| Description | Compounded Asafoetida | |
| Spicing Oriental Cuisine | Therapeutic Application |
Standards and Specifications Compounded Asafetida should conform to PFA rules, 1955 as follows:
Compounded asafoetida or Bandhani Hing is composed of one or more varieties of asafoetida Gum and edible starch or edible cereal flour.
It shall not contain:
| a. | Colophony resin |
| b. | Galbanum resin |
| c. | Ammonoaccum resin |
| d. | Any other foreign resin |
| e. | Coal tar dyes |
| f. | Mineral pigments |
| g. | More than 10% of total ash content |
| h. | More than 1.5% of acid insoluble in dil. HCI |
| i. | Less than 5% of alcoholic extract (with 90% alcohol) as estimated by the USP 1936 method. |
RAW MATERIALS:
Raw materials required for the manufacture of compound asafoetida are
:
Asafoetida - solid type, powdered
Asafoetida – pasty type
Gum powdered
Starch (Wheat flour/rice flour/ maize flour)
All the raw materials should be free from impurities, adulterants, insect
infestation and should have low moisture content. The raw materials
like wheat/rice flour/ maize flour are prone to insect infestation,
if stored for longer time and hence need to be disinfested by fumigation.
Dehydration of these raw materials prior to grinding and further use
in processing will improve the shelf-stability of the finished products.