Firms resist front-of-pack labels on unhealthy packaged foods as India prioritises nutrition over taste amid rising diabetes cases.

India is intensifying food safety checks and proposing warning labels for high-sugar, salt and fat foods amid industry and health advocates’ concerns.

Nutritional warnings, disclosures should improve

India's proposal for food health warning labels ignites a national discussion. Companies sell less nutritious versions of brands in India compared to other markets. The food…