Ritwick Banerjee This Maggi controversy all began when VK Pandey, a 40-year old Barabanki based officer of the

sed officer of the Uttar Pradesh Food Safet

Rahul Patel Nestle has removed its popular Maggi instant noodles from the shelves in India after a handful of states banned the produ
Abhishek Raj due to some adulteration but You can get maggi on amazon Maggi 2-Minutes Noodles Masala, 70g - Pack of 12
This Maggi controversy all began when VK Pandey, a 40-year old Barabanki based officer of the Uttar Pradesh Food Safet
Seth Makai Now, if you are planning to have Top Ramen or Sunfeast Yipee or any other noodles instead of Maggi then you should thi

My brothers partner comes from Zambia, she used to drink water straight from the tap at home. Then she lived 8 years in
Jila Tana
the first ban on maggi is due to improper marketing they have used as nestle company listed "No MSG" on their maggi pro
Rahul Sharma and about the lead content,yes it was found to be over 4.5 ppm in some states which is harmful for our health.on this note
Abinash Cuz some people who had consumed Maggi lost their consciousness. And Maggi used recipes that contained some harmfu
Sneha Panasa Found ash content in excess to what was printed on the label of samples of Maggi products.Nestle fined Rs 62 lakh for ‘exc

Madura Maha After the ban of Nestle Maggie in India, here's an alarming explainer video bringing out the truth behind fast food thats ki

Debarghya Mukherjee The Food Safety Standards and Safety Authority of India (FSSAI) had banned the sale of Maggi in June 2015 alleging it co
Uday Pathare Lead is not a raw material / constituent used in manufacturing of Maggie products or any other fast food products. It is p
Geeta Tolani Maggi was banned after samples collected in some parts of Uttar pradesh were found containing added mono sodium glu
Prasannakaushik SubramanianIt should be becoz people have realized the difference between dangerous levels and acceptable levels of msd.
Arun Pradeep 2 months ago it's totally banned from India . And the company Nestle had the lossof 320 crores because they flushed all th

Tamojit Roy Yes in India, its banned officially by FSSAI.

Vishwas Sharma Yes I think its because earlier UPA government was more corrupt and a fat cheque from nestle to Ministry would have pre
Ishwar Singh Yes..it is too late to ban in India .
Narayan Kumar It reaches to all section of people with all range of age. To save time & make the life comfortable, Mama give their children
Viola Yee It's the 17x lead that bothers me. Oh, wait. It's worse than that. It has been found that Maggi contains 17 parts per mil
Similar situation is faced by many Indian companies like Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (with a revenue of USD 2 billion)
Ram Manohar NB: I am not in favour of banning the whole company, but care must be given to company ethics and SOP , as well as stric
Ketan Bhatia The fact of the matter is that Maggi is too important to Nestle for them to allow it to be banned for any reasonable length o
Abhishek Guha I'm no expert on health issues, but I do know that MSG and lead are found in high quantities in many leading fast food cha

