2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Experts warn that the domestic market is flooded with fake vinegar, whose production is based on petroleum products and can cause heartburn.
Fake vinegar is very dangerous because it is produced from synthetic acid. It causes burns to the skin, mucous membranes and stomach, nutritionists told the Telegraph.
Dangerous for health vinegar is widely offered by manufacturers because its price is low and consumers buy it quickly.
Higher than normal concentrations of synthetic acetic acid have been detected in several brands of vinegar in recent months. The values exceeded the concentration of added solutions by 30%.
Vinegar is very dangerous to consume, and the burns and blisters it causes can appear up to a few hours after you have taken the toxic solution.
The laboratory that tested the samples says that the acid is neutralized if we dilute the acidic liquid with a little water.
On the label of the fake vinegar, the synthetic additive is marked as E260, from which customers can understand that the vinegar is a fake. Only if you read the label can you know that you are buying fake vinegar, as the manufacturers offer it as real.
According to the definition adopted in the Wine Act, the vinegar sold must be a product obtained by acetic acid fermentation of wine, fruit and ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin.
If other additives are used in the product, the manufacturer is obliged to label them and has no right to name the product as vinegar. Such a product is named as a sour spice or acidic product according to the law.
Synthetic acid is used as a cheaper substitute for acetic acid, which is obtained as a result of natural fermentation.
Experts add that there is no way to be sure that we are buying 100% natural vinegar, as this fraud can only be detected after a laboratory test, and manufacturers often avoid prescribing the supplements they have used.
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