How many meal replacements shipments from India did FDA refuse in 2026?

FDA refused 21 shipment lines of meal replacements from India in 2026 through September 30, 2026, compared with 42 in 2025.

Why does FDA refuse meal replacements from India?

FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For meal replacements from India the most frequent are UNAPPROVED (unapproved new drug, 68 lines), NUTRIT LBL (nutrition information missing from label, 36 lines) and LIST INGRE (ingredients not listed, 21 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.

Which import alerts cover meal replacements from India?

As of October 26, 2026, no import alert numbered under this category lists a firm in India in SupplierRadar's records. General food alerts numbered 99-xx can still list India firms; see the country page.

FDA import refusals

FDA import refusals: meal replacements from India

FDA category: Dietary Conventional Foods and Meal Replacements · October 2016 to September 30, 2026

FDA refused 150 meal replacements shipment lines from India between October 2016 and September 30, 2026, 21 of them in 2026; the most refused products were foods with supplemental nutrients added and dietary conventional foods, most often for UNAPPROVED (unapproved new drug).

Data from FDA public records, last checked October 26, 2026.

150
meal replacements lines refused since October 2016: 21
refused so far in 2026: 1%
of all FDA refusals from India: 10
firms with the most records, listed below

Meal replacements refusals from India by year

Shipment lines FDA refused each year. The table has the same numbers as the chart.

* 2026 is year to date, through September 30, 2026. FDA's refusal data starts on October 1, 2016, so 2016 covers three months.

Refusal lines by year
Year	Refusal lines	vs prior year
2026 (to date)	21
2025	42	+83%
2024	23	-8%
2023	25	+92%
2022	13
2020	3	0%
2019	3	-25%
2018	4	-60%
2017	10
2016 (from Oct)	6

Foods with supplemental nutrients added refusals from India

FDA refused 75 foods with supplemental nutrients added lines from India between October 2016 and September 30, 2026, 50% of the meal replacements lines.

Foods with supplemental nutrients added product descriptions refused from India
FDA product description	Lines	Share of meal replacements
Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	75	50.0%

Recent foods with supplemental nutrients added refusals

Recent Foods with supplemental nutrients added refusals from India
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Sep 30, 2026	Karma AyurvedaDelhi, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Sep 30, 2026	Karma AyurvedaDelhi, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Sep 30, 2026	Karma AyurvedaDelhi, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Jul 23, 2026	Karma AyurvedaDelhi, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Jun 4, 2026	Raskam HealthcareSonipat, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	LIST INGRE INCONSPICU NUTRIT LBL	Source

Dietary conventional foods refusals from India

FDA refused 66 dietary conventional foods lines from India between October 2016 and September 30, 2026, 44% of the meal replacements lines.

Dietary conventional foods product descriptions refused from India
FDA product description	Lines	Share of meal replacements
Dietary conventional foods, n.e.c.	66	44.0%

Recent dietary conventional foods refusals

Recent Dietary conventional foods refusals from India
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Sep 20, 2026	Vanity VisionFaridabad, India	Dietary conventional foods, n.e.c	SUPPL GMP	Source
Sep 14, 2026	Vanity VisionFaridabad, India	Dietary conventional foods, n.e.c	SUPPL GMP	Source
Jun 15, 2026	Rits Lifesciences Private LimitedOlpad, India	Dietary conventional foods, n.e.c	UNAPPROVED	Source
Feb 26, 2026	Zenith Drinks Pvt LtdNew Delhi, India	Dietary conventional foods, n.e.c	UNSAFE COL UNAPPROVED	Source

Foods with excessive nutritional claims refusals from India

FDA refused 6 foods with excessive nutritional claims lines from India between October 2016 and September 30, 2026, 4% of the meal replacements lines.

Foods with excessive nutritional claims product descriptions refused from India
FDA product description	Lines	Share of meal replacements
Foods (including water) with excessive nutritional claims	6	4.0%

Recent foods with excessive nutritional claims refusals

Recent Foods with excessive nutritional claims refusals from India
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Aug 10, 2026	Legacy Foods Pvt. Ltd.Distt. Solan 1730205 (Hp), India	Foods (including water) with excessive nutritional claims	LIST INGRE LACKS N/C NUTRIT LBL	Source
Aug 10, 2026	Hindustan Unilever LtdNabha, India	Foods (including water) with excessive nutritional claims	LACKS N/C USUAL NAME NUTRIT LBL	Source
Aug 10, 2026	Hindustan Unilever LtdNabha, India	Foods (including water) with excessive nutritional claims	LIST INGRE LACKS N/C USUAL NAME+1	Source
Aug 10, 2026	Hindustan Unilever LtdNabha, India	Foods (including water) with excessive nutritional claims	LACKS N/C USUAL NAME NUTRIT LBL	Source

Other meal replacements products refused from India

Products refused from India in meal replacements
Product group	Lines	Share
Medical foods	2	1.3%
Meal replacements	1	0.7%

Why FDA refused meal replacements from India

FDA records a charge code on each refused line; one line can carry several.

