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Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by fooblat on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:09PM (#26985224)
Where I live in the EU, a product cannot legally be labeled as cheese if it does not meet the official definition of cheese, which includes being made from milk.

We also have lots of vegan "cheese" type products with funny names like "Keese" and "Cheez" and some are pretty good.

I like keeping the names clear because no one gets confused and buys the wrong thing.

Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by stonesweep on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:05PM (#26986014)
In the US it's the same, the FDA has regulations and all the (not real cheese) items have either a funny name ("cheeze") or have something like "imitation cheese product" or "cheese food product" (I've seen a number of different labels over my life) to indicate it's not real (milk) cheese.

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFR...

Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by rusk on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:24PM (#26985435)
Em nope? There was a case brought by the farmers to try and outlaw this labelling but the case is still ongoing, if not thrown out already ...

Maybe it’s the case in Your Country but it’s far from being a pan European thing.

Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by fooblat on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:43PM (#26985729)
Em yes!

"The European Parliament has voted in favour of an amendment (no.171) which would place further restrictions on the use of dairy food labels for plant-based products. The use of dairy terms, such as "cheese", "yoghurt" and "milk", for non-dairy products is already banned within the EU, following a decision by the CJEU in 2017, however, under the new amendment, these restrictions would go one step further by also prohibiting terms that liken plant-based products to dairy, eg "yoghurt-style", "butter alternative" or "cheese substitute"."[0]

0. https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=588638a6-879c...

Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by rusk on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:14PM (#26986140)
Apologies that’s a new one on me I guess it hasn’t made it to my neck of the woods yet! I don’t think the similar effort around meats has gone so well ...

EDIT still ongoing and not yet legislated you can still buy “vegan cheese” for now https://m.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/amendment-171-34-pol...

It’s interesting that your jurisdiction is so proactive in this area!

Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by freeflight on Friday April 30, 2021 @06:38AM (#26991768)
> Amendment 171: 34 politicians protest plant-based dairy censorship in European Parliament

Between that title, and it having been posted on April the 1st, I find it difficult to take that article serious.

Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by rusk on Friday April 30, 2021 @07:07AM (#26991951)
Well you can go look up literally any other recent article on the topic.