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Social media was abuzz recently with a controversy over Bournvita, a product that most of us have probably had as children..
This sparked a discussion around all of the processed and packaged foods that are now widely available and consumed in the country...
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India or FSSAI is now considering introducing front of pack labelling a regulation that will involve all brands indicating if the product is high in salt, sugar or fat, right at the front of the product..
So do our processed and packaged foods contain too much sugar, salt or fat?.
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