How to Identify Toxic Chines Plastic Rice
Plastic Rice has been spreading fear in Hyderabad for the
past three days. After a number of complaints, a hotel in Saroornagar began
serving biryani made of plastic rice. Hyderabad has recently become a hotspot
for food adulteration, and now it's the turn of rice, which is the most
commonly consumed food item in the city. As a result, Hyderabadis are torn
between eating real rice as well as eating China-made plastic rice.
Here are five easy ways to spot plastic rice:
1. Test
of the Water
Put a tablespoon of raw rice in a glass of water and stir it
for a while. Rice does not float on water, so if it floats to the top, it is
considered plastic rice.
2. Fire Testing
Using a lighter, burn a handful of rice. And see if the rice
releases the plastic odor.
3. Test
with hot oil
Put a handful of rice in a pot of boiling water. If it's
plastic rice, it'll melt and clump at the bottom of the container.
4.
Fungus Testing
Put some of the rice in a bottle and leave it for 3 days
after it has been boiled. If no mold appears, your rice is fake; plastic rice
does not grow mold in any weather condition.
5.
Boiling-Water-Test
If the rice contains plastic rice, it will begin to form a
thick layer at the top of the vessel while boiling.
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