Google Trends: During the nine-day Navratri festival, the demand for sattvic foods increases as people look for vrat-friendly food alternatives like buckwheat flour , samvat rice, chestnut flour, makhana and other such options that are permitted while fasting.

A recent incident of buckwheat adulteration in north and north-west Delhi where nearly 400 people got hospitalised after consuming adulterated ‘kuttu ka atta’ or buckwheat flour sent shockwaves across the country. Buckwheat flour showed a high search trend on Google in India as people searched for the details of the unexpected incident.

Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Chirag Paswan said the FSSAI will investigate the matter thoroughly. “During the Navratri festival, kuttu ka atta is consumed widely. I want to assu

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