A customer found a live worm inside a dessert purchased from a PAUL Bakery outlet in Pune's Viman Nagar area.
The incident has raised significant concerns regarding food quality and hygiene standards at the establishment. It has prompted calls for the Food and Drugs Administration to conduct a formal inspection of the premises.
The discovery occurred at the bakery located within Phoenix Marketcity, also referred to as Phoenix Mall, according to reports [1, 2, 3]. A customer recorded a video of the dessert, which some reports describe as containing a maggot [4, 5], and shared the footage online.
PAUL Bakery and Cafe currently operates 12 outlets across India [6]. This event follows a previous incident involving a live worm found in a sandwich at a different location in Gurugram [4, 5].
Local residents and consumers have used the viral video to question the sanitary protocols of the bakery chain. The presence of larvae in prepared food typically indicates a failure in temperature control or ingredient sourcing.
While the bakery has not issued a formal statement in the provided reports, the recurrence of similar findings across different cities has intensified scrutiny of the brand's quality control. The Food and Drugs Administration is the primary body responsible for investigating such hygiene breaches in the region [1, 4].
“A live worm was found inside a dessert purchased from PAUL Bakery”
The repeat nature of these incidents, moving from a sandwich in Gurugram to a dessert in Pune, suggests a potential systemic issue with supply chain hygiene or storage protocols rather than an isolated kitchen error. Such findings often trigger mandatory audits by food safety regulators, which can lead to fines or temporary suspension of licenses if sanitary codes are found to be violated.
