“Frozen Is Not Bad”: Sanjeev Kapoor Busts Myths About Restaurant Food & Food Safety

Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, in an exclusive conversation with India Today Group’s Sneha Mordani, busts common myths around frozen and processed food. Addressing concerns that restaurants often use frozen dishes such as dal makhani, Kapoor explains that freezing itself is not harmful. In fact, he says freezing can be a safe food-preservation technique because it does not necessarily require additives or preservatives and can significantly slow microbial growth. He stresses that not all food processing is bad and that certain processes, including freezing and bottling, can actually improve food safety. Kapoor urges consumers to understand the science behind food preservation instead of automatically assuming that frozen means unsafe.