{"product_id":"lakadong-turmeric-powder","title":"Lakadong Turmeric Powder","description":"\u003cp\u003eLakadong turmeric from the hills of Northeast India — hand-dug on slopes too steep for machinery, then ground and jarred in Guwahati.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost turmeric on an Indian shelf clears a legal minimum and stops there. India's food safety standards set a floor of 2.0% curcumin, the compound responsible for the colour, the bitterness, and the reason anyone cooks with turmeric at all. A powder can meet that floor, sit legally on a shelf, and still be mostly filler. The other lever is starch — turmeric can be bulked with rice flour or maize starch and still look approximately correct. And when the colour fades, because filler has no colour, dye goes in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe did not want to make a marketing claim about purity. We wanted a government lab to make it for us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat the Food Analyst found\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurcumin — 9.53%\u003c\/strong\u003e (minimum: not less than 2.0%)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAdded synthetic colour\u003c\/strong\u003e — Nil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLead chromate\u003c\/strong\u003e — Negative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTotal starch\u003c\/strong\u003e — 45.44% (limit: not more than 60%)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMoisture\u003c\/strong\u003e — 9.45% (limit: not more than 10.0%)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTotal ash\u003c\/strong\u003e — 5.62% (limit: not more than 9.0%)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAsh insoluble in dilute HCl\u003c\/strong\u003e — 0.31% (limit: not more than 1.5%)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly five times the curcumin the law asks for, and nothing added to make it look that way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSample PL\/541\/26, Turmeric Powder Lakadong. Received 10 June 2026, analysed 11–19 June 2026. ULR No. TC 1084526000005186F. Report of the Food Analyst, District Kamrup (M), Assam, dated 26 June 2026, issued by the State Public Health Laboratory, Assam, Bamunimaidam, Guwahati. Conforms to Regulation 2.9.18.2 of the FSS (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNutritional information\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003ePer 100 g\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003ePer serving (5 g)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEnergy 367.52 kcal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.38 kcal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eProtein 13.59 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e0.68 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTotal carbohydrate 65.78 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.29 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTotal sugar 0 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e0 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTotal fat 5.56 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e0.28 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003ch3\u003eUsing it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeep colour and a full, slightly bitter aroma. Use where turmeric is meant to be tasted rather than merely seen — in dal, in a slow curry base, or stirred into warm milk with a crack of black pepper. Start with less than you are used to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct information\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e Turmeric (100%). Nothing else.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNet quantity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150 g or 250 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eServing size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 g, approximately one teaspoon — 30 servings in the 150 g jar, 50 in the 250 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStorage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Store in a cool, dry place. 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