Salaams Sheikh,
I wanted to know if it is Halal to use Liquid Nitrogen for deserts etc. It is used at times to help make the food/desert more appealing too. If you could look into it and let me know InshaAllah it would be very much appreciated.
Jazakallah khayr
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
We have contacted SANHA (South African National Halaal Authority) who confirmed that liquid nitrogen[1] is permissible.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Hafizurrahman Fatehmahomed
Student Darul Iftaa
Netherlands
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
[1] liquid nitrogen is used to make ice cream, flash-freeze herbs or freeze alcohol. Bartenders will swirl it around glasses to chill them, so that the supercooled glass will emanate a dramatic-looking vapor. (Liquid nitrogen creates a fog when exposed to air.) – http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/10/why-liquid-nitrogen-is-dangerous/