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Texas lawmakers approve bill banning 'meat' & 'beef' on plant-based food labels

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Re: Texas lawmakers approve bill banning 'meat' & 'beef' on plant-based food labels

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Post by mikewhy »

elliottkember wrote: post #7
mikewhy wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The literal meaning of tofu is "bean curd".

Curd is not cheese

TBH I still don't get why cheese is being referenced, I've never heard that comparison.

I brought it up because the GP said "tofu is not bean cheese" when that's almost exactly what tofu means.

Re: Texas lawmakers approve bill banning 'meat' & 'beef' on plant-based food labels

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Post by hoppyhoppy2 »

mc32 wrote: post #2

I agree with this. Make up your own new word for the new product. Tufu isn't "bean cheese". People don't need "to be fooled" in order to get them to try highly processed plant products. Truth in advertising and all that. If you're selling processed plants or insects, great, market it and label it as such. If it's yummy, people will lap it up.

Are "soy milk" and "almond milk" and "oat milk" off-limits, too? Since none of them are actually female mammal secretions, what should we call them instead ?

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Post by stjohnswarts »

Kissing up to the cattle industry. Only an true idiot would think plant based is the same as beef or meat. This is strictly cozying up to beef industry and their lobbyists. This type of thing is an everyday occurrence in Texas.

Re: Texas lawmakers approve bill banning 'meat' & 'beef' on plant-based food labels

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Post by stjohnswarts »

hoppyhoppy2 wrote: post #15
mc32 wrote: post #2

I agree with this. Make up your own new word for the new product. Tufu isn't "bean cheese". People don't need "to be fooled" in order to get them to try highly processed plant products. Truth in advertising and all that. If you're selling processed plants or insects, great, market it and label it as such. If it's yummy, people will lap it up.

Are "soy milk" and "almond milk" and "oat milk" off-limits, too? Since none of them are actually female mammal secretions, what should we call them instead ?

We should also cancel coconut milk even though it's been an expression for hundreds of years. It's only right.

Re: Texas lawmakers approve bill banning 'meat' & 'beef' on plant-based food labels

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Post by underseacables »

They have a point. Almond milk is not milk, that is a fact, but by including the term “milk” it allows then to get into the dairy section of grocery stores, and piggyback on milk as a product. Same here with plant based food.

Re: Texas lawmakers approve bill banning 'meat' & 'beef' on plant-based food labels

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Post by ub99 »

mc32 wrote: post #2

I agree with this. Make up your own new word for the new product. Tufu isn't "bean cheese". People don't need "to be fooled" in order to get them to try highly processed plant products. Truth in advertising and all that. If you're selling processed plants or insects, great, market it and label it as such. If it's yummy, people will lap it up.

Right… the primary motivation of Texas lawmakers is that they are concerned about people being fooled… I want to be able to buy non-dairy yogurt and non-dairy mayo. Not “yellow paste” or “white soft creamy desert”. There is nothing wrong with products adapting to new realities and offering alternatives under the same general name. These products are clearly labeled already. The only reason to introduce this legislation is to protect powerful animal product lobbies.
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