Every few months, the media jumps on a diet drama and guess who gets punched first? Our poor jalebi, samosa, and mithai. Apparently, everything bad in the world is hiding inside a gulab jamun. Meanwhile, pastries and chocolates just sit there in shiny packaging looking innocent.
Indian snacks get bashed for sugar and ghee. The truth? Chocolates and Bakeries run on the same unholy trinity: maida, fat, and sugar. Except one wear traditional clothes and the other has a fancy accent. And let’s not forget some replacements are actually worse, swapping ghee for low-grade refined oil, and cane sugar for syrupy shortcuts. But here’s the kicker: even healthcare pros, nutritionists, and government babus often sing the imported tune; no one asks for actual science, just sexy headlines.
This isn’t food criticism it’s brand positioning. And if we don’t speak up, they’ll take away our halwa and sell it back to us as artisanal sugar craft.
