How to identify pure turmeric

As you know, pure turmeric is an extremely good herbal treatment and beauty medicine, certified by the Ministry of Health and Science. But to recognize pure turmeric, not everyone knows.

Many people often confuse turmeric and turmeric powder. This article we would like to share with you how to distinguish these two concepts, to make people understand better and not to be mistakenly bought again.

1. What is turmeric? What is turmeric powder?

Pure turmeric: Fresh turmeric has been selected after rinsing, peeling and disinfecting, then sliced, dried. The dried artisanal turmeric is crushed and screened for fiber and impurities are added to the distillation by a steam roll system to separate the essential oil. Filtering several times will result in pure turmeric starch depositing into an array. Going to dry and grind this piece of turmeric starch, the final product is turmeric . On average, 100kg of fresh turmeric will produce 3kg of powdered technology. Turmeric starch usually costs 800 -1tr / 1kg.

Turmeric powder: Use turmeric to dry, then crushed to form a powder. Golden turmeric powder is often used in cooking and costs 40-50k / 1kg. Because of the price difference, some places often add turmeric powder to turmeric to sell more profit.

Turmeric starch usually costs 800 -1tr / 1kg.

So if this is mixed, is there any harm?

Of course it is because if using mixed turmeric, all people use to cover their skin will be yellow, difficult to clean and not as effective as using pure turmeric. For those who drink turmeric starch for beauty, drinking mixed turmeric can have health effects.

2. Distinguish turmeric powder with regular turmeric powder

About color

1. Turmeric : Turmeric has three types of yellow turmeric, red turmeric and black turmeric. Yellow turmeric will give pale yellow starch, red turmeric (or sticky turmeric) will give orange-yellow starch, black turmeric will produce white starch.
2. Turmeric powder : Turmeric powder will be dark yellow with yellow turmeric and red yellow with red turmeric.

Turmeric powder usually costs from 40-50,000 VND / kg.

About taste

1. Turmeric powder : Only faintly turmeric, slightly bitter, easy to drink. When added to the mouth, turmeric powder will slowly dissolve, without feeling any residue or fiber like turmeric. When mixed with water, turmeric will dissolve, only 1 less residue like drinking tapioca.
2. Turmeric powder : Has a strong aroma of turmeric, the smell of dark turmeric is quite unpleasant and bitter. Put in the melted mouth and leave the fiber behind, with the sebum floating up. Soluble in water leaving a lot of fiber and impurities.

How to test when applying face

1. Turmeric: Wash the skin quite clean, not yellow or only slightly yellow.
2. Turmeric powder : Finished washing leaves yellow on the skin.