In the modern era, it’s been a big question that is there any plastic in kurkure, and is kurkure harmful?

This question can be answered if you know the inside ingredients for kurkure –

No, basically there is no plastic in kurkure. kurkure is made from rice meal, edible vegetable oil (palm oil), cornmeal, gram meal spices. condiments, salts, sugar, tartaric, milk solids, and E631 along with flavor.

Palm olein oil is an enriched source of highly unsaturated fatty acids like linoleic fatty acid, palmitic fatty acid, linoleic fatty acid, etc., and also a good source of omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids which are the well-known source of reducing low-density lipoprotein % in the body. Palm olein has the highest thermal stability among other oil categories in the market and also providing some texture. Also, oxidative stability of palm olein oil is at the pinnacle amongst oil peers as even peroxides reduce its stability at 120 degrees Celsius and other secondary peroxides among 120 degree Celsius. Its trans fat formation is below 0.1mg amongst others. Palm olein oil has a continuous supply from Indonesia and after frying providing finger-licking and most desired, acceptable texture among the consumers that are the major reasons for using palm olein oil.

The reason why Kurkure burns like Plastic?

The reason why kurkure burns like plastic are due to the high amount of oils and carbohydrates in it. The plastic-like material while burning that we see in it is nothing but starch. The shiny plastic look of kurkure is due to the gelatinized starch so which is not harmful to humans at all, so we can say that kurkure is not harmful at all.

So, after this, we can conclude that kurkure doesn’t have plastic in them.

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