You can go for Yieppee. I mean, It's not

recommended but it's not banned either. And
while every food is going through their scanner,
Amit Kumar Singh if no one has objected yippee
Rituparno Chowdhury Well you are going to die from the inside, but technically in medical terms, you are as healthy as
Meghana Gl Maggi has been banned because the amounts of lead and MSG in it's product crossed the safet
Keertika Hey,What a dull day! I don't feel like cooking. … Friend: Don't worry, we will eat
Anand Gupta What is truth really? — Thanks for the A2A. … Ofcourse I do not know if it is one, but this whole
Anonymous Wire baskets of noodles being readied for flash frying:
Pallavi Mahajan, Apparel MercMY ANSWER IS MAINLY FOCUSED ON MSG - Since Maggi isn’t the only food item that contains it.
Sandhya Ramesh, I'm curious abOf course it's bad for health. Even keeping aside the current controversy about MSG or lead or w
Sameer Pathardikar Oh just stop this madness!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously!!!! such sanctimoniousness is so uncalled for. This
Suchi Banerjee, works at Edel Maggi is SAFE! At least safer than the vegetables we buy at the market-place.
Anupama Yes. Maggie Noodles are very harmful for one’s health. Children are even more susceptible to its
Sibi S Yes. Due to these reasons:It is made from Maida, sodium content
Pallav This 16th May Times of India broke a sensational news with headline "‘Maggi’ under regulatory s
ketan kumar On a separate note, as a matter of fact, I just only a few days back discovered that Nestle, as a co
RAJU Nestle company accepts that they add juice extracted from Beef in chocolate Kitkat.
TINA That in a case in Chennai high court Fair & Lovely company accepted that the cream contains the
SUNIL For all its "Taste bhi , health bhi!" tagline, it's just a junk food.
KUSHAL Its tasty, have it once in a while, but if you want to have it every day, do add lots of vegetables to it!
ADITYA No, Maggi Noodles don't seem to be “Bad” For Your Health.
PRASHANT Earlier on, we tend to rumored that the Lucknow Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) had written to the Food S
KAPIL RATHI Several unconfirmed reports yesterday conjointly instructed that the state governments of the geographical region and Gu
NITIN GOVIND The officers of UP FSDA had checked Maggi samples at a referral laboratory in Kolkata and their test res
KUSHAL MANGLA almost everybody should have his own version of recollections associated with Maggi, like preparation Maggi in this encam
HIMANSHU JOSHI Yes it is and it is not limited to Maggi only. Plastic packaging is harmful and it can lead to cancer.
RIYA JOSHI Coming to Maggi noodles. Different states in India performed their own tests on Maggi samples. Results are disastrous:
POOJA Lead permissible limit is 2.5 ppm, Maggi exceeds it several times. Can lead to lead poisoning. It can cause sever
Kajal Maggi noodles is a brand of instant noodles manufactured by Nestlé. The brand is popular in Australia, India, South Afric
Preeti Yes, Indian food inspectors have directed Nestle India to call back their recently manufactured batch of Maggi noodles fro
Rahul SUSPICIOUS LOVE FOR MY ADVENTURE-WALI MAGGI IS STILL ON
Sushil Bit dishearten; broken I am. No more ‘Mummy I...
Akshay Oh yes! Do you doubt me? Well it’s a truth. I am missing it. The pack often makes me drool over it. If som
Priyanka Here are the main reasons why eating Maggi is bad for your health,It is loaded with refined sugars that suddenly raise you
Sonal Verma If you eat instant noodles everyday, your health is propobably getting worse and worse. You can
Puja Gupta Maggi 2 minute noodles is one of the largest and most loved food brands that defines the instant noodles category in India
Sernival The sample of Maggi Masala noodles from the shop of one Rinku Gupta had 2.54% of ash content, excluding salt in the Ta
KAPIL Today (29 Nov 2017) court was announced the total fine of Rs 62 lakh, court levied Rs 45 lakh on Nestle India, Rs 15 lakh
Nishant There are many plants that manufacture maggi in India. Delhi has discovered higher degree of lead (way beyond the perm
Nidhi Calorie deficit if maintained or calorie surplus is not there maggi is not more harmful than other packed items.
I don't think it is “really bad” for health. Bad as in mainly
Seema Goyal responsible for causing some serious illness.
Even if Maggi causes something, it is a minor contributor.
This is because Maggi isn't the only source of maida we eat.
There are so many other foods we eat that contain maida and
unhealthy nutrients and other habits that over the long term
Ranbir lead to worsening of health.
r of the Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration, collected samples of maggi last year for tests so as to find out whether Nestle India contained any monosodium glu
andful of states banned the product due to fears of excess lead levels.The food company said in a statement that the noodles were completely safe, but explained that “recent d
asala, 70g - Pack of 12
r of the Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration, collected samples of maggi last year for tests so as to find out whether Nestle India contained any monosodium glu
ead of Maggi then you should think twice because at the end of the day it's all tasty poison you are enjoying.

t home. Then she lived 8 years in The Netherlands and went on holiday back home, tadaaa she got sick from the water.Same reason, no longer used to the quality of the drinkin

sted "No MSG" on their maggi products but there is a presence MSG as it a taste enhancer.the govt bans as they kept the customers in dark.
armful for our health.on this note, nestle told the lead content should be actually measured when we will mix water in the maggi taster nd noodle which would be lower than th
cipes that contained some harmful chemicals. It got a positive test while checking for bad chemicals. But now Maggi is back saying that is is good for health i.e it contains no che
cts.Nestle fined Rs 62 lakh for ‘excessive ash’ in Maggi

he truth behind fast food thats killing our body. So before you eat, make sure its food & not junk.

Maggi in June 2015 alleging it contained harmful monosodium glutamate (MSG) and excess lead
y other fast food products. It is present in the water used by them for manufacturing. They should use a water purification process which can give lead free water. They dont d
ntaining added mono sodium glutamate {msg] and lead in exccessive permissible limit. the times of India broke this news with headlines and tyhe news spread all over social m
eptable levels of msd.
crores because they flushed all their Maggi products from the Indian market . But now I heard a news that maggic is comming to India . They removed their Bann by throw aw

nestle to Ministry would have prevented FSSAI to test its products.

