The French government issued a decree Tuesday banning the term “steak” on the label of vegetarian products, saying it was reserved for meat alone.

  • Exocrinous
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    19 months ago

    Y tho. Why do you care that it’s meat? You know I might be in the minority here, but the reason I eat food is cause it’s nutritious and tastes good. Not because it’s meat.

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      9 months ago

      It’s just what people want to buy in this case. Could be familiarity, taste, some other features of the product.

      You know I might be in the minority here, but the reason I eat food is cause it’s nutritious and tastes good. Not because it’s meat.

      I think most consumers have more expectations from products they’re buying that it’s just nutritious. Having expectations on the actual ingredients is very common.

      tastes good

      Usually the products in question taste different from what they’re imitating. That’s one of the issues.

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        19 months ago

        I’ve never seen fake meat that looked like meat but didn’t taste like it. Except for when it tasted better. Then again, I may be biased, because I dislike the taste of guilt.

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          19 months ago

          Our building has a lot of vegetarian and vegan families so I got to sample a lot of vegan imitation products. I’ve never tasted one that got it right or very close at all. Mind you, most of them taste good but it’s just nowhere near the same. And imo they needn’t be, could just be its own thing but well, they chose a different path.

          But in any case, the issue is that the consumer thinks they’re buying one thing and get another thing. And the manufacturer in question seems to intentionally be trying to cause that mistake. Just seems shady and unnecessary, since some of these products are fine, even though they’re not the same as the product they were imitating.

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            19 months ago

            They’re not trying to trick you. You’re just really bad at reading.

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              “We’re not trying to trick people by highlighting the confusing term way above a more descriptive ones while we’re creating an imitation product, consumers are just bad at reading.”

              Sure thing. I bet it’s a total accident. Companies would never try to mislead the consumers after all.

              • Exocrinous
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                19 months ago

                Steak is the more descriptive term. It’s the one people are looking for in the vegan meat aisle.

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                  But when the consumers typically are looking for a steak they are looking for a steak out of meat and not a plant based imitation product. How are you not getting it? The issue is of consumer wanting one thing and getting another.

                  It’s the one people are looking for in the vegan meat aisle.

                  The issue is that these products can be side-by-side, like said.

                  vegan meat aisle

                  Hah

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                    19 months ago

                    But when the consumers typically are looking for a steak they are looking for a steak out of meat

                    That’s a tall claim. Proof?