다.
대부분 알콜알레르기가 있으신 분들도 제품에 사용된 주정이 문제되지 않는 수준이므로
제품 이용에 문제는 없으실 듯 합니다만....
안내드린 내용을 참고하셔서 제품이용을 부탁드립니다.
감사합니다."
Translation (I tried to interpret it equally best equally I could):
"Hello,
I am Pulmuone's representative.
In social club non to operate synthetic additives to prolong the shelf-life of Pulmuone's product, nosotros operate alcohol instead to prolong the shelf-life of the products for instance rice cake, noodles too etc.
As the referred rice cake products (SOGA - inwards my email), from the full weight of the rice cake (which is 600gm of rice cake) 0.4% is the alcohol perused (about 2.4 gm). Most of it (volatile alcohol) volition endure removed (evaporated) afterward the cooking procedure (for example: afterward making the tteokbokki)
Most people who convey alcohol allergy; inwards other words volition non convey whatever occupation using the products (from Pulmuone) because of the alcohol grade perused inwards the products.
We would endure glad that y'all could operate our products afterward the data given equally reference.
Thank you"