Written By: Tania Tarafdar | Updated : November 2, 2017 1:54 PM IST
Wheat flour or atta is like a must-have in every Indian kitchen. And for a good reason, whole wheat flour is rich in vitamins B1, B3 and B5 and contains lots of fibre. Plus, wheat flour has a low glycemic index which means it is ideal for people with diabetes. However, with everything adulterated in the market including grains, it can be difficult to pick the purest form of wheat flour or atta. Wheat flour is often diluted with boric powder, chalk powder and sometimes maida. Here s how you can check for adulteration according to nutritionist Urvashi Sawhney.
While these are some of the preliminary ways to check for adulteration in wheat flour or atta, you can get your grain tested by a lab analyst at your own expense. You can check with these simple tests for adulteration in your spices.
Go for stone grinders
Commercial grinding mills not only remove the grain, bran and germ during manufacture but also add preservatives, which further deteriorates the nutritive value of the flour. All this deprives the flour of all the potent nutrition. The solution is just to go back to the basics. Yes, stone grinders are the key. They grind the entire grain so that you get the wholesome, hearty whole wheat flour with the magical ingredients of bran and germ. Also read, wheat chapatis or bajra roti, oats or ragi, quinoa or brown rice? what s better for weight loss.
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