Exclusive : Nestlé Maggi 2 Minute Noodle's Journey of India, from enter to banned
Nestlé product Maggi 2 minute noodles which becomes a part of modern lifestyle today, is amid controversy in India over the its quality. Because the quantity of MSG (monosodium glutamate) and lead found in it is being told dangerous for human body. Meanwhile let us know that, when and how it come into existence in India.
Maggie was brought among customers in 1872 by Julius Michael Johannes Maggi aka Julius Maggi and had been set up in Switzerland. Julius Maggi was a Swiss entrepreneur, inventor of precooked soups (citation needed) and Maggi sauce. He was the youngest of five children of Michael Maggi, an immigrant from Italy.
Actually, the working women of Switzerland were not able to spend time in the kitchens, so their kids could not get meal on the time. To get rid of the hassle, a social organization of the country contacted to Julius Maggi and said to Julius for develop a food product which can cook in short time and be healthy.
Bearing this in mind, Julius first brought the protein foods in the markets and then he introduced some foods like soups and noodles. Earlier in 1863, Julius had made their products more palatable. That time the brand was prevalent as Maggi Noodles, Maggi cubes and Maggi sauce.
The product witch was made by Julius had liked by the people In Switzerland and they adopted it Soon. In 1897, Julius Maggi founded the company Maggi GmbH in the German town of Singen, where it is still based today.
In 1947, following several changes in ownership and corporate structure, Maggi's holding company merged with the Nestlé company to form Nestlé-Alimentana S.A., currently known in its francophone homebase as Nestlé S.A.
After then, expanding consumption of its products Nestlé began to export them in many countries. In this series Maggie has arrived into India in the 1980s and it began to be liked in India for its specialty of quickly cooking.
In May 2015, Food Safety Regulators from Uttar Pradesh, India found that Maggi 2 Minute Noodles had up to 17 times the permissible limit of lead in addition to monosodium glutamate in it. On 3 June 2015, the New Delhi Government banned the sale of Maggi in New Delhi stores for 15 days because it found lead and monosodium glutamate beyond the permissible limit.
Thereafter multiple state authorities in India found an unacceptable amount of lead and it has been banned in many of the states in India. On June 5, 2015, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) ordered a recall of all nine approved variants of Maggi instant noodles from India, terming them "unsafe and hazardous" for human consumption.
On the same day, Food Safety Agency of United Kingdom launched an investigation to find levels of lead in Maggi noodles. On June 6 2015 the Central Government of India banned nationwide sale of Maggi noodles for an indefinite period.
Maggie was brought among customers in 1872 by Julius Michael Johannes Maggi aka Julius Maggi and had been set up in Switzerland. Julius Maggi was a Swiss entrepreneur, inventor of precooked soups (citation needed) and Maggi sauce. He was the youngest of five children of Michael Maggi, an immigrant from Italy.
Actually, the working women of Switzerland were not able to spend time in the kitchens, so their kids could not get meal on the time. To get rid of the hassle, a social organization of the country contacted to Julius Maggi and said to Julius for develop a food product which can cook in short time and be healthy.
Bearing this in mind, Julius first brought the protein foods in the markets and then he introduced some foods like soups and noodles. Earlier in 1863, Julius had made their products more palatable. That time the brand was prevalent as Maggi Noodles, Maggi cubes and Maggi sauce.
The product witch was made by Julius had liked by the people In Switzerland and they adopted it Soon. In 1897, Julius Maggi founded the company Maggi GmbH in the German town of Singen, where it is still based today.
In 1947, following several changes in ownership and corporate structure, Maggi's holding company merged with the Nestlé company to form Nestlé-Alimentana S.A., currently known in its francophone homebase as Nestlé S.A.
After then, expanding consumption of its products Nestlé began to export them in many countries. In this series Maggie has arrived into India in the 1980s and it began to be liked in India for its specialty of quickly cooking.
In May 2015, Food Safety Regulators from Uttar Pradesh, India found that Maggi 2 Minute Noodles had up to 17 times the permissible limit of lead in addition to monosodium glutamate in it. On 3 June 2015, the New Delhi Government banned the sale of Maggi in New Delhi stores for 15 days because it found lead and monosodium glutamate beyond the permissible limit.
Thereafter multiple state authorities in India found an unacceptable amount of lead and it has been banned in many of the states in India. On June 5, 2015, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) ordered a recall of all nine approved variants of Maggi instant noodles from India, terming them "unsafe and hazardous" for human consumption.
On the same day, Food Safety Agency of United Kingdom launched an investigation to find levels of lead in Maggi noodles. On June 6 2015 the Central Government of India banned nationwide sale of Maggi noodles for an indefinite period.
