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Food firms urge Europe not to ban calling non-meat products ‘sausages’ (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 6 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/europe@feddit.org

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More than a dozen food companies have urged the European Commission not to ban the use of words such as “sausage” and “burger” for non-meat products.

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[–] tresspass@lemmy.world 43 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

The definition of milk literally includes plant milks. Milk has been used to describe these beverages for as long as they have existed.

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[–] wieson@feddit.org 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] tresspass@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

What a bunch of snowflakes. Imagine that being the biggest problem in your life.

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[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 2 points 6 months ago

They just want the sweet sweet money from farmers

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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 6 months ago

it doesn't have to be the biggest problem in your life to take it seriously

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[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

What makes it even stupider is that everyone still calls it soy- or whatever-milk.

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