Old video featuring false food tests is being shared in the name of a non-existent organisation - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 15, 2022
A video purportedly identifying fake foods by conducting various tests is being widely shared on social media claiming that the video is made by Bangalore Robotics Science and Research Centre.
Claim: Video made by Bangalore Robotics Science and Research Centre on how to identify adulterated foods.
Fact: There is no such research centre by the name Bangalore Robotics Science and Research Centre, and the video is uploaded by ‘Blossom’ YouTube channel in 2019. Several food experts and media agencies proved that most of the tests conducted in the video are either false or misleading. Following this, ‘Blossom’ removed this video from its official YouTube and Facebook channels. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
First, we searched for ‘Bangalore Robotics Science and Research Centre’ but couldn’t find any research centre by that name. Then, we searched the internet with relevant keywords and found the full length video posted on the Twitter account named ‘Blossom’ on 04 June 2019.
Is your food fake or real? Find out with these easy tests at home! #blossomhacks Tag us, if you repost!! pic.twitter.com/vJ6hWHvIuO
Taking cue from this, we searched more about the food tests conducted in this video and found a video by ‘Ann Reardon’, a qualified food scientist and dietician, debunking the claims made in the viral video.
Similarly, Snopes, BBC, Forbes published detailed articles exposing these hoaxes. Following this, ‘Blossom’ removed this video from its official YouTube and Facebook channels.
To sum it up, a proven false food testing video is being shared in the name of non-existent organisation.