How to distinguish quality products from fakes

Every day we go to shops, supermarkets and markets in hopes of buying quality products. Unfortunately, 60% of all products on the shelves are fake. Unscrupulous manufacturers go to various tricks in order to get more profit, and most often suffer from this, of course. quality. As a result, we get food on the table that cannot be eaten.

Most often you can find poor-quality dairy and meat products. The most frequent manipulations are the addition of vegetable fats (palm oil), the replacement of one type of meat for another, cheaper, the addition of molasses and preservatives. Using such a product once, you, of course, will not be poisoned, but the harm will accumulate with constant use.



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Children often suffer from such fakes, because they may have an allergic reaction to one of the ingredients that are not even listed on the packaging. It's very dangerous. Therefore, the editorial board "Site" It teaches you, without expertise, to determine where the real product is and where the fake is.

Quality products

1. Meat.
   To cheat and make even more profit, meat producers use meat glue. This is pork or beef thrombin, thanks to which manufacturers glue trimmings and residues of meat products. After all, a whole piece of meat will cost much more. But the quality suffers greatly from this. Microbiologists say that such meat is difficult to heat, because inside may be those parts that were previously outside. Consumption of such meat threatens food poisoning, especially if it is not roasted to the end. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to identify such meat with the naked eye. So the only advice is to buy meat in proven places.
   
   
   
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2. Smoked fish
   With smoked fish, manufacturers trick a little differently: they cook it with liquid smoke. It is a powerful carcinogen that is banned in many countries of the world. Of course, manufacturers claim that its main component is an extract from ordinary smoke, but its composition is still kept secret. You can distinguish a fake from a real smoked fish by cutting it. In the cut, the meat of this smoked fish will be yellowish, and the fake - light, like herring. So always ask the seller to cut the fish.
   
   
   
   
   
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3. Shrimp
   Along with shrimp, we also buy water. In industrial conditions, shrimp are treated with ordinary ice. This is done to make them look good. And artificially grown shrimp contain too many antibiotics. They are added to the water so that the shrimp does not hurt. An excess of antibiotics can cause an allergic reaction, as well as kill the intestinal microflora. So you have to be careful. When buying, choose shrimp marked "Atlantic". This means that they are caught in the sea and there are fewer antibiotics in them.
   
   
   
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4. Red caviar
   Another product that manufacturers often fake. Buying caviar, you can easily get on artificial. It is made from eggs, milk, gelatin, and the taste is imparted with the help of dyes and flavors. It’s not that harmful, but it’s a pity to throw away money for a conventional fake. How to distinguish caviar from fake? Simple enough. The main signs that give out fake caviar: too low price, perfect eggs, a sharp smell of herring. And the taste of such caviar is not particularly pleasant, the smell is too sharp, and the eggs stick to the teeth.
   
   
   
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5. Crab sticks.
   Of course, in crab sticks you will not find any crab meat, but you need to have at least fish. The composition of crab sticks includes starch, dyes, preservatives and surimi (fish minced). It is worthwhile to beware of crab sticks, which do not even have surimi in the composition, such sticks consist of soybeans and flavor enhancers.
   
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   If you have ever tried homemade sour cream, then you understand that the store is far enough in taste. But still among its varieties you can find a good product. On the packaging of this sour cream should be written: "The number of lactic acid microorganisms at the end of the shelf life of the product - at least 1×107 CFU / g." The shelf life of sour cream, if it is natural, should not exceed two weeks. If the shelf life is longer, then most likely it is powder sour cream, and it is far from useful and tasty.
   
   
   
   
   
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7. Milk.
   With store milk is also quite a difficult situation, because many samples on the shelves are pure fake. To recognize quality and natural milk, you need to conduct a simple test. Pour a glass of milk and leave it on the table for a day. After 24 hours, the milk should sour and then turn into yogurt and lose its sour taste. The yogurt should be uniform, similar to jelly and easy to mix. This is proof that the milk is good. If it has acquired a sour taste not for a day, but for a longer time, then there are preservatives. If there is a boiled taste, the milk was boiled or added concentrate. If the milk does not sour, but just spoils, acquiring an unpleasant smell, then this is a surrogate.
   
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Here’s what you need to know about food. Of course, there is no guarantee that you will not fall for a fake, because manufacturers have honed the art of falsification almost to perfection. Just be careful in the shops and buy only proven products!

Unfortunately, it is impossible to trust manufacturers now, so you need to check the quality of each product yourself. Recently, we talked about how to choose a real butter and recognize a fake.

We also wrote earlier about how to choose high-quality wine and distinguish it from a fake in the store.

Do you have any ways to find quality products in the store? Tell us in the comments!