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Madurai Restaurant Sparks Debate with Watermelon Parotta 0
- Food Hygiene, Food Laws, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- April 15, 2025
Report A restaurant in Madurai stirred controversy on social media after introducing an unconventional dish — watermelon parotta. In a now-viral promotional video, the restaurant showcased the preparation: placing a watermelon slice on parotta dough, drizzling it with oil, baking the combination, and cutting it like a pizza. While some viewers applauded the innovation, others
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ICMR-NIN Urges Health Tax on HFSS foods and Stricter Ad Rules 0
- Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- April 15, 2025
Report The Indian Council of Medical Research–National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-NIN) has recommended imposing a health tax on high-fat, high-sugar, and salt foods, i.e, HFSS foods. This move aims to curb obesity rates among Indian adolescents, which have been rising sharply in recent years. The consortium, under the Let’s Fix Our Food (LFOF) initiative, has called
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Curing Agents: How They Preserve and Flavour Food 0
- Food Hygiene, Food Safety, New Technology
- April 11, 2025
Curing agents play a key role in preserving meat and enhancing its flavour, colour, and texture. When we enjoy foods like bacon, ham, or sausages, we often overlook the process that keeps them safe and tasty—curing. This age-old method uses specific ingredients, called curing agents, to prevent spoilage and stop harmful bacteria from growing. While
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Sand-Roasted Peanuts: Are They Safe and Healthy?0

Overview For decades, people across India have embraced sand-roasted peanuts as part of the street food culture. Vendors from Mumbai’s beaches to Kerala’s roadside stalls commonly use this traditional method. They heat coarse sand in an iron pan and stir peanuts into it continuously. This ensures each peanut gets evenly roasted. In contrast, roasting peanuts

Fast Food Tied to Early Youth Deaths: Manjeri Medical Students’ Study 0

Report Final-year students from Manjeri Medical College have uncovered a troubling link between eating habits and early deaths in young people. Their research, titled the Organ Sudden Death Study, focused on individuals under 39 and found that frequent fast food consumption played a major role in unnatural deaths, particularly heart attacks. Study at a Glance

Kerala Tops in Food Safety with Record Inspections and Reforms 0

Report Kerala has achieved remarkable progress in food safety enforcement, setting new benchmarks in the last financial year. Health Minister Veena George announced that the state’s food safety department carried out 69,002 inspections, one of the highest ever recorded. These efforts resulted in the collection of ₹5.4 crore in fines from violators across various districts.