Ghee is an excellent and nutritious food, so it deserves a place in everyone's diet to meet daily nutritional needs. With this popularity in mind, many companies have brought ghee to market as one of their products.

Many of us bring ghee home to meet the family's nutritional needs. But do we ever check how nutritious or pure the ghee we buy really is? Here are the right ways to find out.

There are several popular methods for telling real ghee from fake.

If you are looking for a first, simple check, try this. Place a spoonful of ghee on the palm of your hand. If it melts with the warmth of your body, you can take it that the ghee is pure.

Another way is a laboratory test, which can easily tell real ghee from fake. You can have it tested at any approved government laboratory in the country.

You can also check ghee on the stove. Put some ghee in a pan and set it on the heat. If the colour of the ghee changes and turns yellow, you should understand that you have been given fake ghee.

Source: Staff Correspondent. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.