Old Video of Pills Being Found Inside a Cake Revived With False Claims

We had debunked the same video in 2021, when it was shared with a similar communal claim.

Fact-Check | The video is old and is being shared with a false claim.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video showing a person breaking apart a packaged cake and finding two pills inside it is being widely shared on the internet as a recent incident.

What have users said?: People have shared the clip with a caption in Hindi which loosely translated to, "Death is all around you. A new cake created by heretic Jihadis has hit the market. Lupo company's cake has a tablet inside it which paralyses children, please send this video to your friends, sold only in Hindu region. Take care of your child and yourself."

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: X (formerly Twitter)/Screenshot)

We received multiple queries about the viral video on our WhatsApp tipline as well. More archives of similar claims can be found here, here, and here.

What are the facts?: The claim is false. The video has been available online since 2019 and showed a product named 'Luppo' by a Turkish company called Solen. The same claim was debunked in 2019.

How did we find that out?: Using the help of Google Lens, we conducted a reverse image search and found the same visuals uploaded on a YouTube channel named 'BasNews'.

• The video was published on 29 October 2019 and its caption said, "The Ministry of Health explains the video of a Turkish cake."

• We found other older versions of the video that dated back to 2019. You can view them here and here.

About the product manufacturer: We searched on Google and found that the product named 'Luppo' comes under the Solen brand, which is a company based in Solen.

• As per the website, the company falls within the scope of Global Food Safety management and its certified at AA+.

The text under the 'Quality and Food Safety Policy'.

(Source: Solen/Screenshot)

Hints in the viral video: Further, we noticed a package named 'Aspilic' in the background of the viral video. On searching for it on Google, we found that it is also a Turkish-based company that sells meat products.

The company is also based in Turkey.

(Source: Aspilic/Screenshot)

What did the company say?: A Turkish fact-checking website, Teyit, had contacted Solen in 2019 regarding the viral claim. The company shared multiple laboratory reports with Teyit that showed the product's manufacturing process passing the audit.

• It further said that several deformations on the top layer of the product could be seen, which indicated the possibility of a person manually inserting the tablets.

One can see the deformations on the top layer.

(Source: Viral video/Screenshot/Altered by The Quint)

A repeated claim: Team WebQoof had debunked a similar claim in 2021, when it was shared on social media platforms with users linking it to India and with a false communal colour. You can read our full report here.

The fact-check was published on 16 November 2021.

(Source: The Quint)

Conclusion: It is clear that the video is old and is being shared with a false claim.

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