Highlights

  • Watermelon is high in water content and low in calories
  • Sellers use toxic dye to make it red and juicy
  • FSSAI shares trick to identify chemical injected watermelons

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Watch the video shared by FSSAI to identify whether a watermelon is chemically injected or not. 

Chemically-injected watermelons; FSSAI guides how to identify them 

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.

How to identify chemical-injected watermelons

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.

Also watch: How much watermelon is too much watermelon? Know what happens if you overeat this fruit

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