Amul has refuted social media rumours linking it to ghee supply for Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) laddoos. The controversy, sparked by claims of substandard ingredients and animal fat, has now reached the courts,

A senior official of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) on Saturday filed a complaint against several social media users on X for allegedly defaming Amul and spreading rumours that they had supplied the ghee to Tirupati Balaji temple that allegedly had animal fat.

Amid controversy over the use of animal fat in ghee at the Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh, the Karnataka government on Friday issued a directive mandating the use of Nandini brand ghee in all 34,000 temples.

Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu recently accused previous regime of using poor-quality ingredients and adulterated ghee for making Tirupati laddu

These X users spread misinformation that ghee sold under the Amul brand was used to prepare laddus which is then used as 'prasad' (offering) at the temple in Tirupati, thereby damaging the reputation of the co-operative organisation,

Police on Saturday registered a case against seven users of social media platform 'X' for allegedly spreading misinformation that the "low quality" ghee used for making laddus at the Tirupati temple belonged to the 'Amul' brand,

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) board resumed sourcing Karnataka Milk Federation's Nandini ghee for the laddoos recently, following Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's directive to improve its quality.

Amid the ongoing controversy over use of ghee containing animal fat at the Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh, the Karnataka government issued a directive on Friday (20 September) that mandates the use of Nandini brand ghee across 34,000 temples under the state's temple management body.

A ghee supplier to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, AR Dairy Food Pvt Limited, is under investigation for allegedly adulterating the ghee used in Tirupati laddus with cheaper vegetable and animal fats.

Amul files complaint against X users for 'false news' that it supplied adulterated ghee to Tirupati temple

Amid ongoing controversy over the alleged use of animal fat in Prasadam given at the Tirupati temple, dairy giant Amul on Friday (20 September) clarified that it had never supplied ghee to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD).