🥤 Spotlight on Misleading "Health Drink" Labels & the Push for Transparency 📜✨

 🚨 Important Read! 🚨 The Times of India's recent editorial, "Thought for Food," sheds light on the misleading marketing of malt-based beverages like Bournvita, labeled as "health drinks." Despite their popularity, these drinks are high in sugar and may contribute to obesity and diabetes among children. 🥤🚫

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is stepping up, issuing advisories to enforce stricter product categorization, particularly on e-commerce platforms, aiming to cut through deceptive marketing and protect consumer health. 🛒📉

It's time for us to demand better food safety regulations and honest labeling to enable informed health choices. Let’s support initiatives that prioritize consumer health over misleading claims! 👏🏼🍽

Read more about the need for honest food marketing in the full editorial here: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/thought-for-food-2/

#InformedChoices #HealthFirst #NoMoreSugarCoating #FSSAI #ConsumerRights #FoodSafety #HonestLabeling #PublicHealth

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