More than a dozen food companies have urged the European Commission not to ban the use of words such as “sausage” and “burger” for non-meat products.

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    Listen, I’m not a vegan, but I find this names that are bent around the bush so annoying.

    Yeah, I get it , it’s not literally milk. But calling it “almond milk” is waaay smoother than “almond drink” or “almond concoction” or whatever.

    Same with Malzbier.

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      1 hour ago

      “Creamy nut juice” just didn’t do very well in the test marketing

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      21 hours ago

      The definition of milk literally includes plant milks. Milk has been used to describe these beverages for as long as they have existed.

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        21 hours ago

        I agree, but that’s not what the marketing law in Germany says. Not long ago, it was changed by conservatives to only include real cow’s milk.

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          21 hours ago

          What a bunch of snowflakes. Imagine that being the biggest problem in your life.

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      But calling it “almond milk” is waaay smoother than “almond drink” or “almond concoction”

      By having to give it a weird name those products and the sustainability argument behind it get associated with weirdness, and are less appealing to people who might otherwise consider trying them.

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      23 hours ago

      I have seen coconut milk sold as ‘coconut drink’, even though it is not used as drink. That is stupid.