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Shantanu Deshpande
, founder-CEO of
Bombay Shaving Company
, has criticised the focus on ultra-fast delivery in India’s
food delivery industry
and has warned companies of a potential
public health
crisis. In a LinkedIn post, he expressed concerns about the prevalence of processed and unhealthy foods offered by platforms like Zomato and
Swiggy
, often prepared with frozen purees and reheated vegetables. Deshpande highlighted the unsustainability of this trend and compared it to health crises in countries like the US and China. He urged food tech companies to prioritise nutritional quality over speed and also encouraged people to develop cooking skills to prepare healthier meals at home.
Take a look at the post here
What Deshpande said about quick food delivery service
In the LinkedIn post, Deshpande said: “Cook time 2 min, delivery time 8 min’
A ‘qcom for food’ founder told me this and I lost my mind.
We are suffering from the biggest epidemic of poor
nutrition
and unhealthy processed and ultra processed food which is high on palm oil and sugar.
Our grains have lost nutrition over last 50 years as we prioritized agricultural yield for nutrition.
Our junk food addiction, fuelled by 49 rs pizzas and 20 rs poison energy drinks and 30 rs burgers, is taking us down the path of China and US without the economic cover needed for health.
And now this.
Frozen purees and curries and old vegetables heated and garnished with dhaniya to look fresh and slammed in some 2 wheeler who rides like Mad Max to your door in 10 min cos you couldn’t wait another 15 min or you were too lazy to chadhao a cooker of daal chawal.
And all the investors and founders are already finding fancy words for this to bake it into the next big wave of Indian commerce.
Zomato and Swiggy and
Zepto
– please, dont. And if you are so keen, please make the product palatable.
I would LOVE if we innovate and are able to actually give non-stale and decent food in 10 min. Massive unlock. But I don’t think we’re close to there yet.
Regulators – please keep eye.
Most of all, everyone else – please cook. It’s an adult skill. No one is too busy to take 10 min out to put a decent dal Chawal or smoothie or salad or sandwich together.
This can power some wild long term health issues if uncontrolled.
The gut is the epicenter of your existence. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. “
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