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Listen, I'm not a vegan, but I find this names that are bent around the bush so annoying.
Yeah, I get it , it's not literally milk. But calling it "almond milk" is waaay smoother than "almond drink" or "almond concoction" or whatever.
Same with Malzbier.
The definition of milk literally includes plant milks. Milk has been used to describe these beverages for as long as they have existed.
I agree, but that's not what the marketing law in Germany says. Not long ago, it was changed by conservatives to only include real cow's milk.
What a bunch of snowflakes. Imagine that being the biggest problem in your life.
They just want the sweet sweet money from farmers
it doesn't have to be the biggest problem in your life to take it seriously
What makes it even stupider is that everyone still calls it soy- or whatever-milk.
I have seen coconut milk sold as 'coconut drink', even though it is not used as drink. That is stupid.
In the case of coconut there's both the milk and the water, and coconut drink is likely the water.
It was the milk, though.
So much for my hypothesis.
i argue calling it coconut drink is stupid, because in the specific case of coconuts you should specify milk or water.
"Creamy nut juice" just didn't do very well in the test marketing
By having to give it a weird name those products and the sustainability argument behind it get associated with weirdness, and are less appealing to people who might otherwise consider trying them.
The problem i have is just that i walk into a store, buy some cheese for my cheese toast, then later at home discover it's not "cheese" but some disgusting mixture of plant oils and flavour agents that makes me want to vomit and throw up.
The problem is not vegan products existing, but them deceiving and tricking the ordinary person about what they are with no clear labeling. It simply has to be explicit that it is not what a normal person thinks when they read "cheese", but some other experimental food instead.
That's BS and you know it is, stop lying and you'll feel less hollow inside.
that's not true. you're claiming to know me better than i know myself. what hybris