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Potato: A lot of adulterated goods are sold in the market. But when it comes to eating and drinking, you should be more careful. Consuming fake and adulterated products has serious effects on health. Talking about the present time, fake potatoes have started being sold in the market. Dangerous chemicals are added to fake potatoes which are harmful to health.
Potato is something that is used daily in almost every household. Be careful if you go to buy the most commonly used potato in the market. A fake potato can tell you a good potato. If you want to prevent this from happening, follow these tips when buying potatoes. By this you can know whether the potato is real or not.
How to check potatoes?
1. You can find out whether a potato is real or fake by its smell. Real potatoes will have a natural aroma and fake potatoes will have a chemical smell.
2. Even if potatoes are handled with chemicals, the chemical gets on the hands. Real potatoes do not harm hands.
3. Fake potatoes can also be tested by immersing them in water. Real potatoes sink in water while fake potatoes float in water due to the chemicals.
4. By cutting the potato, it can be checked whether it is real or fake. Potatoes with chemicals look different inside and outside. This means that after cutting, two colors will be visible in the inner part of the potato.