Answered by Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible to consume foods and drinks that physically resemble prohibited foods and drinks, such as beer that does not contain alcohol?
It is not haram to consume those as long as it is halal in and of itself. However, if one intends to consume it so that he can resemble those who do the haram, such as one deliberately intending to drink beer that is free of alcohol, so that he can resemble a person who drinks, that it is haram, as the imams have said.
الجواب : لا يحرم ذلك طالما كان الشيءُ حلالاً في نفسه ، لكن إن قصد بتناول ذلك التشبهَ بمن يتعاطى المحرم كأن يشربَ البيرة الخالية من الكحول يريد التشبهَ بمن يشربُ الخمرَ حرم ذلك كما صرَّحوا به.