National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Due to high market demand and comparatively poor supply of ghee; tends it to adulterate with cheaper oils and fats. Palm oil is one of the common adulterant widely reported in ghee. Fat constants analysis specially Richert Meissl value (R.M) value and Butyro-Refractometer (BR)reading regularly use to detect palm oil in ghee. However, fat constants were reported to be changed in ghee over the storage period. So present investigation was designed to check the efficacy of these two methods to ensure purity of ghee over storage period. Results of present study supported that BR reading and R. M value analysis able to detect palm oil in ghee when fresh or without storage. Although during storage both BR reading and R.M value decrease and increase respectively, for both pure and adulterated ghee. Hence, both this techniques are not sufficient alone to ascertain the purity of ghee during storage.
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