Archive · 13 Aug 2026
Madhya Pradesh Bans Analogue Paneer Manufacture, Sale With Immediate Effect
A place called Madhya Pradesh in India has made a new rule.
The rule says people cannot make or sell a food called analogue paneer.
Analogue paneer is fake paneer made in a factory.
Real paneer is made from milk, but fake paneer uses vegetable oil, like palm oil, and other ingredients.
It looks like real paneer but is cheaper.
It also has less protein, which is not as healthy.
The leader of Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, made this rule on Wednesday.
He wants people to make and eat real paneer made from milk.
Some other states, like Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat, already made the same rule.
The rule is meant to keep people healthy.
Madhya Pradesh has banned the manufacture, processing, storage, transportation, distribution and sale of Analogue Paneer and other imitation dairy products with immediate effect.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav issued the directive at a high-level meeting at the CM House on Wednesday.
Madhya Pradesh is the fourth state, after Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat, to prohibit Analogue Paneer owing to health concerns.
The Food Commissioner issued an order banning non-dairy products that imitate milk products such as paneer, cream, butter and mawa.
Analogue Paneer is a low-cost factory-made substitute that replaces milk fat with palm oil, industrial starches and emulsifiers and contains less protein.
- Who
- Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and the Madhya Pradesh Food Commissioner
- What
- Issued an immediate ban on the manufacture, processing, storage, transportation, distribution and sale of Analogue Paneer and other imitation dairy products
- When
- Wednesday, with immediate effect
- Where
- Madhya Pradesh, India; announced at a high-level meeting at the CM House in Bhopal
- Why
- Health concerns, since analogue paneer replaces milk fat with palm oil, industrial starches and emulsifiers and has less protein, and to promote natural milk production
- State
- Madhya Pradesh
- Banned items
- Analogue Paneer and imitation dairy products such as paneer, cream, butter and mawa
- Directive issued by
- Chief Minister Mohan Yadav; order issued by the Food Commissioner
- Scope of ban
- Manufacture, processing, storage, transportation, distribution and sale
- Effective from
- With immediate effect
- States that banned it earlier
- Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat
- Analogue paneer composition
- Vegetable oils such as palm oil, industrial starches and emulsifiers
- Reason for ban
- Health concerns, lower protein content; promote natural milk production