Adulteration in Spices – A Threat to Human Health and Well Being

Abstract

Spices are used to flavor food and are a common ingredient of cooking. But adulteration by some people have led these spices to not increase the aroma of food but to convert it into a food item unfit for human consumption. This study is based on detection of food adulterants in various samples of turmeric powder using various analytical methods. It was found from the results that branded turmeric powder contains different adulterants like yellow lead, metanil yellow which are toxic for human health.