These days, adulteration is being done in many food items available in the market. Various things like milk, ghee, mawa, cheese, etc. are being adulterated. By consuming these adulterated things sold in the market, we may have to face many health problems. At the same time, do you know that adulteration is also being done in the mustard oil used while preparing various dishes? It is quite difficult for a common customer to identify these adulterated mustard oils sold in the market. In this series, today through this news we are going to tell you about the methods with the help of which you can identify adulterated mustard oil sold in the market. Let us know -
With the help of nitric acid, adulteration in mustard oil can be easily detected. For this, first of all, you have to take a test tube and add five grams of mustard oil in it.
After doing this, add nitric acid to it. After this shake the test tube. If there is a change in color after shaking the test tube. In such a situation, mustard oil has been adulterated.
You can find out about adulteration by keeping a little mustard oil in the fridge for two to three hours. If some white-colored substance is seen floating on top of the mustard oil after keeping it in the fridge. In such a situation, mustard oil has been adulterated.
This can also be easily detected through rubbing tests. For this, you have to rub mustard oil in your palm. If after doing this you get a different color or smell. In such a situation, there is a big possibility that mustard oil has been adulterated.
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