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June 18: CERS MEDIATES

Joyalukkas replaces faded jewellery  Glitter lost Hasmukh Barot bought jewellery worth Rs. 3,24,063 from Joyalukkas in November 2013. After it was worn once, the jewellery was put in a bank locker, only to be taken out after four years. Whe..

June 18: NEWS FLASH

No plan to ban junk food advts on cartoon channels Govt. clears the air   There were news reports recently that the government proposes to impose a ban on telecast of junk food and soft drinks advertisements on cartoon channels on televi..

June 18: SETTLED IN COURT

Reliance Fresh outlet pays for charging more than MRP After settling the bill at a Reliance Fresh outlet, Sandeep Sharma discovered that he had been charged Rs. 5 more than the MRP for a 500 gm packet of Safal Frozen Mixed Veg. Though the sum ..

June 18: COVER STORY

Are loose dairy products safe? 40 samples of loose ghee, khoya, paneer and butter tested from 22 dairies at 19 locations. Find out our alarming findings From hot phulkas gently smeared with ghee to delicious gajar halwa with khoya and finge..

Tomato Soup Powders

Key findings We tested 11 varieties of 6 brands of tomato soup powders for their lycopene, sodium and sugar content. Sodium content range from 1203 mg/100gm to 7037mg/100gm. According to the U.K. (FSA) a product which has sodium more than 600m..

Break Fast Cereals

Key findings Objective of our study was to check the content of fat, sugar and salt in breakfast cereals that are marketed to children. All the ten variants of breakfast cereals were found to be exceptionally high in sugar (more than 12.5gm/10..

Potato Chips

Key Findings Our recent tests on potato chips reveals that different brands of packaged chips differ quite a lot in their salt and fat content Uncle chips contained the highest 933 mg of sodium per 100 g. Reliance Select Masti Oye had the leas..

Biscuit

Key Findings We tested 19 brands and 6 loose ones of sweet and semi-sweet biscuits and crackers against the BIS and PFA Act. The higher the fat, the crisper the biscuit, which is why crackers come with higher fat content. Sodium..

Tomato Ketchup

Key Findings Catching up on Ketchup * Our in‐house Comparative Product Testing Laboratory tested widely available ketchups  for their sodium and sugar content and had a close look at their nutritional labels as well. The main ingredie..

Marie Biscuits

Key Findings Nine popular brands were tested in our comparative product testing laboratory to find out which tasted the best and which had the lowest fat, sugar and salt content. The brands varied greatly in taste, with the top-tasting one ..

Malt Based Beverages

Key Findings We picked nine popular health drinks aimed at children and tested each of them for their sugar content, to see just how much sugar goes into a serving. We then got 10 panellists to taste each of the nine brands. They listed their ..

Instant Noodles

We lab tested nine popular brands of instant noodles, namely Knorr Soupy Noodles Mast Masala, Maggi Vegetable Atta Noodles Masala, Maggi 2-Minute Noodles Meri Masala, Top Ramen Super Noodles More Masala, Sunfeast Yippee! Noodles Classic Masala..

Ice Cream

What we did: We lab-tested eight brands of vanilla ice cream to see how they compare for sugar and fat content. We also checked whether they were safe for consumption.  Those  that  passed  industry safety standards were blind tast..

Ready-to-eat-meals

Key Findings We picked four of the most popular and widely available brands and tested their palak paneer offering. We also conducted a taste test. The brands we tested were Aashirvaad Ready Meals Palak Paneer, MTR Tasty Delights Palak Paneer,..

Flavored Milk

Key Findings We tested eight big brands of flavoured (chocolate) milk (including three soy varieties) in our lab to see how much sugar and fat they contain in a bid to find the best one from the health viewpoint. We also taste-tested these bra..

Chips

Key Findings We tested a total of 17 brands — 10 brands of potato chips and seven brands of banana chips — as per the specifications of the BIS. Comparative product testing of popular brands of chips in our laboratory yielded som..

Namkeen

Key findings We tested five brands each of three categories of namkeens – sev bhujia, moong dal and mixture – for two nutritional parameters: (i) total fat content and (ii) sodium content. Our tests found that many brands had una..

Instant Soup

Key findings We tested three popular brands of packaged soup for sodium and sugar content. The brands were – Knorr, Reliance and Ching’s. We tested three variants in each brand – mixed vegetable, tomato and sweet corn vege..

May 18: HEALTH MATTERS

How to lower cholesterol without drugs A few lifestyle changes could work wonders Cholesterol in the body is one of the biggest contributors to heart disease and stroke. While cholesterol reducing drugs called statins are commonly prescribed, ..

May 18: PUBLIC INTEREST

Never sleep when a plane is taking off or landing You have just boarded the plane and sink into your seat with a sigh of relief. You are tempted to nod off. Don’t! Wait until the plane is at cruising altitude and the seatbelt sign is sw..

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