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  • 2020-12-07 (xsd:date)
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  • TikTok Video 'Exposes' How Taco Bell Makes Its Refried Beans? (en)
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  • We've been covering Taco Bell rumors for more than 20 years. Stories we've rated included misleading claims about cockroach eggs, Grade D but edible meat, and the fast-food chain's Cinnamon Twists dessert. On Dec. 4, 2020, TikTok user @maniic666 shared a video of what appeared to be dehydrated refried beans being prepared in a Taco Bell kitchen. The video was overlayed with text that read Taco bells beans...look like rabbit food. It was on pace to surpass 400,000 views in its first four days. The TikTok user claimed to have been a Taco Bell manager and posted another video of vaping in the restaurant's kitchen, this time with the text Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania overlaying the video. It was unclear if the videos were shot recently. One commenter threatened to send the vaping video to corporate, and @maniic666 responded: Lmfao go ahead I haven't worked there in 6 months. It's true that the TikTok video showed the process for preparing Taco Bell's refried beans. In fact, this wasn't the first time such a video had been posted to TikTok. Previous such videos going back as far as this one from May 2019 had already shown the same process. TikTok videos from June and September 2020 had racked up more than 10 million total views. Taco Bell's refried beans prep process has also been covered by RuinMyWeek.com, The Daily Dot, InTheKnow.com, and Mashed. The Daily Dot's headline read: Employee 'exposes' how Taco Bell beans are made in viral TikTok video. In November 2020, InTheKnow.com reported: Despite the negative comments on the viral videos, dehydrated refried beans are not all that rare. Walmart sold instant refried beans from the Herdez brand. The HEB grocery store chain also sold a Santa Fe Bean Company's dehydrated refried beans. Amazon sold instant refried bean products from Mexicali Rose, Fantastic Foods, and Casa Corona. On the Taco Bell website, the company published questions and answers about its ingredients: According to the Taco Bell website, its refried beans are certified vegan. Ingredients include pinto beans, soybean oil, and seasoning (salt, sugar, spice, beet powder (VC), natural flavors, sunflower oil, maltodextrin, corn flour, trehalose, and modified cornstarch). The company also makes cooked cans of beans that are sold in grocery stores. We reached out to Taco Bell about the viral TikTok videos and its refried beans. They responded with the following statement: (en)
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