ortable, Mama give their children a lunch box full of maggie, collage canteen, roadside shops, family member of patient admitted in hospital and many more.
Maggi contains 17 parts per million lead, while the permissible limit is only 0.01 ppm.Lead is not excreted by the body very well, and can bio-accumulate. A person could
(with a revenue of USD 2 billion) is forced to shut down all its operation and ultimately sold its company due to slight violation of norms set by USFDA.
ny ethics and SOP , as well as strict enforcement by Indian authority.
anned for any reasonable length of time.
ities in many leading fast food chains and Chinese restaurants. In fact Ajinomoto(a 'chinese' moniker for MSG) is still considered to be an essential ingredient in Chinese dishes

rms, you are as healthy as healthy can be. It's better to stop eating something that contains lethal.
s product crossed the safety limits, so that people don't consume these harmful products unknowingly till t... (more)

if it is one, but this whole chain of events certainly have the characteristic elements for being suspected of conspiracy.

sy about MSG or lead or whatever being over permissible limits, I'm surprised anyone thought Maggi was even remotely healthy. Not just M
ess is so uncalled for. This is nothing but the Indian Government's illustrious show of being pro-active about food safety.......which is total B

ven more susceptible to its harmful effects.While many adults have a craving for maggie, it is most unfortunate to see parents allow their ch

"‘Maggi’ under regulatory scanner for lead, MSG beyond permissible limit". Maggi is an international brand owned by Nestlé, since 1947. T
overed that Nestle, as a company doesn't give two shits about its consumers at an extreme level. No ethics. No moral values. Just profit.
ocolate Kitkat.
hat the cream contains the oil from Pig fats !!
FSDA) had written to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of Bharat (FSSAI) in the capital of India seeking to cancel the license for Maggi.
of the geographical region and Gujarat had reached bent Nestle for testing samples of Maggi noodles.
in Kolkata and their test results show...
e preparation Maggi in this encampment with friends, having it once guests call in while not a warning, or enjoying it whereas having a late-night speak with a full cousin you m
and it can lead to cancer. http://www.thehindubusinessline....
amples. Results are disastrous:
lead poisoning. It can cause several side effects in pregnant women and children from neurological damage to kidney damage.
ar in Australia, India, South Africa, Brazil, New Zealand, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Fiji and the Philippines. In several countries, it is also known as “
ctured batch of Maggi noodles from the shops across the nation stating that it contains dangerous levels of lead. Apart from lead, Maggi also known to have an artificial, flavor n

akes me drool over it. If someone asks me at random what I will have for breakfast or dinner, with gusto I used to reply, “Maggi”. My maggimania is st
ed sugars that suddenly raise your blood sugar levels.It can cause bloating, acidity and indigestion.
worse and worse. You can eat it no more than twice a week, then I think it is okay with you health. You can find this noodles on VERYVERYC
instant noodles category in India.
h content, excluding salt in the Tastemaker. Ash percentage of 2.60% was found in the tastemaker of Maggi Atta noodles and Maggi Pazzta samples were found to have ash perc
lakh on Nestle India, Rs 15 lakh on distributors and Rs 2 lakh each on two sellers
ree of lead (way beyond the permissible limit) while Goa has declared it moderately safe. This has a lot to do with where the manufacturing plant is located and what kind of w
n other packed items.
 stle India contained any monosodium glutamate-MSG(commonly known as Ajinomoto), a taste enhancer, which is not only present in Maggi but in mostly all packaged food ite
mpletely safe, but explained that “recent developments and unfounded concerns about the product have led to an environment of confusion for the consumer.”Indian states ha

stle India contained any monosodium glutamate-MSG(commonly known as Ajinomoto), a taste enhancer, which is not only present in Maggi but in mostly all packaged food ite

o longer used to the quality of the drinking water.Produce a Maggi product here in my country and there is no problem.Set limits to what substances are allowed in drinking wa

dark.
nd noodle which would be lower than the decided ppm level.
is is good for health i.e it contains no chemicals.but people reduced consuming Maggi after this controversy. I mean many stopped consuming noodles in India. Cuz they are af

ich can give lead free water. They dont do that. So maggie noodles / masala and other fast food products maybe equally harmful. Best. Eat Home made food only.
es and tyhe news spread all over social media like fire , for this reason maggi was banned.

a . They removed their Bann by throw away their poison in the Maggi and they are going to reproduce Maggi again.. What a marketing Idea .. Hats of you Maggi India CEO ..

spital and many more.

and can bio-accumulate. A person could be heading towards lead-poisoning if the lead has been present in the noodles for a long period of time and you've been eating them da
ms set by USFDA.

an essential ingredient in Chinese dishes served in popular joints, which people happily consume. Even items such as Lays and Kurkure contain MSG. I think it can only act as

conspiracy.

even remotely healthy. Not just Maggi, but also Top Ramen, Sunfeast Pasta, Knorr soups, and any instant foods.Of course it's bad for health
ut food safety.......which is total BULL-CRAP.

nate to see parents allow their children to eat factory food. So what happens when such a processed food is being added to their diet on a

d owned by Nestlé, since 1947. The original company founded much early (1872 AD) in Switzerland by Julius Maggi. Nestlé India Ltd. introd
s. No moral values. Just profit.
a late-night speak with a full cousin you met when an extended time. Maggi may be a life-saver for those that choose a camp or keep in an exceeding hostel while not oldsters. re

