Is the frog logo on food products associated with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and do these products include poisons and vaccines? No, that's not true: The logo is associated with the Rainforest Alliance, a nonprofit organization committed to biodiversity conservation and the advancement of sustainable livelihoods. They work to protect forests, improve the well-being of local communities, and promote responsible business practices. The organization is not affiliated with Bill and Melinda Gates.
This claim has been circulating within the TikTok communities of Belarusian and Russian speakers since the summer of 2023. For example, a video with the assertion appeared here (archived here) on September 04, 2023, published by @aleksandrmor01. The same claim has been shared here, here, and here. The text, translated from Russian into English by Lead Stories staff, reads:
IMPORTANT INFORMATION. DO NOT BUY FROG-STAMPED PRODUCTS. We now have frog-sealed products. These products come from the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation. These products with this seal contain substances that act as vaccines. They also contain poison that will make you sick.
Some of the products:
Nestea Tea, Ritter Sport Chocolate (on the back), Milino Milk Snack Honey, Lipton Tea Nutrition Label, Moreno Mocha Coffee, Lavazza Coffee, Bristot Rainforest Coffee, Lofbergs Jubileum Coffee, Life Extension Tea, Mabroc Tea
SEND THIS TO ALL FRIENDS.
This is what the post looked like on TikTok at the time of writing:
(Source: TikTok screenshot taken on Thu Oct 5 13:12:04 2023 UTC)
The frog logo on food products is unrelated to Bill Gates or his foundation. This symbol is employed by the global organization Rainforest Alliance to certify that products adhere to international sustainability standards. The organization is an independent entity and not under the ownership of Bill and Melinda Gates. Their foundation has donated to the Rainforest Alliance since 2007, with the latest in 2011.
The Rainforest Alliance maintains financial transparency.
This assertion is one among a set of conspiracy theories associated with Bill Gates as well as the World Economic Forum (WEF) with unfounded claims of using food as a means to administer vaccines to the world population in order to benefit the world's elite at the cost of the rest of the world.
Additional debunking articles by Lead Stories regarding Bill Gates coercing vaccinations on the population can be found here, here and here.
