foods and drinks suspicious foods, if in toxicating, alcohol has been added to food products based on obligatory precaution, it is not permissible to consume them, even though it has evaporated in stages of production. Spirit vinegar, which is made by mixing acid vinegar and alcohol, is pure and halal. On the condition that alcohol really turns in to vinegar. There is no problem with using vegetarian and animal gelatin on the condition that we are certain it comes from an animal with halal meat that has been slaughtered in an Islamic form, but one should abstain from other than that. However, if one is not sure if it is halal or haram, it is considered to be halal, provided that it has been purchased from the bazaar of the Muslims.