'What 'no palm oil' labels tell consumers and what they don't
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- ✓Indian parliamentarians recently debated food safety, making palm oil a target.
- ✓However, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said palm oil is an approved edible oil.
- ✓Many brands now use 'no palm oil' labels as marketing, but these claims often fail to show if the new ingredients are healthier.
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- MARKET
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- Economic Times
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- 6 Minute(s)
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- India Economy
India cannot spend Rs 11,040 crore building a domestic oil palm economy while allowing brands to turn the same crop into a warning sign. The cost of that contradiction will be paid by smallholders.
Some Indian parliamentarians, while debating food safety during this year's monsoon session, made palm oil the chief villain of their story. They say multinationals use 'cheap palm oil' in their products for Indian families while using 'high-quality' oil abroad. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare allayed these fears and asserted that palm oil is an approved edible oil under the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and meets internationally accepted Codex standards.
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