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Maida Malice: Learn All About Its Adulteration 0

Pizzas, doughnuts, paranthas, pastries, momos, pasta— what looks like a list of all of our favourite comfort foods may be under the threat of contamination because of the one essential, common ingredient they all use, i.e., Maida or white flour. Maida is white flour made from wheat after being milled without any bran, refined, and bleached.

The Clove Controversy: Adulteration In Cloves 0

The Many uses of Cloves Clove (Syzygium aromaticum) is indigenous to Indonesia. Its dried flower buds are popularly used in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. It’s one of the most commonly used kitchen spices — used as a tastemaker and for its health benefits. Its essential oil is believed to have umpteen benefits and nutritional properties.

Ghee Grievances: Is The Ghee We’re Using Free Of Adulteration?0
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Laws, Food Safety
- July 23, 2022
The Glory of Ghee Ghee, a type of clarified butter, serves as a staple ingredient in Indian cuisine. People value it for its rich nutritional profile, which may explain its growing popularity in recent years. Manufacturers prepare ghee by boiling butter to caramelise the milk proteins and then removing those proteins. The remaining concentrated fat
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The Grain Gamble: Food Grain Adulteration 0
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Laws, Food Safety, Health & Wellness
- July 16, 2022
“It is easy to remove a weevil from a grain, but hard to reverse the damage it does.”- Michael Bassey Johnson In the age where food adulteration has unfortunately become as common as a cold, food grains are no exception to this man-made plague. Food grains are an important part of the diet for a
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Bottled Water : Safe to Drink, Right?0
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness
- July 9, 2022
“Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine” -Slovakian Proverb When incidents of food adulteration make the news, it is usually associated with food items where camouflaging adulterants isn’t a task. However, in this age of deception, even the purest and clearest liquid isn’t free of adulteration. Sealed and bottled water which are usually
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