Selling a Grape-Flavored Dietary Supplement
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Question
Hello, esteemed Rabbi, I have a pharmacy abroad. Is it permissible for me to sell a grape-flavored dietary supplement drink to non-Jews? With respect and thanks
Answer
Hello,
It is permissible to sell.
If it is only a "grape flavor," as you wrote in your question, there is certainly no prohibition, as the flavor is presumably synthetic.
However, even if it is a drink mixed with real grape juice, it is permitted according to the Rema, since nowadays there is no prohibition of deriving benefit from idolatrous wine, only a prohibition of consumption.
Source
Rema, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 123, Se'if 1. According to the instructions of the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita