Yet I find it disturbing when I buy something that contains astonishing animal products.
E.g. I bought some truffle mayonaise. I expect it to contain eggs, but not fish. Indeed, after getting home and reading the fine print, it said anchovies were used. WTF.
Ramen noodles are also a game of chance. Big Chinese writing, a pic of veg on noodles, then the very fine print often buries the use of sea creatures. I spend a lot of time reading a huge list of ingredients (without a magnifying glass) in attempt to be diligent… and I still get burnt.
The injustice of accidentally buying veg that someone expects to be meat is far less of an injustice than the inverse of that. Yet the EU is fixated on regulating veg suppliers.
EU fights for the freedom of speech of racists and liars but stops at emerging markets and alternatives. Only to protect the people in power.
Literally nobody ever bought vegan bacon thinking it was real bacon. No one has ever been mislead. It’s so obvious it’s painful. But whatever, call it vegan B’acon
I’ve seen it called veekon here (bacon is peekon), which I thought was clever, but I bet that’s a trademarked term.
I’ve also seen vöner for veggie döner and some other similar names. The big worry with those is that someone will come up with a clever name and trademark it. Whereas if they could just keep on writing “plant-based bacon” or something on the packaging, literally nobody should be confused.
You know this is bulshit because body milk is,not confusing people to drink it and is not banned.
Where is the vegan lobby in all of this? Did they not fight back? I would gladly sign a petition that forces the meat industry to put pics of animals on all processed foods where ingredients are not obvious from the cover, like on ramen noodles.