Utility News Desk!!! Nowadays, many food items available in the market are being adulterated. Many things like milk, ghee, mawa, cheese etc. are being adulterated. Consuming these adulterated products sold in the market can cause many health problems.
At the same time, do you know that mustard oil used while making various dishes is also adulterated. It is very difficult for the common consumer to identify this adulterated mustard oil sold in the market. In this episode, today we are going to tell you about those methods through this news.
Adulteration in mustard oil can be easily detected with the help of nitric acid. 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 the color changes when the test tube is shaken. In such a situation, mustard oil has been adulterated. You can detect adulteration by keeping some mustard oil in the refrigerator for two to three hours. If any white colored substance is seen floating on top of the mustard oil after keeping it in the refrigerator. In such a situation, mustard oil has been adulterated.
This can also be easily detected through rubbing test. For this you have to rub mustard oil in your palm. If after doing this you notice a different color or smell. In such a situation, there is every possibility that mustard oil has been adulterated.
