Fact Check: Claim on manufacture of artificial cashew nuts is false
A video of a man preparing a savoury is being shared virally in Telugu with the claim that he is preparing fake cashews. The claim goes on to say that these artificially made cashews are served in marriages, and functions, and passed off as real cashew.
A video of a man preparing a savoury is being shared virally in Telugu with the claim that he is preparing fake cashews. The claim goes on to say that these artificially made cashews are served in marriages, and functions, and passed off as real cashew.
In the viral video clip shared, we can see a person rolling dough, cutting it into cashew-shaped pieces and frying the same in oil and then adding spices. This video is being shared online with a claim in Telugu “మీ కళ్ళు మిమ్మల్ని మోసం చేసే అంతగా, నకిలీ జీడి పప్పు తయారు చేస్తున్నారు. పెళ్ళిలో ఫంక్షన్స్ లో లొట్టలు వేసి మరి వాయిన్ షాప్ లో తింటాము అవి నకిలి..... ఇదిగో ఇలా తయారు చేసి మనకి వడ్డిస్తున్నారు.*”
Fact Check:
The claim that the video shows the preparation of artificial cashews is false. The video shows the preparation of a cashew-shaped snack that is sold popularly in north India.
When observed carefully, we found a watermark ‘Spoons of Indore’ on the viral video. When searched we found that the video was published on Facebook page on March 16, 2023, named ‘Spoons of Indore’ with the caption “How artificial kaju is made”
When searched further, we found several fact checks done in the year 2020, as a similar claim was viral that cashews are made using a machine. However, it was proved that the machine was preparing biscuits shaped like cashew nuts.
These snacks are called Kaju biscuits and are also sold online.
While searching for cashew-shaped biscuits online, we found several cooking videos showing their preparation. In these videos, we can see that the publishers were following the same procedure followed by the person in the viral video. Every step is seen to be matching.
Therefore, we can conclude that the person in the viral video is seen making cashew-shaped biscuits which are very popular in north India, and not artificial cashews. The claim is false.