Notes on reading a food label, what the numbers on a pack actually mean, and how the Filtizy score is built.
Per 100 g versus per serve, added sugar versus total sugar, sodium versus salt, and the ingredients line that tells you more than the whole panel. A practical reading order for Indian packaged food.
How Indian date marking works, what the 14-digit FSSAI licence number tells you, how storage conditions void a date, and which foods deserve strictness versus judgement.
What FSSAI 2016 nutraceutical rules require on a label, how to read percentage of RDA, why proprietary blends hide doses, and the six checks that separate a serious product from a hopeful one.
What WHO-formula ORS is, why FSSAI ordered non-conforming drinks to drop the ORS label in late 2025, when you actually need electrolytes, and what sports drinks are and are not for.
A decoder for Indian pack claims - which phrases are defined under the FSS (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, which are marketing, and what sweeteners and polyols do to a product.
A plain account of India front-of-pack labelling saga: the 2022 Indian Nutrition Rating draft, why it stalled, the Supreme Court pressing for warning labels, and a reading rule that works today.
What industrial trans fat is, why the FSSAI cap was a public-health win, how partially hydrogenated oils still show up in bakery and street food, and the three words to look for on a pack.
