Fact Check: Is Maggi selling beef-flavoured noodles in India? Here’s the truth

The claim, however, is false.

Updated on: Mar 12, 2020, 16:21:17 IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Trisha Sengupta

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Highlights

The posts claim Maggi is selling beef-flavoured products in India

Nestle, Maggi’s parent company, debunked the claim

The images shared are not Indian products

Posts claiming Maggi is selling beef-flavoured noodles in India are being shared across social media. The posts also have images of products with “Beef flavor” written on it. The claim, however, is false. Beef flavoured Maggi is not sold in India but in countries.

“Friends, now Maggi is selling products with beef in it. A few days back Maggi was sold with lead and now this. We have to teach these foreign companies a lesson. Embrace Indian made products and boycott the foreign ones,” reads the translated caption of a tweet. Along with that, the Twitter user also shared four images of different Maggi products with the words “Beef flavour” written on them.

Maggi is manufactured and sold by Nestlé. The company replied from their official Twitter handle on the post and debunked the claim. “Hi, we would like to inform you that MAGGI Noodles manufactured and sold by Nestlé India does not contain beef or any form of beef flavor,” they wrote.

Nestle sells the beef-flavoured Maggi products in Australia and New Zealand. The official Maggi websites of both the countries show the same.

Maggi products available in India are chicken flavoured. There’s no other non-vegetarian option sold.

So, the claim that Maggi is selling beef-flavoured products in India is false. Also, the images are not of products sold in India.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Trisha Sengupta
Trisha Sengupta works as Chief Content Producer at Hindustan Times with over six years of experience in the digital newsroom. Known for her ability to decode the internet’s most talked-about moments, she specialises in high-engagement storytelling that bridges the gap between viral trends and traditional journalism. Throughout her tenure, Trisha has focused on the intersection of technology, finance, and human emotion. She frequently covers personal finance and real estate struggles in hubs like Gurgaon, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad, while also documenting the unique challenges of the NRI experience. Her work often highlights the movements and philosophies of global newsmakers and personalities like Elon Musk, Mukesh Ambani, Nikhil Kamath, Dubai crown prince, and MrBeast. From reporting on Amazon or Meta layoffs and startup culture to the emergence of AI-driven platforms like Grok and xAI, she provides a grounded and empathetic perspective on the stories shaping our world. When not decoding the internet, Trisha is likely offline: lost in a book, exploring a historical ruin, or navigating the world as a solo traveler. She balances her fast-paced career with family time and a healthy dose of curiosity, currently trading her "human" sources for silicon ones as she masters AI to future-proof her storytelling.Read More

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