The measure was introduced by French conservative lawmaker Celine Imart, who argued it would prevent confusion with traditional meat products.
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Call it what you want for cope, still not buying dead animal
Great! More dead cows for me!
And me!
I feel like switching to a 100% non-animal diet just out of protest.
A chemistry degree is required to understand the additives in the ingredient list, but ‘PLANT-BASED sausages/burgers/whatever’ are confusing. Whoever can’t figure that out shouldn’t be allowed to shop without supervision, in my opinion.
Don’t know about the place you’re living but in Germany the ingredient lists of most vegan convenience products don’t need much research to understand. Some examples:
1 cup (227 g)
Protein 60 g, Calories 553 kcal
- 54% seitan
- 26% wheat protein texturate
- sunflower oil
- onions
- soysauce
- yeast extract
- spices
- rocksalt
- riceflour
- carob bean gum
This products naming seems already proactively adjusted to the EU policy as it once was called “Schnitzel Cordon Bleu”
1 cup (227 g)
Calories 526 kcal, Protein 20 g
- Drinking water
- canola oil
- wheat flour
- soy protein
- wheat gluten
- starch
- oat straw fibers
- iodized table salt [table salt, potassium iodate (in very small amounts in iodized salt, it is considered safe and beneficial)]
- thickener: methylcellulose (natural fiber from plants), corn flour, natural flavoring, wheat starch, spirit vinegar, spices, sugar, herbs, potato protein, psyllium husks, tomato powder, yeast, table salt
- coloring foods: concentrates of radish, carrot
1 cup (227 g)
Calories 413 kcal, Protein 38 g
- water
- soyprotein
- canola oil
- rice- and beanflour
- beetroot concentrate
- yeast extract
- cultures (?!)
- cane sugar
- salt
- vitamin B12
1 cup (227 g)
Calories 560 kcal, Protein 65 g
- seitan 64%
- bell pepper
- coconut fat
- onions
- yeast extract
- spices
- rocksalt
- carob bean gum
- beech wood smoke
Some vegan alternatives like cheese might be flavoured, to make them taste a little more like the destructive product they try to replace. I don’t lose sleep over it, it’s a little cheating but not unhealthy. We should eat whole food plant based as much as possible as it’s healthy, cheap and fun. A vegan sausage is still WAY less harmful then it’s animal based alternative.
I don’t eat plant based cheese also I ate quite a lot of the real deal in the past. Maybe when I’m making Pizza or plant based circular shaped pellets within some buns but that’s very seldom. I just looked up what’s in violife and it’s got an equally short ingredient list:
Water, coconut oil (23%), modified starch, starch, sea salt, cheddar flavor, olive extract, colorings (paprika extract, beta-carotene), vitamin B12.
But yeah apart from the ominous cheddar flavor it seems very basic, too. Coconut oil should be consumed sparsely because it is “92% saturated fat and therefore raises cholesterol levels similar to animal fats (butter, lard). However, it contains a unique type of medium chain saturated fat called lauric acid that research shows raises HDL or ‘good’ cholesterol levels, which may lower overall heart disease risk.”
