What it is
Staple cooking fat. Energy-dense. High saturated fat. Useful in small, measured spoons for flavor and fat-soluble vitamins in vegetarian meals. Not a superfood. Not poison.
Purity
Adulteration with vanaspati, palm fractions, or flavour is a food-safety and FSSAI problem. We point at methods (melting point, fatty-acid profile, branded vs loose) and at public raid reporting. We do not invent a lab we do not run.
WHO <10% SFA. NIN moderate visible fat. A 2022 British Journal of Nutrition crossover (ghee vs olive oil) is a lipid-marker study, not a license to prescribe ghee — or to ban it. Pattern and frying frequency matter more than the cuisine name.
Allergen: treat ghee as milk if you have a milk allergy. See the ghee food record.