Tricks To Check Adulterated Milk At Home: Milk is very beneficial for our health, but when it is adulterated, it poses serious risks to the body. Nowadays the cases of selling adulterated and fake milk have increased. Many people prepare fake milk only with chemicals and there is not even a drop of real milk in it. If a person drinks this milk, his health will deteriorate. Apart from this, detergent, refined oil, starch and urea are also added to milk, so that its quantity can be increased. This white poison is being sold in the market in the name of milk, which is very important for everyone to avoid. Today we will tell you how you can identify real and fake milk sitting at home.
Easy tricks to identify real and fake milk
Identify adulteration of water like this: The most common adulteration in milk is water. An easy way to check this is the drop test. Pour a drop of milk on a clean surface. Real milk spreads slowly and leaves a white mark. Whereas adulterated milk spreads rapidly and does not leave any trace. This trick is very easy.
Identify adulteration of detergent like this: Many times detergent is added to milk to make it appear thicker. To test this, put some milk in a bottle and shake it. Real milk forms a light foam, which disappears quickly. Milk mixed with detergent forms a lot of foam and it persists for a long time. If this happens, avoid using milk immediately.
Test to identify adulteration of starch: Milk is made thick by adding starch. To check this, heat the milk slightly and when it cools down, add a few drops of iodine in it. The color of the original milk will remain the same and if starch is mixed in the milk, its color will turn blue. This home test is considered simple and reliable.
Method to identify synthetic milk: Elements like chemicals and soap are added to synthetic milk, hence its taste and smell are different from real milk. Its taste is slightly bitter or soapy. When boiled it starts giving off a strange smell. When cooled, a light layer may form on top, which is not like natural cream. If you see something like this in milk, do not use it.
Identification by foam and cream on boiling: When real milk boils, it forms a thin and soft layer of cream on top. When fake milk is boiled, either no layer is formed, or a very thick and strange layer is formed, because the fat is synthetic. The color of real milk remains slightly creamy even after repeated boiling, whereas the color of synthetic milk also changes slightly.
How to choose safe milk?
According to health experts, packed milk is not always bad because its milk testing is done in the lab. However, caution is necessary while purchasing milk from local supply or untrusted dairies. Get milk from trusted dairies and look for branded and FSSAI certified packaging. Give only reliable milk to children and elderly. Only right milk benefits health, hence awareness is very important.
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