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Today our topic is food adulterants but before knowing food adulterants we know about food adulteration.

What is food adulteration??

Food adulteration is that added the external material in food intentionally. Or replace the food product with an undeclared food substance.

A. Beverages

Coffee - it adulterated with exhausted coffee powder, starch, roasted dates tamarind seeds, chicory powder.

Tea - In tea adulterant can be other added leaves.

B. Cereals

Wheat and rice - In these adulterants can be similar in color stones.

Wheat flour- in wheat flour adulterants can be tapioca flour, chalk powder, talc can be adulterants.

Semolina- this adulterated with tapioca semolina.

C. Milk & Milk products 

Milk - milk is adultered with water, refined oil, fat after removing milk fat, skim milk powder, etc.

Milk powder - In this starch and dextrins can be added.

Cream - other types of fats can be added like refined oil,

Ice-Cream - it can be added non -permitted color, some artificial sweeteners, other fat & jellies agent.

Butter & ghee - In this adulterants can be hydrogenated fats.

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D. Pulses

Bengal gram dal- it is adulterate with khesari dal

Red gram dal- it is adulterated with khesari dal colored with yellow color dye.

Bengal gram flour- it is adulterated with tapioca flour or starch colored with yellow dye.

E. Spices & Condiments

The whole turmeric - it colored with lead chromate or coal tar dye.

Turmeric powder - it can be adulterated with coal tar color, yellow earth, starch, or talc colored yellow dye.

Curry powder- its adulterants are starch colored brown with coal tar dye.

Coriander seed - it can be adulterated with another green color seed.

Coriander seed powder - it can be adulterated with powdered bran or sawdust colored green with dye.

Chilli powder- Chilli powder are adulterated with starch colored red with coal tar dye.

Mustered seed - this is adulterated with argemone seed.

F. Sweetening agent & soft drinks

Honey - it is adulterated with colored inverted sugar.

Soft drinks- they are adulterated with artificial sweeteners(saccharine), mineral acid other than phosphoric acid.

G. Other

Processed areca nuts - it is adulterated with other seeds or nuts broken and colored.

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