Check Mustard Oil Purity: Find out whether mustard oil is real or fake by these easy methods.

Mustard oil is used for cooking in most of the kitchens in India. Mustard oil is one of the most favorite oils of the people. Mustard oil is considered good for both taste and health. Although many other edible oils are available in the market, even today mustard oil is mainly used in the villages of the country. It has been found in many studies that mustard oil is beneficial for health. Therefore the demand for mustard oil is high, but in recent times it has been found that adulteration in mustard oil has increased. The mustard oil available in the market is being sold by mixing fake oil in large quantities. This adulteration in mustard oil is not only spoiling the taste of food but is also having a bad effect on health. Many investigations have found that mustard oil these days is adulterated with Argemone oil and other lower-quality oils. Due to this its nutritional value, purity, and quality is deteriorating. If you are worried about adulteration in mustard oil, then before using the oil you should know whether it is pure or adulterated. By adopting some easy methods, you can identify the quality of mustard oil at home. Let us know the ways to identify fake and real mustard oil.

Keep oil in the fridge
To identify adulteration in mustard oil, you can do its freezing test. For this, take out some mustard oil in a bowl. Keep it in the refrigerator for a few hours. Then take it out and see, if the oil appears frozen, or if white spots start appearing in the mustard oil, then understand that the oil is adulterated.

Oil rubbed on the body
To check whether mustard oil is real or fake, take some oil in your hands and rub it well. If any color comes out from the oil or there is a chemical smell then the oil is fake.

Barometer test
The purity of real mustard oil is according to the barometer. The oil barometer reading is 58 to 60.5. But if the reading of mustard oil is more than the prescribed standard then the oil is fake. Therefore, whenever you buy oil, identify whether the oil is genuine or fake by its barometer reading.

Change in color of mustard oil
Changing the color of the oil means that it has been adulterated. Nowadays Argemone oil is mixed with mustard oil. A poisonous polycyclic salt is found in this type of oil, which is called sanguinarin.

(PC: Freepik)