continuing the theme from the earlier post on diet tips.
here is the dope on cooking oil.
as per GOI rules, a content of 60% of oil X allows the oil to be sold as oil X.
i.e., rules indicate that sunflower oil has at least 60% sunflower oil, it can be sold as sunflower oil.
so what is likely to be the other 40%.
you guessed right. any other oil which is cheaper.
correction note - the adulteration can be up to a maximum of 40% bcos of the rule..
some of the big brands might be satisfied with 25%.
am sure that the details mentioned in each pack (please do look and tell) will not have this difference marked.
the bad news. the common and popular gingelly oil (nalla ennai in tamil and til ka tel in hindi) is likely to be mixed with 40% of cottonseed oil.
and with BT cotton almost entirely replacing natural cotton, we are already ingesting BT products since 6 years.
addendum - as a rule any Refined oil is bad for health! try and source locally from the old/known oil mill/chekku/chakki. It can max have some impurity which goes with filtering.
i could not verify the above information, but can vouch for ananthu, my source.
Friday, April 02, 2010
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oops..once more am quoted..thx sri! but that adds responsibility:-)
so lemme clarify a bit..
I wud say the adulteration can be up to a maximum of 40% bcos of the rule..
some of the big brands might be satisfied with 25%..hozzat;-)
seriously adulteration is an issue bcos of such stupid rule.But IMHO refining is an biggger evil.
as a rule any Refined oil is bad for health! try and source locally from the old/known chekku/chakki. It can max have some impurity which goes with filtering.
ananthu - will keep notes next time :-)
hope that memory improves as we follow these tips :-)
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