After the fiasco relating to the excess lead, and the ban-wagon and uproar in the country, Nestle Maggi had to withdraw itself from the market. Now, almost all the brand of instant noodles is coming under the scanner, and for the same reason as that of “Extra Harmful Lead”
As per the report, after the testing done in Tamil Nadu among all the other competitive brands of Nestle Maggi, showed that be it Sunfeast, Wai Wai,Top Ramen all contains lead beyond the permissible amount. In fact, according to a report in The New Indian Express a few of these samples had more lead than even Maggi.
As per the standard set by FSSAI, a product should not contain lead content to 2.5 parts per million (ppm), but the sample showed that some of the products have more that the mentioned limit and were high up to 3.4 ppm. Out of the many samples that were tested, eleven tested by the lab had 3.2 ppm.
Also, it is worth taking the note that it was in the tastemaker {Masala} that the lead content was found and not in the noodle itself.
“While the noodle cakes had negligible lead content, the tastemakers that accompany the packs have been found to have high levels. We found above permissible lead content in some of these samples sent by the authorities and have submitted the reports to them. However, only part of the samples have been analysed, some still remain,” DK Jawaharlal from the food analyst laboratory, King Institute Campus in Chennai was quoted as saying by The New Indian Express.