“Pouring Coca-Cola or Pepsi on uncooked pork will rid it of worms or other parasites.”
What MediaWise found
While there is a disease known as trichinosis that can make you sick from eating raw or undercooked meat from an animal infected with the parasite, it’s pretty rare. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the easiest way to prevent this is NOT by pouring Pepsi on your uncooked meat, but to cook it to a safe temperature. Further, drenching your pork chop in Coke or Pepsi products won’t make these parasites exit your meat.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 March 2021. MediaWise (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 May 2021, 78 days later. Its rating was “Not Legit”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQg0VRawBHs
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This check was done by MediaWise, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.