Most frequent refusal charges for meal replacements from India
Charge code	Meaning	Lines	Share
UNAPPROVED	Unapproved new drug	68	31%
NUTRIT LBL	Nutrition information missing from label	36	16%
LIST INGRE	Ingredients not listed	21	10%
UNSAFE COL	Color additive unsafe under section 721	19	9%
DIETARYLBL	Not identified as a dietary supplement	14	6%
FALSE	False or misleading labeling	14	6%
SUPPL GMP	Dietary supplement CGMP not met	14	6%
LACKS N/C	Net quantity statement missing	13	6%
USUAL NAME	Common or usual name missing	13	6%
LABELING	Fair Packaging and Labeling Act	7	3%

India meal replacements firms with the most FDA records

Counts are FDA records in SupplierRadar's data, not a ranking of quality.

India meal replacements firms with the most FDA records
Firm	City	FDA records
Marudhar Impex	Ahmedabad	24
Zenith Drinks Pvt Ltd	New Delhi	12
Nelikunnath Arya Vaidya Sala	Kerala	9
Zenith Drinks Pvt.Ltd.	New Delhi	7
Mondelez India Foods Limited	Mumbai	6
Zenith Drinks Pvt.Ltd.	New Delhi	6
Minature Wellness Pvt Ltd	Ahmedabad	6
M/S Maheshwari Ayurved Private Limited	Ghaziabad	5
Vanity Vision	Faridabad	5
Karma Ayurveda	Delhi	5

Latest meal replacements refusals from India

Latest FDA meal replacements refusals from India
Date	Firm	Product	Charges
Sep 30, 2026	Karma AyurvedaDelhi, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Sep 30, 2026	Karma AyurvedaDelhi, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Sep 30, 2026	Karma AyurvedaDelhi, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Sep 20, 2026	Vanity VisionFaridabad, India	Dietary conventional foods, n.e.c	SUPPL GMP	Source
Sep 14, 2026	Vanity VisionFaridabad, India	Dietary conventional foods, n.e.c	SUPPL GMP	Source
Aug 10, 2026	Legacy Foods Pvt. Ltd.Distt. Solan 1730205 (Hp), India	Foods (including water) with excessive nutritional claims	LIST INGRE LACKS N/C NUTRIT LBL	Source
Aug 10, 2026	Hindustan Unilever LtdNabha, India	Foods (including water) with excessive nutritional claims	LACKS N/C USUAL NAME NUTRIT LBL	Source
Aug 10, 2026	Hindustan Unilever LtdNabha, India	Foods (including water) with excessive nutritional claims	LIST INGRE LACKS N/C USUAL NAME+1	Source
Aug 10, 2026	Hindustan Unilever LtdNabha, India	Foods (including water) with excessive nutritional claims	LACKS N/C USUAL NAME NUTRIT LBL	Source
Aug 10, 2026	Legacy Foods Pvt. Ltd.Distt. Solan 1730205 (Hp), India	Medical foods, n.e.c	LIST INGRE LACKS N/C NUTRIT LBL	Source
Jul 23, 2026	Karma AyurvedaDelhi, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Jun 15, 2026	Rits Lifesciences Private LimitedOlpad, India	Dietary conventional foods, n.e.c	UNAPPROVED	Source
Jun 4, 2026	Raskam HealthcareSonipat, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	LIST INGRE INCONSPICU NUTRIT LBL	Source
Jun 1, 2026	Zenith Drinks Pvt.Ltd.New Delhi, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNSAFE COL UNAPPROVED	Source
Mar 20, 2026	Zenith Drinks Pvt.Ltd.New Delhi, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNSAFE COL UNAPPROVED	Source
Mar 20, 2026	Zenith Drinks Pvt.Ltd.New Delhi, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNSAFE COL UNAPPROVED	Source
Mar 20, 2026	Zenith Drinks Pvt.Ltd.New Delhi, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNAPPROVED	Source
Mar 20, 2026	Zenith Drinks Pvt.Ltd.New Delhi, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNSAFE COL UNAPPROVED	Source
Mar 20, 2026	Zenith Drinks Pvt.Ltd.New Delhi, India	Foods with supplemental nutrients added, with or without artifical sweetners	UNSAFE COL UNAPPROVED	Source
Feb 26, 2026	Zenith Drinks Pvt LtdNew Delhi, India	Dietary conventional foods, n.e.c	UNSAFE COL UNAPPROVED	Source

Questions about meal replacements refusals from India

How many meal replacements shipments from India did FDA refuse in 2026?: FDA refused 21 shipment lines of meal replacements from India in 2026 through September 30, 2026, compared with 42 in 2025.
Why does FDA refuse meal replacements from India?: FDA records a charge code on every refused shipment line. For meal replacements from India the most frequent are UNAPPROVED (unapproved new drug, 68 lines), NUTRIT LBL (nutrition information missing from label, 36 lines) and LIST INGRE (ingredients not listed, 21 lines). A charge describes what FDA's reference table says about one shipment line, not about every firm.
Which import alerts cover meal replacements from India?: As of October 26, 2026, no import alert numbered under this category lists a firm in India in SupplierRadar's records. General food alerts numbered 99-xx can still list India firms; see the country page.

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