Beijing: A massive adulterated food scandal has been uncovered in China that involved making fake-branded sauces and flavourings using recycled spices and industrial-grade salt harmful to human health.

The fake seasonings, sauces, stocks and powdered spices had been sold across the country under well-known domestic and international brand names including Knorr, Nestle, Lee Kum Kee and Wang Shouyi for more than a decade, The Beijing News reported.