In several countries, it is also known as “maggi mee” (mee is Indonesian/Malay/Hokkien for noodles). Maggi noodles are part of the Maggi family, a Nestlé brand of instant sou
i also known to have an artificial, flavor namely MSG or Monosodium glutamate. It is a flavor enhancer commonly added to Chinese food, canned vegetables, soups and proces

eply, “Maggi”. My maggimania is still on after it’s ban too. I cannot eat it, but I can feel it’s aroma engulfing me in it. All it gave me a nostalgic vibe.

find this noodles on VERYVERYCHEAP which is a comparsion websute that offer you the lowest price. Here is the link in case you want itVe

zzta samples were found to have ash percentage of 1.2. Four samples of Maggi Masala, two samples of Maggi Pazzta and a sample of Maggi Atta noodles failed the lab t...

uring plant is located and what kind of water it has used. One can say that the plant near Delhi would have a higher lead content due to the proximity of industries. Therefore,a
Maggi but in mostly all packaged food items.
usion for the consumer.”Indian states had carried out tests on the noodles, which had shown the product had higher than allowed levels of lead.Nestle then tested packets of

Maggi but in mostly all packaged food items.As you know the country's biggest retailers and grocers have pulled Maggi from their store shelves and recently Delhi banned the s

at substances are allowed in drinking water.Well maybe the standard isn’t strict enough.

suming noodles in India. Cuz they are afraid of health of their kids. Since it is easy to cook most of the children were given Maggi by their parents after school..It takes hardly 5

Eat Home made food only.

Idea .. Hats of you Maggi India CEO ..

d of time and you've been eating them daily for four years straight. HopefullyMSG is legal (in the US and most other places) and used in a lot of things. It occurs naturally in so

e contain MSG. I think it can only act as a carcinogen when consumed in absolute excess. However, consumption of it should be cut down or discontinued if possible as it is stil

oods.Of course it's bad for health. Even keeping aside the current controversy about MSG or lead or whatever being over permissible limits,

s being added to their diet on a regular basis.

s Maggi. Nestlé India Ltd. introduced Maggi brand in India with instant 2 minutes noodles. This created a entirely new food category and gr
an exceeding hostel while not oldsters. regardless of however choosey a toddler is, you'll rarely realize a child World Health Organization doesn't love Maggi. Here area unit the

aggi family, a Nestlé brand of instant soups, stocks, and noodles.

od, canned vegetables, soups and processed meats. Even though use of MSG claims to be safe from food industry it is not so. As told by Vijay Bahadur Yadav, FSDA Assistant C

All it gave me a nostalgic vibe.

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aggi Atta noodles failed the lab t...

the proximity of industries. Therefore,a state-wise scrutiny and scanning has been launched. A question worth pondering is that Lead is expensive as it is,why would any manu
vels of lead.Nestle then tested packets of Maggi itself and found that “lead levels are well within the limits specified by food regulations and that Maggi noodles are safe to ea

e shelves and recently Delhi banned the sale of Maggi for the next 15 days. Kerela govt. pulls put Maggi from the stores whereas, Maharashtra, Bengal, TN, Orissa are waiting fo

eir parents after school..It takes hardly 5 minutes to cook…

n a lot of things. It occurs naturally in some foods as well. Soy sauce is basically liquid MSG. But I haven't heard how much the "excessive" MSG is in the noodles. Or perhaps

wn or discontinued if possible as it is still undesirable if health is one's primary concern.

ver being over permissible limits, I'm surprised anyone thought Maggi was even remotely healthy. Not just Maggi, but also Top Ramen, Sun

ntirely new food category and grew in popularity. Very quickly, in India Maggi became synonymous with instant noodles. With such popula
on doesn't love Maggi. Here area unit the various ways that to cook Maggi Noodles. If you're wanting fo...

Vijay Bahadur Yadav, FSDA Assistant Commissioner to Times Of India, “We have tested Maggi samples at Kolkat...

is expensive as it is,why would any manufacturer then deliberately put such a toxic and expensive substanc...
ns and that Maggi noodles are safe to eat,” it said in the statement.

ashtra, Bengal, TN, Orissa are waiting for the results which will be informed to the officials by this week even the Army advised its soldiers to avoid the stuff if they could.

sive" MSG is in the noodles. Or perhaps the issue is that pure MSG has been added but is not declared on the label? it is a problem with just a few batches.

Maggi, but also Top Ramen, Sunfeast Pasta, Knorr soups, and any instant foods.

stant noodles. With such popularity India, this news took over the social media faster than fire. Certainly p...
diers to avoid the stuff if they could.

h just a few batches.