Nestlé India controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
2025
SEBI insider-trading compliance warning
In March 2025, the Securities and Exchange Board of India warned Nestlé India over an alleged breach of insider-trading regulations.
2019
Nestlé India fined Rs 90 crore over GST rate cut
Fine or penalty
India's national anti-profiteering agency imposed a Rs 90 crore penalty on Nestlé India for not passing the GST reduction benefit on to consumers and ordered it to deposit the amount within three months. The order said the company had denied customers the benefit in contravention of the law and had profiteered.
Source excerpt
The national anti-profiteering agency has slapped a Rs 90 crore penalty on FMCG giant Nestle India for not passing on the benefit of the goods and services tax (GST) reduction to consumers. It also asked Nestle to deposit the amount within 3 months.
The maker of products, like Maggi and Kitkat, Nestle, "has denied the benefit of tax reduction to customers in contravention of the provisions of Section 171 (1) of the CGST Act, 2017 and has thus profiteered."
"Profiteered amount as determined as Rs 89,73,16,384 as per the provision of Rule 133(1) of the above rules as has been computed," the December 10 order said.
2015
Maggi noodles food-safety controversy and ban
In 2015, testing concerns involving lead and monosodium glutamate led Delhi authorities to impose a temporary restriction and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to order a nationwide ban on Maggi noodles. Nestlé India recalled approximately 38,000 tonnes of product and was fined ₹45 lakh by a district administration. The Bombay High Court later overturned the ban subject to new testing by accredited laboratories, after which the product returned to the market.