From Cocopeat to Colour: Inside Hyderabad’s adulterated Tea Powder Racket0

• A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
• March 5, 2026

Key Update In a city where a cup of chai is part of everyday life, a worrying trend has begun to surface. Rising cases of tea adulteration have started alarming consumers as fake and contaminated tea products increasingly enter the market. Earlier, adulteration was mostly linked to loose, unbranded tea powders sold at roadside stalls.