Nestle has insisted its Maggi Pazzta products on sale in India are “100% safe” amid reports tests have found a batch of products contain excessive levels of lead.

Food safety officials in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have claimed pasta sold under Maggi Pazzta break limits on lead in food.

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Tests at a state-owned lab in the city of Lucknow showed the pasta contained six parts per million, above the limit of 2.5ppm, a report from The Press Trust of India said.

In a statement to just-food, Nestle’s Indian operations said it had yet to receive “any formal notification” from officials in Uttar Pradesh or from the national Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.

“We have seen media reports claiming that lead has been found in the product and we are investigating these claims,” it said.

However, the company added: “Maggi Pazzta is 100% safe. The finished product and the raw materials used to make it undergo rigorous testing during every stage of the manufacturing process. We will work with the authorities to resolve the situation as quickly as possible.”

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The state of Uttar Pradesh was at the centre of the recent allegations over the safety of Maggi noodles on sale in India, which led to a four-month nationwide ban on the products.

Officials in the state claimed to find excessive levels of lead in batches of the noodles. They also said the noodles contained monosodium glutamate when the products were labelled as free from the ingredient. The affair sparked other states to conduct tests, leading to Nestle pulling the noodles from shelves across India and the country’s authorities banning the products. Maggi noodles went back on sale earlier this month.