Revant Himatsingka
Food Pharmer · Individual
Decodes packaged-food marketing and nutrition labels for a mass audience, in a plain-spoken, myth-busting style.
Voices worth following
Independent advocates, food scientists, clinical nutritionists, label-scanning apps, regulators and industry bodies, with links to their own official channels.
16 Voices worth following. We do not host photographs of the people listed here. Each entry links to their own channels, where their own picture appears under their control.
People and institutions who examine what is actually in packaged food, and how it is described on the pack.
Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips
The Liver Doc · Individual
A practising hepatologist who commissions and publishes his own laboratory testing of packaged supplements and wellness products.
Centre for Science and Environment
CSE · Institution
Delhi research and advocacy institution whose laboratory testing and investigative reporting on food labelling has repeatedly forced regulatory movement.
People who explain the science behind cooking and processing, and correct the myths that spread fastest.
Krish Ashok
Masala Lab · Individual
Explains the chemistry and physics behind everyday Indian home cooking, and takes apart the kitchen scare stories that spread fastest.
CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute
CFTRI, Mysuru · Institution
India's public food-science research institute, and the underlying source for much of the science on processing, preservation, nutrition and safety.
Follow:
cftri.res.in
Qualified practitioners who push back on fad diets and unsupported weight-loss claims.
Rujuta Diwekar
Individual
India's best-known nutritionist, arguing for local, seasonal and traditional eating over fad diets and superfoods.
Dr. Siddhant Bhargava
Individual
Doctor and nutrition entrepreneur who argues weight loss from calories and evidence rather than from trends.
Follow:
Instagram
Ryan Fernando
Individual
Sports and clinical nutritionist who builds individualised diets from blood work and genomics, and argues against blanket carb avoidance.
Apps you can use at the shelf to check a label, and the government channel for reporting a problem.
TruthIn
by NatFirst · App or tool
Barcode scanner app that gives packaged foods an independent health rating, with allergen and additive alerts.
OpenLabel
App or tool
Free, offline-first ingredient-label scanner built specifically for Indian packaged foods.
Food Safety Connect
FSSAI's citizen app · App or tool
The government's own app for reporting food safety violations and misleading label claims, and for checking whether an outlet's FSSAI licence is genuine.
Follow:
fssai.gov.in
The official sources for standards, licensing, recalls and scheme rules. Follow these directly rather than secondhand.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
FSSAI · Institution
India's central food-safety regulator: standards, labelling rules, licensing, recalls and enforcement.
Follow:
fssai.gov.in
Ministry of Food Processing Industries and the PMFME scheme
MoFPI · Institution
The nodal ministry for food-processing policy, and the PMFME scheme that matters most to micro and small processors.
Bodies that convene the sector and shape policy positions, with programming you can attend or read.
FICCI Food Processing Committee
Institution
FICCI's policy-advocacy and convening body for the food processing and food-business ecosystem.
Follow:
FICCI food processing
All India Food Processors’ Association
AIFPA · Institution
India's oldest food-industry association, founded in 1943, working across the processing sector on regulatory and technical issues.
Follow:
aifpa.net
ASSOCHAM National Council for Food Processing and Value Addition
ASSOCHAM · Institution
ASSOCHAM's sector council covering cold chain, farmer producer organisations, supply-chain competitiveness and, increasingly, nutraceuticals and functional foods.
Follow:
assocham.org