How to check the quality of pure ghee?

Ghee is a premium quality dairy product which can be used by people of all ages. Ghee or clarified butter offers several health benefits. Ghee is high in calorie as it is loaded with saturated fats. So, before including ghee into your daily diet take care that you are taking it into strict moderation and with an active lifestyle. Identifying pure ghee is really important because only then you will be able to get all the health benefits.

Pure ghee means ghee that is unadulterated or free from artificial colour, flavour or preservatives. You need to rely on a trusted brand that has an organic certificate. In organic farming, the cows are 100% grass-fed which is the main reason that they produce best-quality milk packed with nutrients. If you want to check the quality of the pure cow ghee in your kitchen, you can try these easy tests for quality validation.

1. Take a teaspoon of melted ghee from your kitchen in a see-through bottle. Now add a dash of sugar in it, close the bottle, and shake it robustly. Let the mix stand for 5-8 minutes. If you get to see a red colour at the bottom of the vessel, then the sample may contain impurity of vegetable oil.

2. Melt one tablespoon quantity cow ghee. Pour it into a glass jar and place the glass container in the fridge till it gets condensed. If you see two layers in the frozen portion, you can be sure that the ghee is not pure.

3. Take some melted cow ghee and add 4-5 drops of iodine in it. If you find the appearance of purple colour in the mix. you can be sure the ghee has the presence of starch in it. The ghee is impure.

4. Place spoonful ghee on your palm, if the dairy delicacy starts melting itself, it is pure. Usually, pure cow ghee melts against our normal body temperature.

5. Put a spoonful cow ghee and heat it. If it gets melted quickly, it is pure in its quality. Pure melted and hot ghee will turn brown. However, if the ghee takes time to get melted, and shows light yellow in color instead of becoming brown, it is surely purity compromised.

6. Pure cow ghee looks golden-yellow in colour. It offers a creamy texture and a nutty flavour. You can preserve pure ghee in normal temperature in the kitchen without any refrigeration support.

How to check a quality ghee online

• If the cow ghee is procured from organic certified 100% grass-fed cow milk

• If it is preservative, additive, and synthetic colour free.

• If the cow ghee is shelf-stable: pure ghee can be stored in the kitchen up to 12-18 months from the date of manufacturing.

• If the ghee is storage-friendly without the support of refrigeration.