Identification of fake rice
Nowadays, most of the things have started getting adulterated in the market, and chemicals are also added in many foods. Because of this, people’s concern about health increases. Claims of fake rice fake rice coming in the market are also made many times, that is, rice which are not extracted from paddy through crops, but are made of artificial form, they are exactly like real rice. This can cause a lot of damage to your health. Such as stomach problems, allergies and severe long diseases.
Many times it is said on social media that plastic rice also comes in the market, but FSSAI i.e. Food Safety and Standards Authority has cleared it, plastic rice is not coming in the market. Although According to pubmed, Raw or ripe rice may have a presence of polystinine (a kind of chemical). Let us know how you can identify the right and bad rice.
Plastic rice has started being sold in the market, many types of investigation have been done about this, in which it has been found that it is just a myth. Despite this, there have also been some lab tests, in which it is said that substances like plastic have been found in rice. Apart from this, many types of chemicals are added in rice like urea.
Test with water
Fill water in a glass or deep pot. After this, add rice to it. If your rice is swimming, then they can be adulterated or have deteriorated. However, this is not proof that these rice are completely fake.
Try by burn test
Burn a spoon of rice or on a steel plate and burn it. If it smells from it or if it starts turning straight, then adulteration can occur. Whereas when running real rice, golden starts to become brown and in the beginning it smells, the smell of burning later.
Boil and check texture
You can look at the rice by boiling, if they are getting very sticky and are pulling like rubber, then adulteration can occur, but the reason behind this is also the presence of more starch in the rice which is found in some species of rice, which makes bounces like bounces.
Urea in puff rice
Urea is added several times in puffed rice. You can test it in a simple way. In this video, the method told by FSSAI can also be easily tried at home in which the test has been done with litmus paper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxeej3g0j0w
It cannot be said completely that plastic rice is coming in the market, but in addition to polystinine, there may be adulteration of some chemicals, which can cause health damage, so always shops should be purchased from a trusted place of good quality.