Incidence of adulteration in the paneer samples collected from Nagpur city

Abstract

Adulteration in paneer is very common, it is adulterated to increase the quantity and earn more profit. Synthetic paneer making involves extensive use of chemical like Urea, Coal tar dyes, detergent, sulphuric acid and starch. In the present investigation about 75 samples of paneer were examined which were collected from different regions viz., central, east, west, north and south. From each region, 15 samples were collected and analyzed during three fortnight. These paneer samples were collected by adopting stratified randomization technique and analyzed them for possible adulteration in Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science Section, College of Agriculture, Nagpur during year 2017-2018. Possible adulteration was analyzed in laboratory by legal method prescribed in ISI and FSSAI Hand book and the sale price of paneer considered by contacting with selected respondent from different sources. Adulteration of starch was more or less found in all regions paneer samples. Whereas, adulteration of coal tar dyes was found in central, west, north and south regions. However, east region paneer gives negative test for coal tar dyes and only two samples gives positive test for starch, hence east region paneer found superior over other with respect to starch and coal tar dyes adulteration. The sale price of paneer sold in west region was highest (Rs.320/kg) as compared to all regions (Central, East, West and South).