• Ms. V. Durga Nandini
• Ms. Ashnoor Tabassum

Background: Milk is an essential food in daily life. It is a blender of many essential nutrients required by the body. Milk is consumed by people of all ages. To increase the yield, adulterants are added to the milk by the seller. Addition of adulterants not only changes the quality of milk but also few adulterants have harmful impact on health. In order to prevent it, manufacturers must follow the guidelines laid by FSSAI. Aims & Objectives: To detect adulteration in the locally available milk brands in the area of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. The main objective is to estimate the quality of the milk by detecting the presence of adulterants in the milk. Methodology: The samples of milk were selected from the market and were subjected to various laboratory tests to check the presence of adulterants. Each sample was detected for ten different adulterants. Results: The results were analyzed statistically by using ANOVA. The results have shown that at least one product is significantly different from the others. Conclusion: Overall, the ANOVA results has shown that at least one product is significantly different from others. Adulteration was found among two samples from the selected samples.

Key words: ANOVA, Adulteration, FSSAI, Adulterants, Detection techniques.

"A study on Adulteration and methods of detection of Locally available brands of milk in Hyderabad.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.e689-e697, September-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309485.pdf

"A study on Adulteration and methods of detection of Locally available brands of milk in Hyderabad.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no. ppe689-e697, September-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309485.pdf