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Tl;dr: To trick people into eating less meat, withhold the information about whether their meal options contain meat.
by hirundo 3y ago
Tl;dr: To trick people into eating less meat, withhold the information about whether their meal options contain meat.
- jowea 3y agoSince the vegetarians and vegans can still figure out the meat options contain meat I think it's more of a do not emphasize rather than withhold the information.
- DangitBobby 3y agoThe reason those labels are there is to facilitate us being able to find what we can eat. I don't want to look over 30 menu items before I can find the 3 things I can eat. Same reason they mark "gluten free", "nut free", "low carb", etc.
- petepete 3y agoPlus there are plenty of things that contain meat products without it being obvious, rennet in pesto for example.
- DangitBobby 3y agoYes, I have on occasion accidentally received meat in a dish that wasn't explicitly listed. Sometimes it's a result of me not being familiar enough with the food and sometimes they just don't bother to mention e.g. the salad comes with chicken on top.
- jagged-chisel 3y agoMany years ago I was surprised at “vegetarian” refried beans sitting beside “traditional” on the grocery. Turns out, traditionally, they contain pork fat. Not immediately obvious unless you’re raised making them yourself.
- dghughes 3y agoBut then it gets into the ridiculous where white sugar is used. It's white by filtering it with bone char. At that point it's a religion more than a diet.
- DangitBobby 3y agoIt definitely sounds more like "doing what the diet is" than a religion to me.
- jowea 3y agoMe neither but if no labels means more consumption and more options, might be worth it.
- delecti 3y agoOr less judgementally, people think they dislike vegetarian/vegan options more than they actually do.
- layer8 3y agoThe study didn’t survey how much the participants ended up liking the food they chose.
- wiseowise 3y ago> people think they dislike vegetarian/vegan options more than they actually do. No.
- BillyTheMage 3y agoPeople avoid it just because of the name. So, yes.
- wiseowise 3y agoPeople avoid it because it is made of crap, tastes like crap and has a texture of crap.
- delecti 3y agoOreos are vegan, and are the best selling cookies in the US. Thin Mints are vegan too, and as I understand it, they're pretty popular. Graham crackers are often vegan, and those are the base for basically every homemade cheesecake. Obviously the rest of the cheesecake isn't likely to be vegan, but it seems the crackers aren't enough to ruin it with their crappy taste or texture.
- adifogniobio 3y ago[flagged]
- failbuffer 3y agoThe menu descriptions in the study were quite thorough/complete. No trickery involved.