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Chocolates! That's usually the first thing that comes to mind when you're visiting a house with kids. Hand them a bar, and suddenly you're the favourite guest in the room. Funny thing is, I've never really been a big chocolate person myself. But like many of us, when it comes to buying something quick and safe for children, chocolates are almost always my default choice.

Which is why a recent report by my colleague, Priyanka Sharma, made me pause. What if many of the chocolates we casually pick up aren't really chocolate at all?

That's exactly the question India's food re...