What is the ruling on consuming sweets and cakes that contain an unnoticeable amount of alcohol that does not cause intoxication, as well as soy sauce that contains 1% alcohol and is used in small quantities?
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The fundamental principle is that intoxicants, including intoxicating alcohol, remain forbidden even if mixed with other substances, unless treated in a way that completely removes the presence of the intoxicant. Not every substance chemists call alcohol is intoxicating. The determination of whether an alcohol is intoxicating or has undergone a transformation is referred to specialists. If specialists determine that a large quantity of this substance is not intoxicating, this indicates the transformation of the intoxicant, and in that case, its consumption becomes permissible.
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