{"id":107035,"date":"2021-11-13T16:23:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T10:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=107035"},"modified":"2021-11-13T16:23:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T10:53:58","slug":"old-video-falsely-shared-as-muslims-sell-cake-laced-with-impotence-pills-to-hindu-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-falsely-shared-as-muslims-sell-cake-laced-with-impotence-pills-to-hindu-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video falsely shared as Muslims sell cake laced with impotence pills to Hindu children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several people on the internet have shared a video of a man unwrapping mini cakes &#8220;Luppo&#8221;. The video shows the man take out white pills from inside the cake. It has been shared with a Hindi text that claims Muslims are targeting the majority Hindu population by lacing their children&#8217;s food and drinks with impotency pills.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user @Sourabh3507 shared this video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0928\u092a\u0941\u0902\u0938\u0915 \u092c\u0928\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0917\u094b\u0932\u0940 \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928\u094b \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u092c\u0928\u093e\u092f\u0947 \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0916\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0940\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u091a\u0940\u091c\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947 \u0921\u093e\u0932\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0947 \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u0916\u093e\u0915\u0930 \u0928\u092a\u0941\u0902\u0938\u0915 \u0939\u094b \u091c\u093e\u092f\u0947 \u0914\u0930 \u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092c\u093e\u0901\u091d \u0924\u093e\u0915\u0940 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0913 \u0915\u0940 \u0906\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u0902\u091f\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0932 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e \u0938\u0915\u0947 \u0914\u0930 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u092c\u0922\u093c\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u092c\u094d\u091c\u093c\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0915\u0947 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dMtf1VMf3D\">pic.twitter.com\/dMtf1VMf3D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0938\u094c\u0930\u092d \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0935\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0935 \ud83d\udea9\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0940\ud83d\udea9 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \ud83d\udea9\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928 (@Sourabh3507) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sourabh3507\/status\/1459075968962744320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video was also posted by multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts\/?q=%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87&amp;sde=AbpC92W4Tk5CSRWpvFucDAgwoQ2gfVVMoruVxGcnOdkNfijX1G4VeLHZZ-EnQ0efWg6zxEoc9fii4P4dV05zM55j8iXbnj0pKLaEKctnRPAS4US5p7M6k4Fp-eLfhveWhJuF0cv4QOeSInYjSHv4dVDec8Y9-fp6-3LG3rHVWJ2CEBIpBbHttlepqOq0ONMyH0A9S8P4Z0pbFDRloMORLtxp-_Ol2JykorAkLsdNd4NJcPvaIII4N8TmBAhHZ414FArZ48w6A3mWL5lGM_nNlKzVHaSYBU2DQPVBcRHq1Ni2JI7I-Fq6RtzHS4gRuCLM6z-P5weqvUi4RtQP-pGHiwt1huE0xDOGeDTTjWesxsNYmJsVRYQJ77vE3Xq2-3N0D2w\">Facebook<\/a> users.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-107042 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.13.40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1452\" height=\"1376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.13.40.jpg 1452w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.13.40-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.13.40-1024x970.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.13.40-768x728.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1452px) 100vw, 1452px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Alt News received several requests to fact-check this claim on our WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160) and official mobile application. (<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/tt\/app\/alt-news\/id1489307805?ign-mpt=uo%3D2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iOS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews&amp;hl=en_IN&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-107035 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-falsely-shared-as-muslims-sell-cake-laced-with-impotence-pills-to-hindu-children\/screen-shot-2021-11-12-at-5-44-09-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"537\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-12-at-5.44.09-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-12-at-5.44.09-PM.png 537w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-12-at-5.44.09-PM-300x243.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-falsely-shared-as-muslims-sell-cake-laced-with-impotence-pills-to-hindu-children\/screen-shot-2021-11-12-at-5-30-45-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-12-at-5.30.45-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-12-at-5.30.45-PM.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-12-at-5.30.45-PM-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>VIDEO VERIFICATION<\/h4>\n<p>Luppo cake is a product of Turkish company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solen.com.tr\/en-US\/corporate\/about-us\">\u015e\u00f6len<\/a>. As per its website for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solen-asia.com\/OUR-COMPANY#about%20us\">Asian market<\/a>, its products are available in over 90 countries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-107046 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.26.10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2222\" height=\"1616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.26.10.jpg 2222w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.26.10-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.26.10-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.26.10-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.26.10-1536x1117.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.26.10-2048x1489.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2222px) 100vw, 2222px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While Luppo cakes are listed on both Turkish and Asian websites, the package shown in the viral video is only listed on the Turkish website, including four other packages. The Asian website lists two. It is worth noting that even on the Turkish website, the product is rebranded.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-107049 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Copy-of-In-story-chart1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Copy-of-In-story-chart1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Copy-of-In-story-chart1-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Copy-of-In-story-chart1-1024x400.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Copy-of-In-story-chart1-768x300.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Copy-of-In-story-chart1-1536x600.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A keyword search on YouTube reveals that the video is at least <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tvTriSXy6TE\">three years old<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-107050 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.44.19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1982\" height=\"1528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.44.19.jpg 1982w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.44.19-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.44.19-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.44.19-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-11.44.19-1536x1184.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1982px) 100vw, 1982px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This video was widely shared in 2019 and has been debunked by fact-checking organisations in Italy (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.online\/2019\/11\/06\/psicosi-online-in-mezzo-mondo-attenti-alle-merendine-turche-con-pillole-paralizzanti\/\">OPEN<\/a>), the US (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/turkish-snack-bar-paralysis-tablet\/\">Snopes<\/a>) and France (<a href=\"https:\/\/observers.france24.com\/en\/20191118-poisoned-cakes-Turkey-viral-video-pills-panic\">France24<\/a>). Back then it was shared with the claim that pills inside the cake are &#8220;paralysis tablets&#8221;. OPEN found other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knnc.net\/ar\/Details.aspx?jimare=1982\">reports<\/a> in Turkey making the same claim about Luppo cakes. In fact, the Facebook page titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=144798320205807&amp;id=108495877169385\">Ministry of Health Kurdistan<\/a> shared a photo of two officials inspecting Luppo products.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00f6len spokesperson sent a detailed email response to Snopes branding the claim as \u201cdelusive, groundless and false\u201d and the company was seeking to take legal action against those responsible. S\u00f6len provided multiple documents to Snopes showing the safety certifications of the plants where S\u00f6len products, including the Luppo coconut cream bar, are manufactured. Those inspections were conducted by the Swiss company SGS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GAZo%CC%80ANTEP-2019-BRC.pdf\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GAZo%CC%80ANTEP-2019-IFS.pdf\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ISO-22000-2019.pdf\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ISO-9001-2019.pdf\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IFS-2019.pdf\">5<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BRC-2019.pdf\">6<\/a>). Snopes stated, &#8220;No evidence exists to indicate that the objects were inserted by the snack\u2019s Turkish manufacturer, nor that such \u201ctablets\u201d induced paralysis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, a video from 2019 that was debunked by international fact-checkers was reshared in India with an anti-Muslim spin. The video shows a cake manufactured by Turkish company S\u00f6len allegedly laced with pills. However, the company claims this was a campaign to discredit the brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several people on the internet have shared a video of a man unwrapping mini cakes &#8220;Luppo&#8221;. The video shows the man take out white pills from inside the cake. It has been shared with a Hindi text that claims Muslims are targeting the majority Hindu population by lacing their children&#8217;s food and drinks with impotency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":107052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-107035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/FI1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107035"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107071,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107035\/revisions\/107071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107035"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=107035"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=107035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}