Cadbury gives clarification on viral tweet claiming its products contain beef

Several Indians took to Twitter to call for a boycott of Cadbury products, claiming that the company uses gelatin in some of their products.

A screenshot from a website went viral on the internet, which read that if a product contains gelatine as an ingredient, that means it was derived from beef.

A netizen tweeted, “Is this true @CadburyUK? If yes, Cadbury deserves to be sued for forcing Hindus to consume halaal-certified beef products. Our ancestors & Gurus sacrificed their lives but didn’t accept eating beef. But post “independence” rulers have allowed our Dharma to be violated with impunity,”

Soon Twitter was filled with a call for the boycott of Cadbury products.

Cadbury Dairy Milk in a tweet issued the clarification saying that the products of Mondelez/Cadbury sold and manufactured in India are 100 percent vegetarian and the viral screenshot is not related to the Indian products of Cadbury.

Further mentioning that the green dot on the wrappers signifies that the product is vegetarian.

Responding to a tweet,  Cadbury also wrote, ”Hi Madhu, the screenshot shared in the Tweet is not related to Mondelez products manufactured in India. All the products manufactured and sold in India are 100% vegetarian. The green dot on the wrapper signifies that.”