FSSAI verifies McDonald’s uses 100% real cheese, says Westlife Foodworld

Westlife Foodworld in a stock exchange filing on Tuesday claimed that the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has given them a clean chit and has verified the cheese used by McDonald’s India as ‘100 per cent real cheese’.

Westlife Foodworld is McDonald’s biggest Indian franchisee. It also released a press release stating the food body’s confirmation.

“The apex food safety standards regulator of the country, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) under the administration of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, has verified the cheese used by McDonald’s India as ‘100% Real Cheese’,” said the press release.

Indiatoday.in could not verify the claim made by Westlife Foodworld regarding FSSAI giving a clean chit to the global fast food chain.

The confirmation from the FSSAI explicitly states that “Articles in question contain Cheese or cheese product as a part of composition and does not contain analogue in dairy context in any form”.

This clean chit is a testament to McDonald’s India’s commitment to upholding stringent food quality standards across all its restaurants, at all times.