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Recently, in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, the Food Safety Department of the state busted a factory manufacturing fake tomato sauce. The team seized about 800 kg of fake tomato sauce from this factory.
According to Food Department officials, the sauce being prepared in this factory not only did not contain tomato, but instead of tomato, synthetic color, corn flour and arrowroot were being added.
Generally people use tomato sauce to enhance the taste of food. Tomato sauce is widely used in junk food and fast food items like chow mein, patties, burgers, sandwiches. But fake tomato sauce can spoil your health along with its taste. Consuming it for a long time can cause kidney or liver related problems.
so today news of need I will talk about how to identify fake tomato sauce. You will also learn that-
- How is fake tomato sauce prepared?
- What precautions should be taken while buying tomato sauce?
Expert: Virendra Singh Kushwaha, District Food Officer, Rampur (Uttar Pradesh)
Question: What kind of harmful chemicals can be found in fake tomato sauce?
answer- Be it children or adults, everyone eats tomato sauce with great enthusiasm. It enhances the taste of fast food. But if the sauce you are adding to your food to enhance the taste, is fake then it may also contain dangerous chemicals.
Understand this from the graphic below.
Question: At which places are there maximum chances of finding fake tomato sauce?
answer- Generally, the price of branded and good quality tomato sauce is around Rs 100 per kg, whereas fake tomato sauce is available at the rate of Rs 20 to 30 per kg. Fast food corners, small restaurants, dhabas and wholesale shopkeepers located around the roads want to buy sauce at cheap prices. Adulterators take advantage of this and supply poor quality sauces at such places, due to which it is difficult to identify them easily.
Question- What kind of health problems can be caused by eating fake tomato sauce?
answer- When we go to a restaurant and ask for tomato sauce, they bring a red plastic bottle which contains the sauce. Things like the name of the manufacturing company, expiry date and brand name are not there on that bottle. Most of the places contain fake tomato sauce in such bottles. Artificial colors are added to give it a real color, which can cause health problems like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children. This disease is one of the mental disorders, in which there may be lack of concentration, change in behavior.
Artificial sweeteners added to processed tomato sauce may disturb metabolism, leading to high blood sugar levels and metabolic syndrome. Apart from this, fake tomato sauce can also cause some other health problems. Understand this from the graphic below.
Question: How can adulteration in tomato sauce be detected?
answer- Real tomato sauce is made from ingredients like tomato gravy, sugar, vinegar, red chilli and salt. Corn syrup or other vegetable gravy can also be added to thicken it. Adulterators also make fake tomato sauce look like the original with the help of artificial color and sweetener. In such a situation, it is difficult for everyone to identify it. But we will tell you some methods with the help of which you can easily identify real and fake tomato sauce.
Understand this with the help of the graphic given below.
Question- What things should be kept in mind while buying tomato sauce?
answer- While buying tomato sauce, some basic things should be kept in mind, such as-
- Read the ingredients written on the package carefully. Make sure that it does not contain any harmful chemicals.
- It is important that the quality of tomatoes in tomato sauce is good. Therefore, always buy tomato sauce certified by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
- The amount of sugar and salt in tomato sauce should be less.
- Preservatives should not be used in tomato sauce.
- The packaging of tomato sauce should be good and safe.
- Be sure to check the expiry date of tomato sauce before purchasing.
- Never buy or consume tomato sauce sold in open bottles.
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