Food
The 7 Most Frequently Faked Foods
The foods we are used to seeing at our table may not be what we thought they were. However, Clamotion has good news: it’s possible to avoid the fraudsters’ tricks.
Ground coffee
Ground coffee may contain roasted and chopped barley, wheat, and soybeans. To reduce production costs, companies may even add ground wood.
How to protect yourself?
Buy coffee beans, and grind them yourself.
Pomegranate juice
The details on the package say that inside the bottle you’ll find 100% pomegranate and cranberry juice. Yet, most likely, the drink is well diluted with cheaper apple juice or simply with water.
How to protect yourself?
Carefully read the composition, and pay attention to the juice proportion.
Olive oil
When buying a bottle of expensive olive oil, you can bring home a cheaper corn, palm, or soy oil.
How to protect yourself?
Pour some oil into a glass, and put it in the fridge. Real olive oil forms a sediment.
Parmesan cheese
One of the leaders in the market of fake foods. This cheese may contain about 10% of wooden shavings. A mixture of cheaper cheeses can also be presented as Parmesan cheese.
How to protect yourself?
Buy the whole wheel, carefully reading the composition on the label before you pay.
