Yet I find it disturbing when I buy something that contains astonishing animal products.
E.g. I bought some truffle mayonaise. I expect it to contain eggs, but not fish. Indeed, after getting home and reading the fine print, it said anchovies were used. WTF.
Ramen noodles are also a game of chance. Big Chinese writing, a pic of veg on noodles, then the very fine print often buries the use of sea creatures. I spend a lot of time reading a huge list of ingredients (without a magnifying glass) in attempt to be diligent… and I still get burnt.
The injustice of accidentally buying veg that someone expects to be meat is far less of an injustice than the inverse of that. Yet the EU is fixated on regulating veg suppliers.
Damn imagine buying something without looking at the package and then finding out you accidentally didn’t murder an animal even tho you wanted to
Thank you EU for saving us all from this awful situation /s
EU fights for the freedom of speech of racists and liars but stops at emerging markets and alternatives. Only to protect the people in power.
The central argument supporting the ban is that plant-based labels are misleading consumers.
However, multiple surveys have shown that Europeans support the continued use of everyday language for plant-based foods as it helps them identify what the product is trying to replicate.
Literally nobody ever bought vegan bacon thinking it was real bacon. No one has ever been mislead. It’s so obvious it’s painful. But whatever, call it vegan B’acon
I’ve seen it called veekon here (bacon is peekon), which I thought was clever, but I bet that’s a trademarked term.
I’ve also seen vöner for veggie döner and some other similar names. The big worry with those is that someone will come up with a clever name and trademark it. Whereas if they could just keep on writing “plant-based bacon” or something on the packaging, literally nobody should be confused.
Where is the vegan lobby in all of this? Did they not fight back? I would gladly sign a petition that forces the meat industry to put pics of animals on all processed foods where ingredients are not obvious from the cover, like on ramen noodles.
plant-based labels are misleading consumers
You know this is bulshit because body milk is,not confusing people to drink it and is not banned.
This is the dumbest fight ever, EU.
Imagine how much money and time was spent on putting this into law.
Shut the fuck up and let people call things what they are similar to if they want.
This article has all of them, and… It’s not as bad as it seems, to be honest. https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/eu-veggie-burger-ban-plant-based-meat-names-vegan-labelling/
“Burger” and “sausage” was in the original proposal, but was fortunately rejected.
it’s not a “fight”, they are behind this decision ☞ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fédération_des_entreprises_de_charcuterie_traiteur
literally a meat lobby
La Fédération des entreprises de charcuterie traiteur ou FICT est une association fondée en 1924 et un lobby. Elle représente environ 300 entreprises adhérentes en 2021.
I’m for inventing names that don’t elicit flesh, but this just seems like they’re caving to the meat lobby
The move would have merit if there were a real issue of confusion in the marketplace. But indeed caving to the meat lobby is just a display of lacking democracy… not representing the people.
I would love to see a counter petition that demands ramen noodles have animal pics on the frontside.
It’s not even legal to use “milk” in the way it was used throughout history, it can only refer to animal milk now.
They can ban products from being labeled like that, but they can’t force people to call them by an alternative name. I’ll always call the “no -dairy oat drink” oat milk because it just makes sense in day to day life.
Good thing the politicians are focusing on the issues that matter. 🙄
I suspect it’s a signal that the politically hard right is in control of Europe. I recently heard Spain is currently the only notably progressive leadership in Europe at the moment.
