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Popular nutritionist Luke Coutinho recently criticised Zomato and Swiggy for using plastic containers for hot food. Highlighting the health risks, Coutinho requested the restaurants under the food delivery platforms to transition to biodegradable non-plastic for “better health and a better earth.”
The nutritionist shared a note on Instagram that read, “Swiggy, Zomato, Restaurants…. Please work with your partners to ensure food deliveries happen in bio degradable non plastic containers…many restaurants do this already, please make it uniform…deliver food and health…hot food in plastic is making people sicker…you’ll have the power to help make a change.”
Sharing the note, he wrote, “people want their food on time …so restaurants will cook your order on high heat and flame , destroying most ingredients , using more refined oil as a medium for fast cooking …from pan / vessel straight into a plastic container which is immediately covered with the cover retaining immense heat and steam.”
“This heat as we know starts to break down the plastic into dangerous bpa and other toxins that wreck havoc with the human body and hormones , fertility , estrogens etc ..we need to move to biodegradable non plastic asap for better health and a better earth …. @swiggyindia @zomato @fssai_safefood you’ll have the power to make this change and be part of a healthier india respectfully request you’ll @swiggyindia @zomato and @fssai_safefood @fssai_group_of_india to work this out,” he added.
Take a look at the viral post here:
Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal reacted to the post. Acknowledging Coutinho’s concerns, Goyal wrote, “Thanks, Luke, for bringing this up. We will do what we can – will highlight restaurants which use food-safe packaging, so customers can make a more conscious choice.”
The post garnered several reactions with one saying, “This is the reason why I stopped ordering soups and hot meals from swiggy and Zomato. I only order salads.” Another user commented, “Can’t agree more on this.. this was so so needed.”
