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Parle-G Glucose Biscuit

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Parle-G Glucose Biscuit is a highly processed glucose biscuit with high sugar (24g/100g) and high fat (22g/100g); affordable staple but exceeds ICMR sugar limits for children.

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Fig. 01 · Standard pack · web-sourced

§01 — Six-Axis Assessment

Red = warning
01/06Sugar loadRed

Meets the RED threshold because sugar is 24g per 100g (≥10g/100g for solids). The ingredients list also has Sugar as the #2 ingredient, reinforcing high added/free sugar load. Evidence is from the brand’s product page citation.

02/06Processing tierRed

Evidence indicates NOVA Group 4-style formulation (ultra-processed) with refined flour, added sugar, palm oil, and additives/emulsifiers; and because at least one other axis fails (Sugar load is RED), this matches the RED threshold for processing tier (NOVA 4 + any other axis failure). Evidence is from the ingredients and product page citation.

03/06Fat profileRed

Meets the RED threshold because saturated fat is 12g per 100g (>5g/100g for solids). Ingredients also include partially hydrogenated palm oil, which increases trans-fat concern, but the saturated fat number alone triggers RED. Evidence is from the brand’s product page citation.

04/06SodiumWatch

Meets the YELLOW threshold because sodium is 600mg per 100g, which falls in the 300–625mg/100g range. Evidence is from the brand’s product page citation.

05/06Marketing deceptionWatch

Meets the YELLOW threshold because the positioning as an energy/glucose biscuit (e. g. , “glucose energy for genius”) is soft health framing while the product has high sugar (24g/100g) and is ultra-processed; however, no explicit adverse ruling is provided in the research. Evidence is from the brand’s product page citation and the research summary’s framing; no separate ruling citation is available.

06/06Regulatory historyClear

Marked GREEN due to insufficient product-specific adverse action evidence in the research: it states no FSSAI recalls, license suspensions, or court cases specific to Parle-G. The provided source is the FSSAI site, but no specific enforcement document is cited here, so this is based on the research statement rather than a discrete recall/case record.

§05 — Timeline

01 Jan 1939
Launch of Parle Glucose biscuit
Economic Times · ref 1
01 Jan 1949
Rebranding to Parle-G
Economic Times · ref 1
01 Jul 2020
ICMR report flags high sugar in biscuits like Parle-G
ICMR
01 Nov 2021
FSSAI trans fat regulations impact (reformulation)
FSSAI

§04 — Evidence Trail

01Parle-G: The journey of a biscuit for masses (slideshow) — Economic Times02Parle-G (official product page) — Parle Products03Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) — FSSAI
Assessed under donteat.in methodology v1 · six-axis framework.

§06 — Ingredients

Wheat Flour (Refined), Sugar, Edible Vegetable Oil (Palm Oil Partially Hydrogenated, Palm), Invert Syrup, Leavening Agents (503(ii), 500(ii), 341(i)), Salt, Yeast, Emulsifiers (322), Dough Conditioner (223), Improver (1101), Milk Solids.