Question

with what black pepper is adulterant​

Answer 1

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Black pepper is a common and a valuable spices used all over the world. Hence, it is suspectible to adulteration. A common Adulterant is Black dried papaya seed powder.

It is almost the same size and tasteless.

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1. Add some amount of black pepper to a glass of water that is to be checked.
2. Observe it while keeping it aside.

• Observation- Pure peeper settles at the bottom
• And, adulaterated pepper(Papaya seed powder) float in the surface..