Chinese medicine holds that black sesames are a kind of daily food material and are quite suitable for people who have these symptoms including dizziness, dim eyesight, blurred vision, aching lumbus and limp legs and so on to eat. However, it is difficult to distinguish true and false black sesames being sold in the markets and today i would like to inform you of the following methods of selecting black sesames as much as i can.

See the appearance. Normal black sesames will occur slight discoloration phenomenon after being soaked in the cold water and this water color is too light at this time because natural pigment contained in the black sesames will have a process when dissolving in water and will not lose colour at once. Otherwise, if black sesames you purchase quickly lose colour when being put in the cold water, it may be dyed black sesames you choose and purchase.

Use knife to cut black sesames. Due to that the seed coat of black sesames is black and its endosperm part is still white, so you can use knife to cut black sesames. If the interior of black sesames is white, this means they are true black sesames, otherwise, they are dyed black sesames.

Put black sesame in the palms of hands. Grab a small handful of black sesames in the palms of hands and if the palms of hands become black quickly, this means that these black sesames are dyed.

In addition to the all above points, there are also other selection methods of black sesames worthy of attention, such as see fractured part of black sesames, taste the flavor of black sesames and so on.