Patanjali’s Ghee and Soan Papdi Have Failed Quality Tests


Patanjali’s Ghee and Soan Papdi Have Failed Quality Tests 

Baba Ramdev’s company Patanjali is in hot water because two of its popular products didn’t pass food-safety checks.

The Ghee Mess  


Back in October 2020, food inspectors in Uttarakhand picked up a tin of Patanjali cow ghee from a shop in Pithoragarh (it’s one of their big sellers – worth over 1,300 crore rupees a year). They tested it at a lab in Rudrapur and it failed: it had things in it that shouldn’t be there and could make you ill.

Patanjali asked for a second test at a proper government lab in Ghaziabad. That one failed too (November 2021). The report said it wasn’t fit to eat.

Five years later, on 27 November 2025, a court in Pithoragarh finally fined them:  

- Patanjali: Rs.1 lakh  

- The distributor: Rs.25,000  

- The shopkeeper: Rs.15,000  

Total: Rs.1.4 lakh.


Patanjali says it was only a tiny issue caused by what the local cows were eating, the ghee was still perfectly safe, and they’re going to appeal.


The Soan Papdi Mess  


In 2020, samples of Patanjali Soan Papdi (the sweet made from chickpea flour) taken in Haridwar also failed quality tests. Not much detail has come out, but it’s part of a long list of complaints about their sweets and other foods.


The Bigger Picture  


This isn’t new for Patanjali. They’ve been pulled up before for making over-the-top claims about their medicines (the Supreme Court gave them a proper telling-off), and people say these tiny fines are a joke when the company makes billions.


Food officials are reminding everyone to check packets properly and report anything dodgy. Patanjali still says all their stuff is 100% safe and natural.


For now, it’s down to the appeal courts to sort it out.

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