Instructions on how to choose safe food, avoid poisoning

There are many ways to check the quality of products and foods that we consume every day, but you don't know.

Many consumers are still confused, do not know how to choose food properly and safely. Bright Side will indicate some tips below.

Chicken

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You should choose chicken that is pink and not too soft.

When buying chicken, you need to pay attention to white stripes and thick fat layer on chicken breast. If these signs appear, the chickens have more growth hormones and gained weight too quickly. This meat is not good for your health.

Color is also very important to note, if the meat is yellow it is not fresh. You should choose chicken that is pink and not too soft.

Cheese

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To find out if you bought cheeses containing flour, just add a drop of iodine.

To find out if you bought cheeses containing flour, just add a drop of iodine. If there is powder, the small area will be dark green, and if not, the dough is yellow or brown.

You can also leave cheese at room temperature. If vegetable fat is contained, cheese will be yellow, and fresh cheese may have a sour taste but will not change color.

Honey

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Real honey will form a small flow and fake honey will drip.

Pour some honey on a surface. Fake honey will drip and immediately spread to the surface. Real honey will form a small flow.

If you see caramel flavor, that means your honey has been heated up. If you can taste too much sweetness, it means this honey contains sugar.

Sour cream

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Poor quality products will produce white flakes that look like precipitates.

Yogurt is a product of milk fermentation, lactic acid makes the milk thicken and sour. To check if sour cream is standard, just stir one tablespoon of ice cream into a cup of hot water. Poor quality products will produce white flakes that look like precipitates. Real sour cream becomes a homogeneous thick liquid.

Fish

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Oily fish have opaque eyes, dark colors and pale skin, flakes.

Fresh fish are fish with bright eyes, bright red. The fish skin is bright like metal and the fish scales are still attached, not peeling. On the contrary, fish are opaque, opaque eyes and dark skin and pale skin, flaky.

Frozen vegetables

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Check if a pack of frozen products has snow or a piece of ice in it.

Check if a pack of frozen products has snow or a piece of ice in it, that is, it has not been properly stored or stored.

Meat

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Fresh meat does not leave too much moisture and blood on the towel.

When choosing meat, press your finger on the meat. Fresh meat will be elastic and lose fingerprints immediately.

Also, you should cut a large piece. If the meat is dark in color but has a white border, it means its life has been prolonged due to preservatives or additives. Or you can check by using a tissue to absorb the meat. Fresh meat does not leave too much moisture and blood on the towel.

Dill

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Fresh green leafy vegetables are always green.

Keeping a bunch of fennel plants upright, if the leaves are drooping to the sides, it has withered. In addition, if the color is too dark and the stem is too long, it means it contains nitrate. Fresh green leafy vegetables are always green.

Cream

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Good quality cream will melt into a thick white cream.

Leave cream at room temperature. If it contains vegetable fat, it will freeze longer and eventually melt into liquid. Good quality cream will melt into a thick white cream.