Summer is the time to munch on watermelons. But sometimes you might get tricked by the juicy red watermelons which are artificially coloured and filled with chemicals.
Due to high demand of watermelons in summers, sellers use Erythrosine, the most toxic dye used for artificially colour food items, leading to public health concerns.
FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has shared a detailed video on how to detect adulterants in watermelon. The video shows cutting a watermelon into two halves and dabbing a cotton ball or tissue on the pulp. If the cotton ball turns red it means the fruit has been adulterated with chemical dye.
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