4 Food products wrongly marketed as healthy in India

4 Food products wrongly marketed as healthy in India

In this blog I have shared how food companies do anything and everything to convince their consumers that what they are selling is healthy food. Not many people know that food companies can say anything and everything in the advertisements of their products. Here I have discussed 4 food products which are widely consumed in India. These foods are misleading.

Being customers, we should consider the ingredients & Nutrition information of any product before adding it into our kitchen.

These are the 4 food products in the Indian market that are widely sold by false marketing tactics and are marketed as healthy products.

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Nutella

“Breakfast loves Nutella” this is the punch line used by the company for marketing. Adding to this they also say that it is made of “hazelnuts, Skimmed Milk & Hint of Cocoa”.

 

By Reading this front labeling you will definitely think that it is an healthy alternative for breakfast.

It is eaten for breakfast lunch, dinner and dessert, spread on toast, melted into warm sandwiches, used to make delicious bakes goods, and often eaten straight out of the jar. Despite how much you may love Nutella though, there are probably some things you didn't know about the iconic Italian jar of sinful deliciousness. From the pronunciation of its name to the ingredients, here's what you need to know about Nutella.

• ·        When Nutella claimed its delicious hazelnut spread was healthy, the company found itself in high water.
• ·        Just one serving (two tablespoons) contains 11 grams of fat and a whopping 21 grams of sugar. And who eats two only tablespoons of Nutella?
• ·        21 grams of sugar contains approx. 90 calories which will cost you 1Km of running to burn them down.
• ·        Along with sugar the second integrant is Edible oil which is again not good for human health
• ·        So, where are the hazelnuts? Only 13% and little bit of cocoa and milk powder.
• ·        So basically, our favorite Nutella is sugar & oil with little flavour of Hazelnuts and cocoa.
• ·        Back in 2018 company had to pay 30 Million dollars to its customer for false advertising.
• ·        By paying 219 Rs for Nutella if you still believe that it provide  best value then it’s okay, but you can get much healthier and valuable product in the same category i.e. Pintola All natural Peanut Butter.

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Sugarfree

We are all aware that too much of sugar can be a problem for people who are trying to maintain healthy weight.

So, we have our very own Sugarfree Capsules

Company sell this product claiming that it is as sweet as sugar and extremely Low in calorie which makes it healthy alternative for a sugar especially for Diabetic patient and Weight watchers.

But is this what company claims? Let’s find out.

• ·        Very First integrant that it contains is Lactose. It is a type of sugar which is derived from Milk and Milk products. So Lactose Intolerant People Kindly stay away from it.
• ·        2nd  Integrant is Aspartame which is an artificial sugar that can cause you deadly health issues like High Blood Pressure, Weight Gain, Increase in Blood PH Level, Night Blindness, Enlarged Heart and much more
• ·        The Brand itself clears that it contains Aspartame not recommended for children.
• ·        It also contains other unhealthy chemicals like Sodium, Magnesium Stearate etc.
• ·        So, if you are someone who is using this product for any purpose kindly don’t fall for it
• ·        What you can do is consume less amount of white sugar
• ·        Also, natural sweeteners such as honey and Stevia are much recommended than this chemical made Product
• ·        I have listed few alternatives of sugar that are 100% natural and safer don’t forget to check that out.

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MAGGI NUTRI-LICIOUS Masala Oats Noodles

Masala oats noodles have been promoted as healthy breakfast, well this is what the company claims, but let’s just integrands talk.

        

• ·        Only 40 percent Oat flour is there, and rest is Maida along with palm oil and other refines flours.
• ·        Talking about nutrition information it gives you 445 calories, well it is almost 1/3rd of the recommended calorie intake for women per day.
• ·        Another thing that you should consider is the amount of sodium that it contains. Around 1224.3 Mg of Sodium per serving which is almost half the daily recommended intake for healthy body.
• ·        High Blood pressure, Skinny face, Weight gain are the major side effects of excess sodium intake.
• ·         So I won’t recommend this as healthy breakfast alternative all you can take it as cheat meal once a week.

 

Brown bread / Whole wheat bread

Most commonly used breakfast alternative by large population is Whole wheat bread as it takes less time to make bread related recipes like sandwiches ,omelet bread also it is assumed as healthy breakfast alternative especially brown bread. So lets check out how much healthy it is.

• ·        Whole wheat bread available in Indian market as brown bread has refined Floor (Maida) mixed in it.
• ·        84 per cent (32/38) samples were found with potassium bromate/iodate by CSE (Centre of science and environment) that include both White and brown bread.
• ·        potassium bromate is cancer causing agent where as potassium iodate increases absorption of Iodine that increases chances of thyroid problem.
• ·        In many countries potassium bromate is banned including USA, China, Shreelanka etc.
• ·        Both this agent are used to make bread more soft and fluffy.
• ·        Most of the companies in India didn’t even add it as their primary integrant labels. They cover it as Flour treatment agent and other preservative.
• ·        Although FASSAI has taken this as serious matter and hope use of this agents will be banned in India very soon.
• ·        Healthy homemade Whole wheat roti is perfect and safest alternative for breads.

 

Concluding this blog, I will like to say that not everything this companies saying or writing Infront of the labels of the products is completely true

Do not get carried away with advertisement like sugar free, fat free, weigh loss etc.

This companies are allowed to say whatever they can say for marketing so it’s our duty to see what exactly these products are made up of to make sure good health of our self and our family.

“With that say I would like to end this blog, Stay safe stay healthy”