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Nutrela · Common retail packs such as 200 g, 500 g, and 1 kg poly packs. · Packaged Snacks (Extruded / Savoury)

Nutrela Soya Chunks

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High-protein textured soy chunks with strong health marketing but at least one flagged independent lab test, warranting cautious use and label scrutiny.

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Fig. 01 · Common retail packs such as 200 g, 500 g, and 1 kg poly packs. · web-sourced

§01 — Six-Axis Assessment

Red = warning
01/06Sugar loadPending

Added/total sugar per 100 g and the label ingredient order for Nutrela Soya Chunks are not provided in the research data, so the sugar-load threshold

02/06Processing tierClear

Ingredient list has 2 recognisable items with no ultra-processed additives — classifies as NOVA Group 1–2.

03/06Fat profilePending

Saturated fat and trans fat per 100 g for the specific Nutrela pack are not provided in the research data, so the fat-profile thresholds

04/06SodiumPending

Sodium (mg per 100 g) for the specific Nutrela pack is not provided in the research data, so the sodium threshold

05/06Marketing deceptionWatch

The brand site makes a strong positioning claim—"India’s Best Soya Chunks Brand"—supported by celebrity representation, but the cited social-media “lab test failure” content does not provide disclosed parameters that directly contradict a specific on-pack nutrition/ingredient claim. This is flagged YELLOW as soft/promotional framing with unresolved external claims rather than a documented upheld regulatory ruling.

06/06Regulatory historyWatch

The research includes social-media and forum circulation of "Nutrela Soya Chunks Trustified Lab Test Failure", but no FSSAI recall/ban/court order is cited. This meets the YELLOW threshold for an unresolved controversy/pending concern without an adjudicated regulatory finding.

§05 — Timeline

01 Aug 2011
FSSAI formally defines product standard for Textured Soy Protein (Soy Bari/Soya Chunks)
FSSAI · ref 1
01 Mar 2021
Nutrela highlights brand leadership in soya chunks with Shilpa Shetty endorsement
Nutrela · ref 2
01 Jan 2024
Instagram post reports Trustified lab test failure for Nutrela Soya Chunks
Trustified/Instagram influencer · ref 3
01 Feb 2024
Discussion on Reddit about Nutrela Soya Chunks lab test failure and pesticide concerns
Reddit Fitness_India community

§04 — Evidence Trail

Assessed under donteat.in methodology v1 · six-axis framework.

§06 — Ingredients

Defatted soy flour (textured soy protein). (Exact Nutrela pack ingredient list could not be reliably captured from available images; typical FSSAI-compliant soy chunks use defatted soy flour or grits as the sole functional ingredient.)