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The reason behind this is that silver reflects back 95% of the light energy that falls on it. The silver foils used for edible purpose is called VARAKH. So what’s so special about VARAKH?

If you keenly observe this VARAKH under a microscope, don’t get disturbed if you happen to see traces of blood, stools and saliva of a cattle or ox. VARAKH is a silver foil and to prepare this VARAKH important parts of the CATTLE/OX are used. Intestines of Cattle/OX are obtained from the slaughterhouse.

This is obtained after butchering to death the cattle/ox for beef and the part, which cannot be consumed: the intestines are pulled out of the animal and handed over to the manufacturers of VARAKH. Before handing over the intestines, they are washed in the slaughterhouse to get rid of the blood and other remains on these intestines in the limited facility that is present in the slaughterhouse. We are not sure how neatly this job is carried out.

Intestines are cut into small pieces and then are bound together as pages in a notebook. A silver block is placed in the middle of these bound intestines, and the whole thing is placed in a leather bag and sealed.

Experts, who know how to make VARAKH, pound the bag with wooden sticks, till the entire bag flattens out. The silver block would by this time be turned into silver foil. This Silver foil would now be separated from the intestine pack and will be placed on paper. This is VARAKH, which reaches the market ready for use. Even staunch vegetarians, who shy away from egg, unknowingly consume this as a part of sweet, pan and arecanut. Some unknowingly consume this because of the additional taste that VARAKH provides.