{"id":290843,"date":"2024-09-24T16:19:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T10:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=290843"},"modified":"2024-09-24T16:19:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T10:49:16","slug":"tirupati-details-of-pakistani-company-a-r-foods-falsely-viral-with-communal-spin-to-laddoo-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/tirupati-details-of-pakistani-company-a-r-foods-falsely-viral-with-communal-spin-to-laddoo-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Tirupati: Details of Pakistani company &#8216;A R Foods&#8217; falsely viral with communal spin to &#8216;laddoo&#8217; row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amid the raging controversy over the alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstoday.in\/india\/story\/tirupati-laddoos-lab-report-confirms-animal-fats-fish-oil-446646-2024-09-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">use of animal fat<\/a> in the making of Tirupati &#8216;laddoo&#8217;, several social media users have claimed that the ghee used in the preparation of laddoos is supplied by a company named &#8216;AR Foods (Pvt) Limited.&#8217; A screenshot with the names of five Muslim employees of the said company is being shared in this context. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>X user <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealBababanaras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@RealBababanaras<\/a>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%40RealBababanaras+alt+news&amp;rlz=1C1RXQR_enIN1065IN1065&amp;oq=%40RealBababanaras+alt+news&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDIyNDVqMGo3qAIAsAIA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regularly shares disinformation<\/a> on social media, posted the viral screenshot. At the time of this article being written, it has been viewed more than 4,000 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/PMAmv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>) <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Multiple social media posts claiming that following are the top management names of the Tamil Nadu company supplying desi ghee to Tirupati Balaji. Is this true ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R0e39KqjRp\">pic.twitter.com\/R0e39KqjRp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Baba Banaras\u2122 (@RealBababanaras) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealBababanaras\/status\/1837891412085338463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>X-verified user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shauryabjym\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@shauryabjym<\/a>, associated with the BJYM, shared the screenshot and made the same claim. The tweet suggests that the culprits behind the Tirupati laddoo fiasco could be identified by their names. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/w6q4s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0924\u093f\u0930\u0942\u092a\u0924\u093f \u092c\u093e\u0932\u093e\u091c\u0940 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0926\u0947\u0938\u0940 \u0918\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u092a\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0902\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0921\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0947\u0915\u094d\u091f\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0928\u093f\u092e\u094d\u0928\u0932\u093f\u0916\u093f\u0924 \u0939\u0948\u0902<\/p>\n<p>\u0928\u093e\u092e \u0938\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0907\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u0915\u0941\u0915\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f \u0915\u093e \u0905\u0902\u0926\u093e\u091c\u093c\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0902 !!\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aryqxcytqN\">pic.twitter.com\/aryqxcytqN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shaurya Mishra (@shauryabjym) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shauryabjym\/status\/1837847841479233566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several other users on X also amplified the screenshot with the viral claim. (Archives &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/c0Uf1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/yk6OY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/ELj9R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-290843 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/tirupati-details-of-pakistani-company-a-r-foods-falsely-viral-with-communal-spin-to-laddoo-row\/screenshot_2-13\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_2.jpg 411w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_2-158x300.jpg 158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/tirupati-details-of-pakistani-company-a-r-foods-falsely-viral-with-communal-spin-to-laddoo-row\/screenshot_3-14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"371\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_3.jpg 371w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_3-157x300.jpg 157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/tirupati-details-of-pakistani-company-a-r-foods-falsely-viral-with-communal-spin-to-laddoo-row\/screenshot_4-12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_4.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_4-164x300.jpg 164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The claim is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts?q=%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%98%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80&amp;filters=eyJyZWNlbnRfcG9zdHM6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcInJlY2VudF9wb3N0c1wiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwiXCJ9In0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viral on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-290843 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/tirupati-details-of-pakistani-company-a-r-foods-falsely-viral-with-communal-spin-to-laddoo-row\/screenshot_12-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_12-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_12-1.jpg 621w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_12-1-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/tirupati-details-of-pakistani-company-a-r-foods-falsely-viral-with-communal-spin-to-laddoo-row\/screenshot_11-6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_11-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_11-1.jpg 621w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_11-1-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/tirupati-details-of-pakistani-company-a-r-foods-falsely-viral-with-communal-spin-to-laddoo-row\/screenshot_10-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_10.jpg 621w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_10-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/tirupati-details-of-pakistani-company-a-r-foods-falsely-viral-with-communal-spin-to-laddoo-row\/screenshot_9-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_9.jpg 617w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_9-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact Check\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News tried looking up the company &#8216;AR Foods (Pvt) Limited&#8217; &#8212; the name provided in the screenshots amplified on social media with the claim that it&#8217;s the same company that supplied ghee to the Tirupati temple. We found their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/a-r-foods-pvt-limited\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn page<\/a>, which described the company as one dealing in food and beverages, based out of Islamabad, Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-290852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_8-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1247\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_8-1.jpg 1247w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_8-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_8-1-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_8-1-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1247px) 100vw, 1247px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that the viral screenshot shows &#8216;Pakistan&#8217; as the locations of all the five employees. It is only natural because they are employees of an Islamabad-based organization. However, this organization and its employees are no way linked to the Tirupati temple controversy.<\/p>\n<p>We came across a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/tirupati-laddu-row-who-is-supplier-ar-dairy-owner-its-response-to-beef-tallow-in-prasadam-claim-101726894734567.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hindustan Times report<\/a>, published on September 21, which reveals that the name of the company that was supplying ghee to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (which oversees the management of the temple). It is &#8216;<strong>AR Dairy Food Private Limited<\/strong>.&#8217; The company, based in Tamil Nadu, was founded in 1995.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-290850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_6-1.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_6-1-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We checked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaubacorp.com\/company\/A-R-DAIRY-FOOD-PRIVATE-LIMITED\/U40200TZ1995PTC006115#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">details of the company<\/a> and found that the company was located in the city of Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, and was managed by three directors, namely, Rajasekaran Suriyaprabha, Raju Rajasekaran and SR Srinivasan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-290849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"802\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_5-1.jpg 802w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_5-1-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_5-1-768x813.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, it is evident that the viral screenshot bearing the names of Muslim employees are not connected to the Tirupati laddoo controversy. This has been taken from the employee details of a food and beverage company, based out of Pakistan. Social media users are trying to give the controversy a communal angle. In reality, one of the suppliers of ghee to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) is a Tamil Nadu-based company named &#8216;AR Dairy Food Private Limited&#8217;. Rajasekaran Suriyaprabha, Raju Rajasekaran and SR Srinivasan are the directors of this organization.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prantik Ali is an intern at Alt News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the raging controversy over the alleged use of animal fat in the making of Tirupati &#8216;laddoo&#8217;, several social media users have claimed that the ghee used in the preparation of laddoos is supplied by a company named &#8216;AR Foods (Pvt) Limited.&#8217; A screenshot with the names of five Muslim employees of the said company [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":290886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[728],"class_list":["post-290843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-economics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/09\/Copy-of-FI-Kit-2024-09-24T135554.692.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290843","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\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290843"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290914,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290843\/revisions\/290914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290843"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=290843"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=290843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}