Every Pure Bites article tagged hygiene.
Fresh & quality
How do I know if the samosa or gathiya I am buying was fried in old oil — and how bad is that really?
Oil that has been through a fryer for days looks, smells and tastes different, and so does the snack that came out of it. Six checks anyone can do at the counter, what FSSAI’s 25% total-polar-compounds limit actually measures, what the health evidence says, and how many times a home kadai can honestly reuse oil.
Kitchen & sourcing
Was my meal really made today?
From the market at half past five to the last sealed bowl. What a salad day actually looks like in our kitchen, including the parts that are dull.
Ordering well
I can’t see the kitchen my food comes from, so I don’t know whether to trust it.
You cannot see a cloud kitchen. Here are the things you can check instead — the licence number, the questions worth asking, and the answers that should worry you.