Tests on 34 indicators of quality and safety were products 30 brands produced in Russia, Austria, Vietnam, Poland and Estonia. The cost of the spices ranged from 27 to 550 rubles per 100 g of product.

Seasoning checked on the content of potentially hazardous substances such as cadmium, lead and arsenic, pesticides, synthetic dyes, etc. In pepper nine brands experts have recorded exceeding the allowed amount of bacteria. The four product brands — excess on valid technical regulations the number of mold. In addition, in the three samples, the experts found bacteria groups, coliforms. And, often in spices one brand met several violations.

So, the best indicator is a sample of the brand of "Indane". Also in the top 5 included "Magic of the East", Kamis, Cykoria S. A. and "Aydigo".

The leader of the rating of microbiological indicators was pepper under the brand name "grandma's farm". It experts Roskoshestvo discovered the excess quantity of bacteria, mold, E. coli and Clostridium.