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MTR Minute Rasam Garlic is a convenient instant rasam mix popular with Indian households and diaspora consumers who want a quick, hot, traditional-tasting accompaniment to rice or a warm drink. The product's backbone is real spices and legumes (toor dal, horsegram, garlic, pepper, tamarind, coriander, cumin), which is a genuine positive, but its ultra-processed classification is driven by the inclusion of hydrolyzed vegetable protein (an industrial glutamate carrier that introduces potential 3-MCPD contaminant risk), a synthetic anti-caking agent (INS 551), an acidity regulator (INS 334), and — critically — 'nature-identical flavouring substances' declared in the caveats, which directly undercuts the front-of-pack 'No Artificial Flavours' claim. The single most useful takeaway: this is a flavourful, low-calorie convenience product with a clean spice story, but it is not as additive-free as its marketing implies.
