After Maggi, UP regulator finds more popular noodle brands substandard
Barabanki/New Delhi, February 9
Uttar Pradesh’s Food Safety Department found some other instant noodles substandard, a food safety officer said, months after Nestle’s Maggi failed quality test.
The authority found ash content in three products — Knorr Soupy Noodles, Horlicks Foodles Noodles and Ching's Hot Garlic Instant Noodles — beyond acceptable limits, Sanjay Singh, Food Safety Officer of Barabanki district, said.
Ching’s Noodles was found to have 1.83 per cent ash, Horlicks Foodles Noodles 2.37 per cent and Knorr’s Soupy Noodles 1.89 per cent — more than the prescribed limit of 1 per cent.
All three companies were issued notices last week; they have been given a month’s time to appeal.
Spokesperson of GSK Consumer Healthcare, which makes Horlicks, said: "We manufacture Foodles as per product approvals received by us from FSSAI and manufacturing licences received by our third party manufacturer from the Authorities. Foodles available in the market have been manufactured in accordance with this product approvals".
A query sent to Hindustan Unilever, which manufactures Knorr range of products, went unanswered.
Capital Food, which markets Ching's Hot Garlic noodles, could not be reached.
UP Food Safety Department found high lead content and presence of taste enhancer monosodium glutamate (MSG) in samples of Nestle’s Maggi in May 2015, leading a nationwide ban on the popular product.
Maggi remained off shelves for a few months until it passed safety tests and returned in November. — PTI
