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Chitale Bandhu's Blueberry Soan Papdi is bought as a festive or everyday Indian sweet treat, and on the surface it looks like a familiar mithai — ghee, sugar, maida, and a handful of nuts. The deeper picture is more concerning: nearly half its weight by nutrition is sugar (47 g/100 g, entirely added), saturated fat is high at 15 g/100 g, and the product contains Erythrosine (INS 127 / E127), a synthetic red dye whose food-use authorisation was revoked by the US FDA in January 2025 under the Delaney Clause for carcinogenicity in animals, and which carries a strict ADI of 0.1 mg/kg bw/day from both JECFA and EFSA due to thyroid-perturbing effects; the most important single fact for a curious consumer is that this product's use of E127 places it in a category of additives now prohibited in three or more major jurisdictions, making it a meaningful red flag even though FSSAI has not yet withdrawn approval.