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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (15 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

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  • [+] [S] -15 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    why does the government need to be involved?

    Because consumers should not be misled by deceiving manufacturers.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (4 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.

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  • [+] [S] -14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    plant burger

    There is no such thing

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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

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  • [+] [S] -11 points 1 year ago (5 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?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

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  • [+] [S] -11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Lol wtf are you talking about dude?

    No vegetarian/vegan sees this packaging as tricking them into eating meat.

    No meat eater is seeing this packaging as meat. And if they do get tricked into eating this product, holy shit they accidentally ate a plant.

    God forbid you have some fiber in your diet.

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