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Swiggy Instamart faces food safety complaints over Noice products, from flies in atta to a mouldy cake
Our read
Swiggy Instamart will more likely than not absorb the Noice complaints with refunds and internal checks, with a recall only if more reports appear.
For operators
Customers allege flies in sealed Noice atta, a worm in a chocolate and mould in a cake bought on Swiggy Instamart, so quick-commerce operators should check dark-store storage, expiry rotation and complaint-to-refund handling before similar posts spread.
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New complaints naming products other than Noice items
The report,
Swiggy Instamart customers have posted complaints on social media about Noice-branded products, alleging flies in sealed atta, a worm in chocolate and mould in a cake. Refunds were reportedly issued. Swiggy had not responded to NDTV Profit at the time of publication.
Reported figures
From the report. Source details below
- Several consumers have raised concerns on social media over the quality and safety of products
- a customer claimed to have found flies inside a sealed packet of freshly ground atta
- NDTV Profit contacted Swiggy seeking its response to the complaints
Why it matters for the brand
Allegations of food-safety lapses in Noice-branded items on Swiggy Instamart are unverified and Swiggy has not responded, so they are a quality-control diligence flag for that label, not a basis for any deal action.
What to track next
Likely next moves
Our read of what comes next — analysis, not reported by the source.
- Swiggy Instamart is likely to issue a brief statement citing refunds and a quality review, and to avoid a public recall unless more complaints surface.
- Rivals in quick commerce may play up their own freshness and packaging checks while the complaints are in the news.
The counter-case
The case against this reading — not reported by the source.
The case against treating this as material is that it rests on a handful of unverified social media posts. There is no regulator finding, no lab test, no batch recall and no FSSAI notice. Three items (atta, a chocolate, a cake) across millions of quick-commerce orders is a tiny sample. Refunds were reportedly issued, which suggests the normal complaint process worked. Insects in atta or mould in a cake can come from the manufacturer, from transit, or from a dark store storing items too long or too warm. They can also come from customer handling, and none of that is established. Social media posts also skew toward the dramatic and are rarely checked. Past food-safety flare-ups on quick-commerce platforms, such as FSSAI inspections of dark stores, have mostly produced short news cycles, with little lasting effect on order volumes or customer retention. The 'delta' is by its own description an unverified allegation, and Swiggy had not replied, so this is a story about a missing response rather than a confirmed event.