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The organization’s food safety scientists tested lead levels in 36 ground cinnamon products and spice blends containing cinnamon, such as garam masala and five-spice powder.
Here are the 12 brands of spice blends and cinnamon that CR says to stop using: Paras cinnamon powderEGN cinnamon powderMimi's Products ground cinnamonBowl & Basket ground cinnamonRani Brand ...
Cinnamon powder sold by Paras contained the highest levels of lead, at 3.52 parts per million, or ppm, according to the report. The next highest level was found in cinnamon powder from EGN (2.91 ...
The Naga Morich, with around 1 million SHU, [2] is primarily grown in India and Bangladesh. The Scoville scale is a measurement of pungency (spiciness or "heat") of chili peppers and other substances, recorded in Scoville heat units (SHU). It is based on the concentration of capsaicinoids, among which capsaicin is the predominant component.
The international Radura logo, used to show a food has been treated with ionizing radiation. A portable, trailer-mounted food irradiation machine, c. 1968 Food irradiation (sometimes American English: radurization; British English: radurisation) is the process of exposing food and food packaging to ionizing radiation, such as from gamma rays, x-rays, or electron beams.
In April 2024, Singapore and Hong Kong halted sales of some spices produced by Indian companies MDH and Everest over suspected elevated levels of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing pesticide. In April 2024, the Singapore Food Agency and Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety banned two companies' curry powders which were found to contain ethylene oxide.
Badia, a common cinnamon powder brand, had level levels of 1.03 ppm, the report said. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization has a proposed international safety standard of 2.5 ...
Pungency (/ ˈpʌndʒənsi / ⓘ) refers to the taste of food commonly referred to as spiciness, hotness or heat, [1][2][3] found in foods such as chili peppers. Highly pungent tastes may be experienced as unpleasant. The term piquancy (/ ˈpiːkənsi /) is sometimes applied to foods with a lower degree of pungency [4] that are "agreeably ...