{"id":73678,"date":"2020-08-21T16:33:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T11:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=73678"},"modified":"2020-09-18T14:23:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T08:53:37","slug":"fake-cashews-manufactured-no-these-are-cashew-shaped-snacks-made-out-of-flour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-cashews-manufactured-no-these-are-cashew-shaped-snacks-made-out-of-flour\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake cashews manufactured? No, these are cashew-shaped snacks made out of flour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A short video is being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yoga.jayasimha.1\/posts\/650755175862605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">circulated on social media<\/a> with the claim that fake cashews being manufactured and sold in Kerala.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-75839 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/374e391a-5591-4c31-9426-a04c8f85804e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/374e391a-5591-4c31-9426-a04c8f85804e.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/374e391a-5591-4c31-9426-a04c8f85804e-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same clip was earlier viral with a different message, Twitter user @ProfMKay wrote, &#8220;A friend of mine sent this video to have it posted. Now we have one more added problem, please check the cashews before buying. Lesson: nothing to be taken for granted.&#8221; This video has been viewed over 3,000 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/htPls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A friend of mine sent this video to have it posted. Now we have one more added problem, please check the cashews before buying. Lesson: nothing to be taken for granted. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3F9i7McA4t\">pic.twitter.com\/3F9i7McA4t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ProfMKay\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@ProfMKay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfMKay\/status\/1296364906803892225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A Facebook <span class=\"oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j irj2b8pg mysgfdmx o0t2es00 f530mmz5 hnhda86s oo9gr5id hzawbc8m\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql o0t2es00 f530mmz5 hnhda86s oo9gr5id\">Gurvinder Singh Sarpanch Saab also<\/span><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=3603496916328352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> the viral video and wrote in Hindi, &#8220;Fake cashew nuts are made out of tamarind seeds. All hotels keep these for snacks as they can be procured very cheaply. There&#8217;s a huge consumption of these fake cashews. Pay the right price for the right goods.&#8221; This video has been viewed over 2,500 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/PLaUI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>(Translated from <span class=\"a8c37x1j ni8dbmo4 stjgntxs l9j0dhe7 oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql s89635nw ew0dbk1b a5q79mjw g1cxx5fr lrazzd5p oo9gr5id\" dir=\"auto\">\u0915\u091f\u0928\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0907\u092e\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091c\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0928\u093e\u090f \u091c\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0928\u0915\u093c\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u093e\u091c\u0942 \u0914\u0930 \u0938\u092d\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u091f\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092f\u0939\u0940 \u091a\u0932\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0916\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0964 \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0938\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0939\u094b\u091f\u0932 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b , \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0916\u092a\u0924 \u0939\u0948 \u0907\u0928 \u0928\u0915\u093c\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u093e\u091c\u0942 \u0915\u0940 \u0964\u0938\u0939\u0940 \u0926\u093e\u092e \u0926\u0947\u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0939\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u0932 \u0916\u0930\u0940\u0926\u0947 \u0964<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73680 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-21-14_53_12-Watch-Discover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1027\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-21-14_53_12-Watch-Discover.jpg 1027w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-21-14_53_12-Watch-Discover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-21-14_53_12-Watch-Discover-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-21-14_53_12-Watch-Discover-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-21-14_53_12-Watch-Discover-74x55.jpg 74w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-21-14_53_12-Watch-Discover-111x83.jpg 111w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-21-14_53_12-Watch-Discover-215x161.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-21-14_53_12-Watch-Discover-990x745.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1027px) 100vw, 1027px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News received several requests to fact-check this on WhatsApp (+917600011160) and on our\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" data-from-md=\"\">official Android application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73682 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/kaju.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"811\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/kaju.png 811w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/kaju-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/kaju-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a keyword search on YouTube and found several similar videos a machine is producing cashew-shaped objects. One Tushar Pandya also uploaded the same on his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kaju nimki making machine\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XiILzo-PHdI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Alt News had a telephonic conversation with Pandya who manufactures machines that help in the mass production of Indian snacks. He is based out of Mumbai. There are plenty of other videos on his channel that show a machine making other such snacks. Pandya said, &#8220;I am aware a misleading video has gone viral on social media. Several people have called me the past few days. The claim that the machine is making fake cashew is false. This machine in the video is making flour-based cashew shaped biscuits. These are roasted before they are ready to eat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a reply to <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@ProfMKay, a Twitter user wrote, &#8220;<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">These aren&#8217;t fake cashews. These are biscuits shaped like cashews. That&#8217;s a sheet of rolled dough passing through the stencil which cuts it into cashews. Looks like a small scale, local business. You can&#8217;t replicate the colour, feel, texture and taste of cashew so easily.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These aren&#8217;t fake cashews. These are biscuits shaped like cashews. That&#8217;s a sheet of rolled dough passing through the stencil which cuts the it into cashews. Looks like a small scale, local business. You can&#8217;t replicate the colour, feel, texture and taste of cashew so easily \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DJfr5GvYwM\">pic.twitter.com\/DJfr5GvYwM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Armoured Assault (@AssaultArmoured) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AssaultArmoured\/status\/1296426382684303361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8R5Tru1xAko&amp;feature=emb_title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">videos on YouTube<\/a> that teach how to make cashew-shaped snacks at home.<\/p>\n<p>The social media claim that the video shows fake cashews is false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short video is being circulated on social media with the claim that fake cashews being manufactured and sold in Kerala. The same clip was earlier viral with a different message, Twitter user @ProfMKay wrote, &#8220;A friend of mine sent this video to have it posted. 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