- Identify by burning the rice
- Real fake rice can be known by soaking it in water
- Mix rice with oil to know whether the rice is genuine or not
Nowadays it becomes difficult to trust anything in market shopping. Especially on food items, vegetable, milk, cheese, dal, rice are adulterated. This mixture can harm your health. The limit comes when plastic rice has started coming in the market. Plastic is harmful to the environment and also harmful to health. Currently, plastic rice is being sold in the market. You cannot judge it by looking at it. Plastic rice can be identified after it is cooked. In that case, even if you want, that thing damages your body. So know how you can identify whether it is genuine or fake while buying rice.
Here are 3 easy ways
Burn the rice
If you want to identify genuine and fake rice, take a piece of rice and burn it. If there is a plastic smell while burning it, then understand that it is fake.
Immersion in water
Dip a spoonful of rice in water to identify genuine and fake rice. If the rice floats above the water then it is fake as plastic does not sink in water. If the rice stays under the water then it is genuine.
By mixing in oil
To identify fake rice, heat oil in a pan and mix rice in it. If the rice melts or starts to stick, it is fake. Be careful not to overheat the oil.