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What Are They Putting In Monster? The Viral Fake Ingredient Wordplay Meme

This meme features a close-up of a Juice Monster (Lemonade variant) energy drink can, with a text overlay at the top reading: "What are they putting in monster 😭😭🙏🙏". The core joke is a wordplay pun: the circled word "semen" on the can's ingredient list (written in a South Slavic language, likely Slovenian/Croatian) refers to plant seed (a common food ingredient), but in English, "semen" has a vulgar, sexual connotation. The meme uses this cross-language similarity to create a misleading, shocking visual joke, implying the energy drink contains an inappropriate, non-food ingredient. Small rose emojis are added at the bottom of the can image for extra comedic emphasis. The humor comes from the double meaning of the word, tricking viewers into thinking the drink has a scandalous ingredient.
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What are they putting in monster 😭😭🙏🙏

Overview

This meme features a close-up of a Juice Monster (Lemonade variant) energy drink can, with a text overlay at the top reading: "What are they putting in monster 😭😭🙏🙏". The core joke is a wordplay pun: the circled word "semen" on the can's ingredient list (written in a South Slavic language, likely Slovenian/Croatian) refers to plant seed (a common food ingredient), but in English, "semen" has a vulgar, sexual connotation. The meme uses this cross-language similarity to create a misleading, shocking visual joke, implying the energy drink contains an inappropriate, non-food ingredient. Small rose emojis are added at the bottom of the can image for extra comedic emphasis. The humor comes from the double meaning of the word, tricking viewers into thinking the drink has a scandalous ingredient.

Origin notes

This is a user-created meme, likely made using a simple mobile photo editor to circle the word and add the text overlay. It is a type of "fake shocking ingredient" meme, a popular format on social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Reddit, where users highlight coincidental word similarities on product labels to create humorous reactions. The original product is a Monster Energy Juice can, with ingredient text in a Slavic language; the meme repurposes this label to create a false, funny controversy about the drink's contents.

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