Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Relax, your paneer is safe

Apr 25, 2025 05:40 PM IST

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When influencers use pseudo-scientific tests to judge food, it’s bound to be a mess. But bogus paneer has its own back story, and can be a serious health hazard

It’s a story that has all the ingredients needed for a social media storm: The wife of India’s biggest star, India’s most famous and popular chef, YouTube and Instagram influencers, and their instant knee-jerk judgements, and yes, paneer.

Influencers have been using pseudo-scientific tests to check paneer quality. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

One influencer falsely claimed that Gauri Khan’s Torii serves fake paneer.

The iodine test is basically a starch test. It has nothing to do with the authenticity of paneer.

Gauri Khan is high-profile enough to clap back at the bogus paneer check. (HT ARCHIVES)

Analogue paneer is rubbery, does not crumble easily when cooked, and lacks the flavour of real paneer. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Both fake paneer and industrial ice-cream are made from vegetable oils, not dairy fat. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Vikas Khanna

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When influencers use pseudo-scientific tests to judge food, it’s bound to be a mess. But bogus paneer has its own back story, and can be a serious health hazard

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