It may be delicious, but the roadside snack, pani puri, contains a cocktail of bacteria and fungus, according to a recent study. Researchers of the Community Medicine Department of Gandhi Medical College have released a study titled A cross-sectional study on microbiological quality of street food in Hyderabad.
It is based on random samples of water and chutney from roadside pani puri sellers to test the microbiological quality. They found 45 per cent of the water and 70 per cent of the chutney samples were contaminated. All samples of freshly squeezed fruit juices, which are commonly believed to be healthier than junk food, were found to be contaminated.
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