One rat hair is mixed into every 100 grams of Cadbury chocolate.

Neither food regulatory authority nor mainstream media have reported on rat hair being found or added to every 100 grams of Cadbury.

Rodent hair, insect fragments, pits, foreign particles, and a few other food defects have been identified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as permissible in specific proportions in certain food items. Live Science states that the FDA claims that food defects are a natural part of food processing and pose no health concern if they stay below the specified "action levels." Since the FDA limits one rodent hair per 100 grams in every six 100-gram samples, this norm is only applicable to chocolate manufacturing companies in the U.S.

Manufacturers in the U.S. follow a "Food Defect Levels Handbook," which stipulates the maximum number of alien entities, such as larvae and insect fragments, that can be present in food. But, some nations' regulations do not allow such exclusions. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India's guidelines specify that every chocolate should be free of insects and other contaminants.

Milk, sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, vegetable fats (palm, shea), emulsifiers (E442, E476), and flavorings are all listed as ingredients in Cadbury chocolate. It also contains wheat and nuts.

So far, there has been no specific report that rat hair had been found in Cadbury chocolates, and these contaminants are inevitable in large-scale productions. Furthermore, no food authority has formally released any reports or complaints about any such incident. As a result, we classify this assertion as false.

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