Methods of Food Adulteration
Food adulteration can be done in many different ways. Here are some of the most popular techniques:
- Increasing the amount of the food product by adding water.
- Including less expensive materials, such as starch, to boost the manufacturer’s earnings.
- Making the food item more enticing to consumers by adding preservatives, colorings, or flavors.
- Increasing the sweetness of a food product by adding sugar or other sweets
- Including additives that enhance the food product’s look, such as chalk or sawdust.
Food Adulteration: Definition, Acts, Prevention and Examples
Food Adulterant is any material that is added to food with the intention of lowering the quality while increasing the amount. Foreign, poor, and usually substandard chemical compounds that are toxic or undesirable in food are referred to as food adulterants. Adulterants may be added purposefully or unintentionally.
However, small amounts of non-nutritive components are purposefully added to foods to improve their flavor, texture, or ability to store. Intentionally including these food adulterants serves primarily to boost profits at the expense of consumers or general health.
Table of Contents:
- What is Food Adulteration?
- Examples of Food Adulteration and their Harmful Effects
- Adulteration of Food in India
- Food Adulteration Act
- Reasons for Food Adulteration
- Types of Food Adulteration
- Methods of Food Adulteration
- Impacts of Food Adulteration
- How can Food Adulteration be Prevented?
- How to detect Food Adulteration?
- FAQS on Food Adulteration