Zomato Bans Analogue Dairy Dishes on Platform, Asks Restaurants to Take Corrective Action
The platform said it will remove noncompliant menu items and may delist restaurants that do not switch to natural dairy products.
- On Monday, Zomato announced a zero-tolerance policy against the sale of analogue dairy dishes, immediately delisting items that restaurant partners declared contained analogue cheese, paneer, or other dairy substitutes.
- This initiative follows heightened scrutiny by the FSSAI, including inspections in Delhi hotels and a state-wide crackdown by the Drug Administration in Maharashtra, alongside Karnataka's one-year ban on analogue paneer.
- CEO Aditya Mangla stated, "Our core mission is better food for more people," emphasizing Zomato's commitment to safeguarding customer health and upholding clear standards for restaurant partners.
- With immediate effect, Zomato stated that "such items will be turned off from the platform," requiring restaurant partners to transition to natural dairy or remove analogue products from menus.
- Non-Compliant restaurants face delisting from the platform, as Zomato reserves the right to recover any losses incurred when partners fail to ensure accurate ingredient representation on their menus.
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Zomato bans analogue dishes, to delist non-compliant eateries
New Delhi: Food delivery aggregator Zomato on Monday, August 31, announced a zero-tolerance policy on the sale of analogue dishes, including analogue cheese, paneer or other dairy products, by restaurants listed on its platform, saying it reserves the right to delist non-compliant restaurants. Analogue dishes replace traditional ingredients with cheaper or alternative substitutes (like plant … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Techn…
What is analogue dairy? Zomato bans such dishes to ‘safeguard customer health’ and ‘uphold clear standards’
Zomato enforces a ‘zero tolerance’ policy for analogue dairy dishes in India, effective 31 August 2026. Non-compliant restaurants may be removed from the platform.
Zomato has begun taking strict action against restaurants selling artificial dairy products on its platform. The company stated that such products have been immediately removed and restaurants will be required to sell only pure dairy products through its platform.
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