Re:Haribo Goldbears, the world’s first gummy bears
by thaumasiotes on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @08:34AM
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> but in any case it's safe to assume that anything between 11 and 19% of the UK's population are in one way or another following ethics that refuse gelatine-based products. That is not "nobody" at all.
That doesn't even come close to being a safe assumption; it's wildly overoptimistic.
Kind of like claiming that, since Buddhists are forbidden to kill insects, and almost everyone in Thailand is Buddhist, killing insects is rare in Thailand.
We already know that most vegetarians are happy to eat meat. Compare https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/78/3/626S/4690004 , finding that two out of three self-described vegetarians had eaten meat within the past one day. They are even less likely to be worried about incidental animal products in candy.
That doesn't even come close to being a safe assumption; it's wildly overoptimistic.
Kind of like claiming that, since Buddhists are forbidden to kill insects, and almost everyone in Thailand is Buddhist, killing insects is rare in Thailand.
We already know that most vegetarians are happy to eat meat. Compare https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/78/3/626S/4690004 , finding that two out of three self-described vegetarians had eaten meat within the past one day. They are even less likely to be worried about incidental animal products in candy.