03-13-2026, 04:20 AM
(03-12-2026, 09:43 PM)Potato wrote: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/11/plant-based-foods-honest-meat-cow-muscle-eu-rules-ban-veggie
Quote:If plant-based foods must be more honest, let’s do the same for meat – fancy some ‘cow muscle’?
The Guardian opinion pieces are just
Quote:Last week, European policymakers decided that plant-based foods should no longer be marketed with terms such as “chicken”, “bacon” or “steak”. The fear seems to be that shoppers might accidentally buy veggie bacon thinking it came from an actual pig. The change applies to the UK too, because of our trade agreement with Europe.
yes, correct, reasonable concern
Quote:If lawmakers want absolute transparency in food naming, then meat products could just as easily be required to use their literal descriptions. After all, beef steak is cow muscle. Pork chop is usually pig rib. Bacon is often salt-cured pig belly. Chicken nuggets? Formed chicken parts. And many sausages would require far less appetising names.
Sounds absurd? That’s precisely the point.
...but what are people buying by accident here? is there a single soul out there who thought they were buying beef steak but then were dismayed to find out they actually got cow muscle? beef steak means beef steak, there's no confusion there, but there is if you sell "vegan beef steak"