Food Adulteration

Food Adulteration is a problem world wide, but it is more rapant in developing countries.
Equinox Carries out the following Adulteration Analysis.

Substance
Adulterant
Asafoetida (Hing)
Resin or gum scerted and coloured
Bura Sugar (Powdered Sugar)
Washing Soda
(a)Cardamom (b)Badi Elaichi seeds
(a)Oil is removed and pods are coated with talcum powder(b)Choti Elaichi seeds
Turmeric (Halidi)
(a)Metanil yellow colouring(b)Starch of maize, wheat, tapioca, rice(c)Lead Chromate
Chilli Powder ( Lal mirchi )
(a)Sawdust & colour(b)Brick powder grit, sand, dirt, filth, etc
Coffee
Chicory
Coriander Powder (Dhanya Powder)
(a)Horse dung powder(b)Common salt
Cloves (Laung)
Oil may be removed
Cumin Seeds (Jeera)
May contain grass seeds coloured with charcoal dust
Ghee
(a)Vanaspati(b)Mashed PotatoSweet Potato, etc(c)Rancid stuff (old ghee)(d)Synthetic Colouring Matter
Jaggery
Metanil Yellow
Rawa
Iron filling to add weight
Supari
Sawdust and artificial colour
Tea Dust
Exhausted tea leaves dried, powdered and artificially coloured
Edible Oil
Argemone
Saffron (Kesar)
Maize fibres dried coloured and scented
Sago (Sabudana)
Sand and Talcum
Coconut Oil
Any other oil
Bajra
Fungus (Ergot infested)
Cinnamon (Dalchini)
Cassia bark
Olive Oil
Peanut Oil
Peanut Oil
Cottonseed Oil
Vegetable oil
Castor oil
Honey
Invert sugar/jaggery
Pulses/Besan
Kesari dal(Lathyrus sativus
Wheat flour (Ghehu atta)
Excessive sand & dirt

Excessive bran

Chalk powder
Common spices like Turmeric, chilly, curry powder,etc
Colour
Spices(Ground)
Powdered bran and saw dust
Cumin seeds(Black jeera)
Grass seeds coloured with charcoal dust
Foodgrains
Hidden insect infestation