Was Indocafe instant coffee mix found to contain harmful drugs?! Take a look at the viral video, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Indocafe Coffee Mix Contains Harmful Drugs!
People are sharing a video clip on WhatsApp, TikTok, and social media, claiming or suggesting that Indocafe instant coffee mix was found to contain harmful drugs!
WhatsApp example #1 : Please viral to all your family and friends in your group
Discovery of sachets in Indocafe 3 in 1 coffeemix from Indonesia, mixed with harmful drugs??
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Here is the rough English translation of the commentary in Indonesia / Bahasa Malaysia:
Here are all the drugs. From Indonesia. New coffee from Indocafe, which I will open now. This is new okay, now we open. Let’s throw this first okay. Empty. Okay. Let’s open. Let’s see if there are still reddish drugs. Oh my God… Oh my God… There’s a lot.
Truth : Indocafe Coffee Mix Does Not Contain Harmful Drugs!
This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS being shared on WhatsApp and online platforms like TikTok and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Many Indocafe Customers Disputed Claim
The video appears to have been posted on TikTok by @dianaz780 on 26 November 2023 (archive).
Many people who commented on the video pointed out that they have never seen such pink-coloured drugs or dangerous substances in their Indocafe coffee mixture, even though some have been drinking it for many years.
Personally, I have also made and drunk this particular Indocafe instant coffee mix, and have never seen such pink-coloured substances before.
Fact #2 : Indocafe Labelled Video As “False”
On the same day, Indocafe advised people on Instagram not to fall for the “hoax”, stating that it has more than 38 years of experience in the industry. Then on 29 November 2023, Indocafe issued a statement (archive) through their lawyer, labelling the video as “false” and “fake news”. Here is the English translation:
In connection with the video currently circulating on social media regarding our product, namely Indocafe Coffeemix, which contains drugs, we hereby deny in the strongest possible terms that this is false and is fake news.
The statement also pointed out that the Indocafe Coffeemix product is monitored by the Indonesian Food and Drug Authority (BPOM)
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Fact #3 : Unknown What Those Pink Substances Are
Unless the person who created that video sends the samples to Indocafe (or an independent laboratory) for testing, it is impossible to know what those pink-coloured pieces really are.
Could the instant coffee mix sachets have been tampered with? Or is it possible that these are counterfeit Indocafe coffee mix sachets?
Fact #4 : Pink Substance May Be Annatto
Assuming the sachets were not contaminated or tampered with, what could those pink pieces be? Short of a laboratory test, it would be quite impossible to know.
That said, the ingredients (archive) of this particular Indocafe Coffeemix 3-in-1 product may offer us a clue:
Sugar, Non-Dairy Creamer [Glucose Syrup, Hardened Vegetable Fat, Sodium Caseinate (contain milk protein), Stabilizer (E452ii, E340ii) and Emulsifier (non-animal origin) (E471), Anti-caking Agent (E554), Colour (160b)], Indocafé Instant Coffee.
The three key components of this coffee mix are sugar, non-diary creamer, and coffee. But one of the components of the non-diary creamer is 160b (E160b), also known as Annatto – orange-red food colouring from the seeds of the Bixa orellana tree.
It is possible that the annatto powder may have clumped together with the other components of the creamer, caking them into large pieces in the presence of excessive moisture.
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While contamination or counterfeiting might be possible, it is absurd to claim, without evidence, that the pink substances are “dangerous drugs”. For one thing – narcotics are expensive. Who would be so stupid enough to put narcotics into cheap instant coffee mix?
Fact #6 : World Population Is Now Over 8 Billion
Claims that these “dangerous drugs” are being used to kill people and depopulate the world is a ridiculous conspiracy fantasy. Anyone who opens a sachet would immediately see the large pink pieces, thus foiling the dastardly plans of an incompetent evil cabal that has hitherto failed to stop the world from expanding to 8 billion people!
A real “Deep State operative” would have blended the poison to mix evenly with the coffee mix. And a real evil depopulation cabal would have done a better job of stopping population growth! This is nothing more than a silly conspiracy theory.
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