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According to this article, this law bans "cultivated meat" which is cultured from animal-derived cells, and it bans labelling of plant-based products with names
by eschulz 3y ago
According to this article, this law bans "cultivated meat" which is cultured from animal-derived cells, and it bans labelling of plant-based products with names that use common meat products like "steak" or "salami".
The law does not ban plant-based meat-like alternatives. Italy will probably continue to increase its consumption of these products, and they'll just have to use names that aren't traditionally used in the meat industry in Italy.
- em-bee 3y agothey'll just have to use names that aren't traditionally used in the meat industry and that's how it should be. because the alternative is confusing. as someone who also enjoys vegetarian food i really want to be clear if something is actually including meat or not without having to study the fine print.
- slowmovintarget 3y agoI really wish we'd resist the trend to trying to create imitations of meat dishes hear and calling them "vegan" X. Vegetables, and even vegan meals, can be amazing on their own. They often become awful and disgusting when made to play dress-up as meat. I mean, look at cuisine in India. The veg dishes, even the dairy-free dishes, are amazing without ever trying to turn them into meat-impostors. I say all of this as someone who loves a good steak. If you're going to serve me a veg dish, just serve me a veg dish. I can handle it.
- omnimus 3y agoThese “meat-impostors” are popular with vegans who liked taste of meat and miss it. Turns out there are quite few of these. It might be stupid from point of view of non-vegans. The products might even be unlheathly but it doesnt matter. Hard to put this against them.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 3y agoInteresting, I would argue that's very positive. I found ridiculous the "chocolatey" vs "chocolate" that some stuff has in Canada