glycerine inedible?

Asked by meir · June 8, 2004 · Kashrut

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Shalom, In an earlier message you explain that glycerine is inedible. May I respectfully ask, what are the guidelines of substances being inedible? I include below URL and information re glycerine, A clear, colorless, sweet-tasting viscous liquid. 2/18/2003 2:35:04 PM

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Answered by Aaron Abadi

It is inedible. Ask for a cup of glycerine, and I welcome you to swallow it & see for yourself. AA At http://www.kuruvinda.com/nutrition_add_animal.shtml A clear, colorless, sweet-tasting viscous liquid belonging to the polyhydric alcohol family of organic compounds, occurring naturally in all animal and plant cells, normally as a component of more complex structures, rarely in its free state. meir