Adulterated groceries we get in the market..

How to check  Adulterated groceries we get in the market? 13 Smart Ways To Spot Adulterated Food   Be it milk, paneer, tea or oil, nothing comes in its purest form. Until the time it reaches you it is adulterated and it then becomes harmful. Therefore, here are 13 tricks to spot the golmaal that happens with your daily food items. 1. Tea   The chai you’re drinking isn’t coming straight away from the Assam fields.  How to spot fake: In order to check whether the chai powder is pure, put a teaspoon of it in cold water; if the cold water turns brown then your chai is adulterated! 2. Frozen peas   We stock frozen peas in our refrigerators because they come in handy. However, some packets consist a dye compound called ‘malachite green’, which can trigger stomach related ailments.  How to spot fake:  Take water in a kadhai and put some peas and stir. If the water turns green, then immediately discard the packet as they are unsafe to consume. 3. Cinnamon sticks   You can find out if you have bought authentic cinnamon sticks. How to spot fake: Smash the sticks with your hands, if your hands get coloured then they are authenticate, if not then they aren’t. 4. Turmeric root   Even if you’re crushing the turmeric roots and consuming it, the roots can be fake. How to spot fake: Take a turmeric root on paper and pour cold water over it. If the root leaves colour, it’s a polished one and is impure. 5. Apples   A polished apple will not keep you away from the doctor, but will take you to one. Did you know that apples are polished with wax to give them a ‘fresh’ look? How to spot fake: To see if your apple isn’t wax covered, take a knife and slowly scrape the skin of your apple. If the knife extracts white, then that’s wax! 6. Black Pepper   Even pepper can be adulterated with mineral oil! How to spot fake: An adulterated pepper would shine and emit kerosene smell. 7. Cumin seeds   Cumin seeds (jeera) are very essential part of cooking as we use it in our tadka daily. They can be coloured with charcoal dust.  How to spot fake: Crush the seeds in your palm, if your palm turns black then they contain charcoal. 8. Milk   Our milkman not only fools by adding water to it. Milk can be adulterated with detergent and synthetic milk too. How to spot fake: Mix 10 ml of water and milk in the same proportion. If you notice foam or lather, then the milk contains detergent. To detect synthetic milk, boil the milk. If a yellowish lather forms, then the milk is synthetic milk. 9. Coriander powder   There could be sawdust in your coriander powder. How to spot fake:  Put some coriander powder in the water, the flakes of sawdust will float on water. 10. Coconut oil   Coconut oil can be adulterated with other cheap oils. How to spot fake: Put the coconut oil bottle in refrigerator, the solidified layer is coconut oil, whereas the liquid oil is an adulterant. 11. Honey   To find granules of sugar is not a foolproof way to check the purity of honey. How to spot fake: Take a cotton wick and dip it in honey. Then try to burn it. If the wick burns readily then the honey is pure, and if it crackles then it’s not. 12. Paneer   That paneer in your paneer mutter is not really paneer. It’s starch. Paneer is one of the most adulterated items in our country. How to spot fake: Take water and put a cube of paneer and boil it. Once it cools down, put some drops of iodine solution on it. If the paneer turns blue, then the starch is present in it. 13. Chilli powder   Did you know you could be eating brick instead of chilli powder? That’s because crushed red brick looks exactly like chilli powder and therefore it is put in your masala. How to spot fake: Put a teaspoon of chilli powder in a glass of water. If the solution emits colour then your chilli powder is adulterated.