High TPC levels! Dark, degraded oil found in popular fast food chain: Study explains its impact on your healthA recent food safety scare has put the spotlight on reused cooking oil risks after a KFC outlet in Kondapur, Hyderabad was reportedly found...
06 May, 2026, 12.22 PM IST
Is your paneer real? Maharashtra orders restaurants to disclose types of cottage cheese used in billMaharashtra's Food and Drug Administration now mandates restaurants and eateries to clearly disclose if "paneer" is genuine or a substitute...
01 May, 2026, 11.06 AM IST
Forget risky weight-loss jabs: Scientists are developing safe, tasteless edible ‘fat-trapping beads’. How they work?Chinese researchers develop edible microbeads for weight loss. These beads contain green tea and seaweed. They block fat absorption in the ...
22 Aug, 2025, 10.00 PM IST
Swasth Foodtech India IPO: Check key dates, GMP, price band and other detailsSwasth Foodtech India plans to raise Rs 15 crore through its SME IPO opening on February 20. The company will offer 15.87 lakh shares at Rs...
20 Feb, 2025, 08.10 AM IST
Refined oil duty cut won't bring down prices: CosThe government's move on Wednesday night to reduce the duty on refined soybean oil and refined sunflower oil to 12.5% from 17.5% will not h...
16 Jun, 2023, 12.08 AM IST
Small towns stocking up on branded kitchen staplesKitchen staples marketers Gemini Edibles & Fats India, Adani Wilmar, and GRM Overseas confirmed a shift from unbranded to branded products ...
10 May, 2023, 12.32 AM IST
Relief to consumers: Mother Diary to slash edible oil pricesA Mother Dairy spokesperson said "The maximum retail prices (MRP) of Dhara edible oils are being reduced by up to Rs. 15 per litre across v...
16 Jun, 2022, 09.45 PM IST
Relief to consumers: Branded edible oil makers slash prices by up to Rs 15 a litreThe drop in prices has prompted distributors to stock up as demand is expected to pick up. The fall in edible oil prices will also have an ...
16 Jun, 2022, 08.31 PM IST
Edible oil prices decline after duty cutDomestic edible oil prices have soared in tandem with the global prices which shot up due to reduced availability of edible oils for food u...
05 Nov, 2021, 06.18 PM IST
Sebi puts Gemini Edibles' Rs 2,500-cr IPO in abeyanceWithout disclosing the reason, Sebi said "issuance of observations kept in abeyance" with regard to the IPO of Gemini Edibles & Fats India ...
23 Aug, 2021, 02.40 PM IST
Major edible oil firm Gemini Edibles plans Rs 1,800 crore IPOFour investment banks - Nomura, Axis, Credit Suisse and Kotak have been hired to run the process. A draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) for...
10 May, 2021, 06.36 PM IST
FSSAI extends deadline for trans fat reduction in edible oilsThe edible oil industry has cited the outbreak of the Coronavirus and the subsequent lockdowns as a reason for it it's inability to prepare...
13 Jan, 2021, 05.44 PM IST
Edible oil companies request FSSAI to "not enforce" regulation to reduce trans fat reduction in 2021Due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus and the subsequent lockdowns preparations to reduce the trans fat became the second priority, hence ...
12 Jan, 2021, 03.55 PM IST
Course of edible oil imports to depend on pandemic situationImports will either be lesser by 3% compared with the 2019-20 oil year or may go up by 5.3%, depending on when India comes out of the outbr...
09 Dec, 2020, 06.47 PM IST
Cargill Foods plans launches to expand India presenceCargill currently mills 2,500 tonnes of edible oil a day and these are sold under the brand names of Nature Fresh, Gemini, Sweekar, Leonard...
03 Oct, 2017, 01.04 AM IST
Bring trans-fat content in edible oils to 'near-zero': CSERecently the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has reduced permitted trans-fats content in edible fats and oils in the c...
02 Sep, 2015, 09.56 PM IST
Government decides to ban import of tyres, edible fats for recyclingThe changes to the Act were made as vegetable oils and animal fats are said to produce similar effects on environment as by petroleum oils.
13 May, 2015, 06.46 PM IST