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How to perform starch test to understand if milk is adulterated?
short by / on Thursday, 27 November, 2025
You can check purity of the milk you consume at home through several simple tests, including the starch test. Add a few drops of iodine tincture to a cooled sample of milk (you can boil a small amount with water first). If the milk turns blue, it contains starch. Pure milk will not change colour or will turn slightly yellowish.
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