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Tirupati Laddu Ghee Case: How Palm Oil and Chemicals Were Allegedly Used to Make Adulterated Ghee
An ED investigation has revealed that the ghee used in the Tirupati Laddus Prasadam was made from palm oil and several chemicals.
A probe into the source of adulterated ghee in the Laddus Prasadam at Tirupati Balaji temple shows that the ghee involved in the Tirupati Laddus Prasadam is made from refined palm oil, palm olein, and some chemicals.
This has been informed by the principal investigating authority on Friday following the arrest of the promoter of a ghee manufacturing company in a case of money laundering. As per a statement by the ED, Kailash Chand Mangala, promoter of Sukriti Foods, was arrested by the ED’s Hyderabad office on September 17 in relation to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) ghee adulteration case. He was produced before the Special Anti-Money Laundering Act court in Visakhapatnam, which remanded him to judicial custody.
The ED claimed that investigations revealed that the adulterated ghee used in the preparation of Tirupati Laddu Prasad was made using refined palm oil, palm kernel oil, palmolein, and several chemicals such as MG-90, monoglycerides, Myvaset Soft 400, and acetic acid ester, and was later supplied to the TTD as Agmark Special Grade cow ghee.
