“Cook time 2 min, delivery time 8 min”, Bombay Shaving Company’s Shantanu Deshpande raises alarm over quick food delivery market; Swiggy, Zomato, take note!

Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bombay Shaving Company, Shantanu Deshpande has raised concerns over growing addiction of quick food delivery in India and called it a health epidemic in making.

In a LinkedIn post, Shantanu Deshpande said, “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.” He criticised the reliance on processed and ultra-processed meals and also addiction to junk food.