FOR SENSORY ATTRIBUTES

Chips of potato (without adding salt and spices) were fried in the oil (for equal time) and judged by panel members on these attributes: colour and appearance, flavour/odour, taste, aftertaste feel and overall acceptability. Freedom followed by Fortune Sunlite and Nature

Fresh Acti-Lite were toppers in the sensory tests.

Brand

Freedom

Fortune Sunlite

Nature Fresh Acti-Lite

Gold Winner

Dalda

Gold Drop

Sunpure

Healthy Heart

Vijaya

Sundrop Superlite Advanced

Gemini

Sunrich

Dhara Health

Overall Score

Score out of 12

11.08

10.72

10.72

10.61

10.57

10.43

10.42

10.34

10.17

10.11

9.95

9.84

9.82

All brands were in polypack of one-litre capacity.

Marking/Labelling

Labelling the packaging with name of manufacturer/marketer, batch number, MRP, bestbefore date, nutritional information, etc., is a mandatory requirement of BIS, FSS Regulations, 2011, and Agmark. It is also mandatory to mention