Whether it is the essential ‘salt to taste’ in every recipe, or just the right amount of sugar in your morning coffee, our meals are incomplete without these culinary staples — salt and sugar.

However, the salt and sugar that we consume on a daily basis can pose a hidden risk.

According to an August 2024 study by Toxics Link, an environmental research organisation, all Indian salt and sugar brands — whether small or big, packaged or unpackaged, sold both online and in local markets — contain microplastics. The study found microplastics in the form of pellets, films, fragments, and fibre.

Beyond microplastics, your salt and sugar may also be adulterated with other........

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