No, Bill Gates Didn’t Throw Milk at Maggots, False Claim Uses Old Video of Discontinued South African Dairy Alternative

Rumor spread by fake conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

The claim began in a Broadcast of June 20 from Alex Jones’ show on InfoWars, titled: “DISGUSTING: Bill Gates Wants You to Eat Maggot Milk.”

Alex Jones is a notorious conspiracy theorist who founded InfoWars in 1999. U.S. courts have ordered him to pay 1.5 billion US dollars to the parents of 20 children killed in 2012 Sandy Hook School Shooting for repeatedly saying the massacre was a hoax.

The Jones Show uses a promotional video for EntoMilk, titled “Bug Milk,” which shows how it is made from black soldier fly larvae. Two people are seen drinking the milk while the voiceover describes its “creamy mouthfeel.”

The video ends with the people to whom we offer Unlimited EntoMilk ice cream. Some people seem doubtful.

THE the video highlights that insects could be “vital to the future of food” because they require little land to grow and are not as harmful to the environment as livestock, such as cattle.

But Jones says: “Oh, it’s rich and creamy? And they give black people maggots.” It’s clear he’s watching the video for the first time.

“Bill Gates is involved in these companies,” he said. suddenly addswithout proof. “Bill Gates wants you to drink maggot milk.” Jones then gestures to someone off-camera and says, “That’s your title.”

A six-year-old video for a disappeared product

But the original video is almost six years old, first published on YouTube in September 2018.

EntoMilk was a dairy-free milk alternative developed by South African food scientists and launched by their Cape Town-based startup, Gourmet Grubb, in 2017.

He was made from the larvae of farmed flies, so the description of “maggot milk”, dramatic as it is, is almost true. The product was only sold in the form of ice cream and never in its liquid form, according to a July 2023 article.

But Entomilk has not been on the market for years, and Gourmet Grubb is listed as “bankruptAnd neither had anything to do with Bill Gates.

The Gourmet Grubb website no longer exists. The company Instagram Page hasn’t been updated since 2020, and its description, written in the past tense, reads: “Yes! We made insect ice cream from EntoMilk, which is dairy-free and incredibly SUSTAINABLE! 2020 – we’re taking it to the next level – watch this space.”

Gates was not “involved in” Gourmet Grubb. He is not mentioned in one of the companies online profilesIf the billionaire had invested in a South African start-up, it would have made local headlines. But there is no credible evidence of Gates’ involvement.

Bill Gates did not launch a “maggot milk” called EntoMilk. This claim is false, made up on the spot during an episode of the Alex Jones Show.