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EU weighs ban on veggie 'burger' and 'sausage' labels (www.dw.com)
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The measure was introduced by French conservative lawmaker Celine Imart, who argued it would prevent confusion with traditional meat products.

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[โ€“] 27 points 10 months ago* (7 children)

I feel like switching to a 100% non-animal diet just out of protest.

A chemistry degree is required to understand the additives in the ingredient list, but 'PLANT-BASED sausages/burgers/whatever' are confusing. Whoever can't figure that out shouldn't be allowed to shop without supervision, in my opinion.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

    Don't know about the place you're living but in Germany the ingredient lists of most vegan convenience products don't need much research to understand. Some examples:

    Seitan Wild West Burger

    1 cup (227 g)

    Protein 60 g, Calories 553 kcal

    • 54% seitan
    • 26% wheat protein texturate
    • sunflower oil
    • onions
    • soysauce
    • yeast extract
    • spices
    • rocksalt
    • riceflour
    • carob bean gum

    Cordon Bleu

    This products naming seems already proactively adjusted to the EU policy as it once was called "Schnitzel Cordon Bleu"

    1 cup (227 g)

    Calories 526 kcal, Protein 20 g

    • Drinking water
    • canola oil
    • wheat flour
    • soy protein
    • wheat gluten
    • starch
    • oat straw fibers
    • iodized table salt [table salt, potassium iodate (in very small amounts in iodized salt, it is considered safe and beneficial)]
    • thickener: methylcellulose (natural fiber from plants), corn flour, natural flavoring, wheat starch, spirit vinegar, spices, sugar, herbs, potato protein, psyllium husks, tomato powder, yeast, table salt
    • coloring foods: concentrates of radish, carrot

    Planted Steak

    1 cup (227 g)

    Calories 413 kcal, Protein 38 g

    • water
    • soyprotein
    • canola oil
    • rice- and beanflour
    • beetroot concentrate
    • yeast extract
    • cultures (?!)
    • cane sugar
    • salt
    • vitamin B12

    Seitan Sausage Chorizo

    1 cup (227 g)

    Calories 560 kcal, Protein 65 g

    • seitan 64%
    • bell pepper
    • coconut fat
    • onions
    • yeast extract
    • spices
    • rocksalt
    • carob bean gum
    • beech wood smoke
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  • [โ€“] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

    Some vegan alternatives like cheese might be flavoured, to make them taste a little more like the destructive product they try to replace. I don't lose sleep over it, it's a little cheating but not unhealthy. We should eat whole food plant based as much as possible as it's healthy, cheap and fun. A vegan sausage is still WAY less harmful then it's animal based alternative.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 10 months ago*

    Yeah I mostly cook whole food but I just need those convenience meat replacements with my dinners. TVP, tofu- or seitan based burgers or sausages, chickpea-, lentil- and buckwheat-noodles and protein powders make it so much easier to get loads of protein than just lentils, peas and rice and keep me way more satiated. Oh sorry I called them burgers and sausages. I didn't want to confuse the reader. I meant plant based protein sticks and circular shaped pellets ofc.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 10 months ago

    I don't eat plant based cheese also I ate quite a lot of the real deal in the past. Maybe when I'm making Pizza or plant based circular shaped pellets within some buns but that's very seldom. I just looked up what's in violife and it's got an equally short ingredient list:

    Water, coconut oil (23%), modified starch, starch, sea salt, cheddar flavor, olive extract, colorings (paprika extract, beta-carotene), vitamin B12.

    But yeah apart from the ominous cheddar flavor it seems very basic, too. Coconut oil should be consumed sparsely because it is "92% saturated fat and therefore raises cholesterol levels similar to animal fats (butter, lard). However, it contains a unique type of medium chain saturated fat called lauric acid that research shows raises HDL or 'good' cholesterol levels, which may lower overall heart disease risk."

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 10 months ago

    I wasn't talking about (just) the ingredient list in plant based meat alternatives, but rather about food ingredients in general. Seems like I said it in a slightly confusing manner.

    My point is: several food items that can be purchased list ingredients that are not easy to understand nor evaluate for a layperson. This is confusing. In contrast, "plant based" labled food is not difficult to understand, imo.

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