Black pepper, one of the most used species especially in Indian dishes. It has various health benefits and also enhances the taste of every Indian dish. But black pepper that you are using in your kitchen might not be pure and can be easily adulterated. consuming adulterated black pepper can be harmful to one’s health.
The food safety and standards authority of India has recently posted on their Instagram handle regarding the adulteration of black pepper. The post was posted on Instagram with a caption that said “ Detecting Blackberries Adulteration in Black Pepper”. Black pepper can be adulterated by adding some blackberries to it.
FSSA has posted on their social media platforms about how you can check if the black pepper you are using in your kitchen is adulterated or not.
Here is how you can do the test :
- Take out some black peppers that you are adding while cooking
- Place those black peppers on a table
- Press the black pepper berries with your fingers
- The adulterated berries will break away very easily while it will be difficult to break the unadulterated ones.
This shows that the adulterated berries have been mixed with small quantities of blackberries in them making them impure and unhealthy for health.
AASTHA SINGH
