How to check if the sweet potato, peas, green vegetables and the watermelon you are consuming is safe.
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You have read about adulteration in milk, pulses, and even packaged foods, but what about fruits and vegetables? In this article, we bring to you five vegetables that could be adulterated, and we also mention ways by which you can find that out.
Sweet Potato
This is one vegetable that is highly prone to adulteration. An industrial dye, Rhodamine B, which is not permitted to be added to food the world over, is sometimes used to get the sweet potato its colour. You can follow these steps to determine whether or not it is adulterated.
How to check?
- Take a cotton ball soaked in water or vegetable oil
- Take a sweet potato
- Then rub the outer surface of the sweet potato with the cotton ball
- The cotton ball rubbed on the…