Cognac oil in beverages, etc.
Q: Please can you tell me would this cognac oil be considered Halaal for use in beverages or any other products?
- This cognac oil is a key ingredient found in a flavour.
- The dosage of the cognac oil when in the flavour is 0.04%.
- The dosage of the cognac oil in the flavour after it has been added to the beverage is 0.00026% and this beverage product is ready to drink
How this Cognac Oil is made
Cognac Oil is also known as 'Wine Lees Oil' or 'Weinhefeoel' (in German). Produced as a by product from the distillation of Cognac (Brandy). It is present in Cognac to the amount of about 2 mg. The aromatic substances contained in cognac oil derived partly from the activities of the particular yeast fungus used, partly from the type of grapes fermented.
The oil is obtained by the steam distillation of the reside of grape tissue and fungus precipitate after fermentation (and distillation) of the alcoholic beverage.