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Detect Adulteration With

Rapid Test
Subtitle
Common Quick Test for the detection of some
food ADULTERANTS at household
• Food is essential for sustenance of life.
Adulteration of food deceive the
consumer and can cause the risk to their
health. The purpose of this presentation
is to list out common methodologies
available for food adulterants generally
found in India.
TEST 1 (DETECTION OF WATER IN MILK)
• TESTING METHOD :---
1. Put a drop of milk on polished
slanting surface.
2. Pure milk either stays or floats
slowly leaving a white trail behind
3. Milk adulterated with water will
float without leaving any trace
behind.
Test 2 (Detection of detergent in milk)
• TESTING METHOD :--
1. Take 5ml to 10 ml of sample with
an equal amount of water.
2. Shake the contents thoroughly.
3. If milk is adulterated with
detergent it will form dense
lather.
4. Pure milk will form a very thin
layer of foam due to the process
of agitation.
Test 3 (Detection of starch in khoya , chena
paneer)
• Testing method :---
1. Boil 2-3 ml of sample with 5ml of
water.
2. Cool and add 2-3 drops of tincture
of iodine.
3. Formation of blue colour indicates
the presence of starch.
Test 4 (Detection of starch in sweet potatoes, mashed
potatoes and other starches in ghee/butter)
• Testing method :--
1. Take ½ spoon of ghee/butter in a
transparent glass bowl.
2. Add 2-3 drops of tincture of
iodine.
3. Formation of blue colour indicates
the presence of starch, mashed
potatoes and sweet potatoes in
ghee/butter.
Test 5 (Detection of other oils in coconut oils)
• Testing methods :--
1. Take coconut oils in a transparent
glass.
2. Place the glass in refrigerator for
30 minutes.
3. After refrigeration, coconut oil
solidifies.
4. If coconut oil is adulterated, the
other oils will float separately.
Test 6 (Detection of sugar solution in honey)
• Testing methods :--
1. Take a transparent glass of water.
2. Add a drop of honey to the glass.
3. Pure honey will not disperse in
water.
4. If the drop of honey disperse in
water, it indicates the presence
of added sugar.
Test 7 (Detection of chalk powder in pithi
sugar/ jaggery/ sugar.
• TESTING METHOD :--
1. Take a transparent glass of water.
2. Dissolve 10 g of sample in water.
3. If sugar/ pithi sugar/ jaggery is
mixed with chalk , the alduterant
will settle down at the bottom.
Test 8 (Detection of turmeric in sella rice)
• TESTING METHOD :---
1. Take a teaspoon of rice in glass
plate.
2. Sprinkle a small quantity of
soaked lime on the rice grains.
3. Pure rice grains will not form red
colour.
4. Adulterated grains will not form
red colours.
Test 9 (Detection of rhodamine B in ragi)
• TESTING METHOD:--
1. Take cotton ball soaked in water
or vegetable oil.
2. Rub the outer surface of ragi.
3. If cotton absorbs red colour, then
it indicates the adulteration of
rhodamine B for colouring the
outer surface of ragi.
Test 10 (Detection of chakunda beans in
pulses)
• TESTNG METHODS :--
1. Take small quantities of pulses in
glass plate.
2. Examine the impurities carefully.
3. Chakunda beans can be separated
out by close examination.

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