PUNE: Soon, you will get to know the exact composition and nutritional values present in your cooking oil.
This includes information about vegetable oil, fats, trans-fat present in the oil.
The issuance of this label has been made mandatory by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to improve public awareness about the nutritional values, health benefits or risk gained from the cooking oil one consumes daily.
The biggest benefit of this decision taken by the food regulators, officials of Food and Drugs Administration(FDA) observe, will be for people who can now choose cooking oils suiting their body requirements.
“People are still unaware of the health implications of the cooking oil, which is an important cooing ingredient that they are consuming in their day-to-day foods. This situation will improve with the new rules of labels oil contents on the packaging,” said Assistant Commissioner (Food) Dilip Sangat. The labels will now onwards reflect specific vegetable fats that are present in the oil. This includes hydrogenated oil, margarine oil and mixed oil, all of which are edible.
FDA officials also stated that they would keep a strict vigil on those oil manufacturers who fail to provide the nutritional content in cooing oil.
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