Key Findings

• Based on the overall test findings, the top performers are Patanjali, Gowardhan and Ksheer in cow ghee category, and Mother Dairy in desi ghee category.

• The value-for-money brands are desi ghee Ananda and cow ghee Ksheer.

• All brands are safe for consumption.

• There was no adulteration with vegetable fat and animal fat.

• Most of the brands met the minimum requirements specified in the national standards.

• Vitamin A was highest in Gowardhan among cow ghee brands and in Nestle among desi ghee brands.

• Milk fat was found highest in Patanjali among cow ghee brands and in Nestle Milkmaid among desi ghee brands.

• BR reading of Anik and Amul was found to be lower than the specified value.

• Polenske value of Paras and Mother Dairy was found to be slightly lower than the specified limit.

• Beta-carotene was higher in cow ghee than in desi ghee.

• FSSAI number was not marked on Madhusudan pack.