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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly I think that this might be a good thing for veggie prosucts

Some vegetable products make for pretty bad versions of their meat based counterpart but would be great products on their own accor

[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, but also why does the government need to be involved?

I understand wanting clarity in good naming and standards, but I'll never confuse a tofu burger or reconstituted mycelium protein nuggets with actual meat.

There is no real risk to the consumer in having language like tofu burger and veggie steak

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world -4 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

why does the government need to be involved?

Because consumers should not be misled by deceiving manufacturers.

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

If you see "plant burger" and you are misled to think that it must be made of beef, that says a lot more about you than the manufacturer.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world -3 points 1 hour ago

plant burger

There is no such thing

[–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Stupid reason. Burger used to mean pork and beef. There were laws for this. Now we have chicken burgers?? Yeah nobody cares.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world -2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Stupid reason

Would it be OK to sell some cheap dog meat burgers as "vegan"? I meant taste would be probably the same but still misleading, don't you think?

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 1 points 37 minutes ago (1 children)

Straw man argument. That's not what's happening here.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 22 minutes ago* (last edited 21 minutes ago)

This is exactly what is happening here. Heavily processed plant pulp being name like meat to deceive the customers, otherwise almost nobody with even a shadow of good taste would eat this shit.

[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I know my comment was 3 whole paragraphs and you can't read gud, but I actually managed to address that