Soap seen in photo with uncooked shrimp sparks online reactions

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An online user drew attention after posting a photo of her hands with soap while uncooked shrimp were visible in the background.

“Tested and proven. With proper handwashing using @BIODERMofficial soap, tanggal lansa sa isang hugasan,” she wrote on Sunday, January 11, tagging the account of Bioderm, a soap brand.

Jam’s photo also showed uncooked shrimp being washed.

Bubbles visible in the container led some users to speculate that she may have used soap to wash the seafood, based on her caption.

“Wait… tama ba ‘yung nababasa at nakikita ko?” the soap brand wrote in a repost with a loudly crying emoji. “Nak naman!”

The response was noticed by Jam, who clarified that she had not used the soap to wash the shrimp.

“Ninaaang!! Pinanghugas ko lang po sa kamay ang Bioderm soap after ko linisan mga hipon,” she

with loudly crying emojis.

“For reference lang po ‘yung hipon sa background,” Jam added with a loudly crying and laughing-with-tears emojis.

She further clarified the photo in another post.

“Proper ‘handwashing.’ ‘Yung mga kamay ko po hinandwash ko. Hindi po ‘yung galamay ng hipon,” Jam said with emojis of a loudly crying faces and a peace sign gesture.

Meanwhile, others expressed shock at the possibility that Jam had used soap to wash the shrimp.

“Teh??????????????” an

online user

wrote with a GIF of a man surrounded by question marks.

“Alin po ‘yung hinugasan niyo? ‘Yung kamay o ‘yung hipon hahahaha pisket,” another

with a crying emoji.

“BAKIT NAMAN SINABON ‘YUNG HIPON. HAHAHAHAHAHA DE JK [JOKE],” a different

X user wrote

with crying and laughing emojis.

Shrimp are usually cleaned and have their shells removed before cooking.