New Delhi, April 11 -- India's food regulator is reviewing the list of ingredients used in ice creams and frozen desserts, according to officials close to the development.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) may allow ice cream makers to include several new non-dairy ingredients, such as coffee and tea extracts, malt and malt-based products, salt, sweets, herbs, and petals of flowers like rose, marigold, lavender, jasmine, and saffron.

The revisions will allow ice cream makers to add new varieties and flavours and make their products healthier. "These proposed ingredients will help prevent the addition of harmful artificial flavour and colouring agents in ice creams," said Dr Mohsin Wali, senior consultant, departme...