The Vevey-based company said on Monday that its Indian unit had estimated the value of Maggi noodle stocks withdrawn from the shelves at 2.1 billion rupees. Another 1.1 billion rupees worth of Maggi stocks were in factories and with distributors, the company said. India's food safety regulator had banned the product over tests which it said showed the noodles contained excessive levels of lead. The total cost of the shock ban would be given later, Nestlé said. The world's biggest food company is challenging the June 5th order from the government's food safety regulator. The company had already announced it was pulling the product from sale when the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) imposed a ban following similar moves by some state governments. Nestlé, which says the noodles are safe to eat, said it would keep the product off store shelves despite the court action it has launched challenging the ban.