• Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      11 months ago

      They’ve done this in the UK. It’s all oat drink, and soy drink, because animal product consumers are so fragile they hate the thought of people enjoying things that don’t include animal products.

      They tried to ban veggie sausages from being called sausages FFS…

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        They tried to ban veggie sausages from being called sausages

        It’s so wild that they can brand their mystery meat tubes whatever the fuck they want, like, in my country you can call a sausage a “veal liver sausage” if there is 0% actual baby cow liver inside, but the monent you call a sausage-shaped piece of soy with a common sausage spice mix that’s supposed to be prepared like a sausage anfd that tastes so similar to sausage that i don’t want to eat it a “veggie sausage”, you’ve crossed a red line and are “misleading the consumer” because they could accidentally buy murder-free treats.

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        It’s so fuckin’ weird, just reminds me of how cheesemakers back in the day demanded that American cheese be referred to as embalmed cheese

        Processed cheese was the compromise

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        They did the same in Denmark, and then when milk sales didn’t pick up (because why the fuck would they?) they tried to move into the market with their own brand called “Jörd” (meaning eärth/dïrt). It’s a shitty product though, so people don’t buy it. The commercials are funny though, because you can just see how a boardroom full of farmers designed it. “Yeah it’s hippy shit, throw in some words about nature and some hot hippy chick. That’ll get them!”

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        I agree with this. I understand why everything was branded as a meat replacement, but that just lead to the promise of meat taste and texture that I don’t think has ever been satisfyingly achieved. “Oat drink” tells you what you’re getting so your average meat-pilled flesh-maxxer doesn’t feel betrayed. It can be enjoyed on it’s own merits.

        That was my experience when I was veggie for a few years; Meat substitutes weren’t good substitutes and I didn’t start to enjoy them until I learned to appreciate them on their own merits.

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        I’m all for product labelling being accurate and not misleading consumers but no person in their right mind is going to buy something that says “soy milk” on the label, expecting to get a dairy-based product.

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        11 months ago

        frothingfash: “We are WASPs! We are the master race and genetically superior to you in every way! Sorry, but the Bell Curve sez Im a genius!”

        Also frothingfash: “Someone rename vegan sausages to something other than sausages! I’m too stupid to know they’re not made of meat and therefore that’s everyone’s problem!”