Spices are among the products that are frequently counterfeited. So, I learned that vanillin is usually made not from the pods of plants of the Vanilla genus, but from tonka beans, which are similar in taste and aroma. Tsargrad.tv. To avoid encountering fake products, Russians are advised to purchase the original product and make the spices at home.
Other tricks used by scammers include adding flour, starch, ground rice or mustard seed husks to the dried ginger powder that becomes the main ingredient of the spice.
The publication also notes that unscrupulous spice sellers sometimes dilute chili with ground rice, mustard seed husks, sawdust, brick dust, salt and turmeric. And to make cinnamon, instead of the ground bark of the Cinnamomum verum tree, crooks can use the bark of a related tree, Cinnamomum cassia.
That’s why it’s best to buy roots, barks, fruits, grains and seeds to make spices, the publication notes. You can make natural aromatic blends using a manual or electric home grinder.
Nutritionists before named salt, red and black pepper and spice mixtures that are dangerous for the elderly.