Health Drinks: Many parents add Horlicks or Bornavita to their morning milk for physical growth in children. Parents believe that because of that children will get strength.. they will become strong. The same goes for the advertising done by their manufacturing companies. This thread has been going on since last decades. As a result, the Hindustan Unilever company that manufactures these has grown to thousands of crores. Moreover, these are named as health drinks. But as if there is bad behind the good.. It has been found that the company is adding a lot of sugar in the preparation of these health drinks. Recently, the central government has expressed its anger on the Hindustan Unilever Company. It has issued orders to remove the name health drink.
A person raised a crucial question that it is not appropriate for children to drink Horlicks and Bornavita. He also made a video about it. After it was uploaded on social media, it was viewed by millions. Later this matter went to the attention of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. Do these drinks contribute to overall health? It has issued notices to states and Union Territories. After the Central Government's approval, products like Horlicks and Boost sold by Hindustan Unilever Limited have been removed from the list of health drinks. Henceforth these will be sold by Hindustan Unilever Limited under the name of Functional Nutritional Drinks. Ritish Tiwari, the financial officer of the company, announced this in front of the reporters. It has been revealed that this recent decision will help to deliver the product accurately and transparently.
After the video went viral, a nationwide debate started on the benefits of malt-based drinks. Many have expressed anger at the excessive mixing of sugar by companies like Hindustan Unilever. This includes the central government. On the other hand, the medical experts of small children also agreed with the central arguments. In those products manufactured by Hindustan Unilever, sugar has been proven to be unsuitable for children's health.
What are Functional Nutritional Drinks?
Functional nutritional drinks are called FND. They make up for protein and other micro mineral deficiencies..FND drinks are called non-alcoholic. They are made from plant, animal, marine or microbial sources. Dieticians say it offers additional health benefits.
Junk food pretending to be healthy is far more dangerous than junk food! Here is why!
Examples of junk food: Coke, Pepsi, chocolates
Examples of junk food pretending to be healthy: Horlicks, Boost, Bournvita, Almost all biscuits, Tang, Glucose-D
We usually consume openly junk… pic.twitter.com/4FwwIDfUyu
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