Q: Dear Rabbi,

Does one make a Brocho when drinking unflavored Metamusil solution as it does not provide any nourishment?

Isaac

A: Dear Isaac,

Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a is of the opinion that you do make a Shehakol even though there is no nourishment, simply because of the water that the product is dissolved in and it is also seen as food. Was it to be only pure fibber (as in inedible wood cellulose), no Brochoh would be required as it is not food.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld, as advised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a