France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe vegetarian products

Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by tpmx on Thursday June 30, 2022 @09:11PM (#31940885)

It's getting ridiculous here in Sweden. Actual product names (they tend to use English, sometimes with intentional misspellings to get around regulations, I assume):

"Vegan Grated Ch<heart emoji><heart emoji>se"

(https://assets.icanet.se/t_product_large_2x_v1,f_auto/731024...)

"Roast Beaf - Plant-based cold cut"

(https://assets.icanet.se/t_product_large_2x_v1,f_auto/735003...)

"Parveggio - grated"

(https://assets.icanet.se/t_product_large_2x_v1,f_auto/529287...)

"Greek style"

(https://assets.icanet.se/t_product_large_2x_v1,f_auto/529287...)

If I were vegan, I'd feel offended.

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by shireboy on Thursday June 30, 2022 @09:22PM (#31940975)

Was thinking this is going to lead to some cringey product names. "veak" and "vausage" for the uncreative and it goes downhill from there. Our family calls it "feat" for "fake meat"

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by pkaye on Thursday June 30, 2022 @09:30PM (#31941045)

I'm trademarking 5teak, 5ausage, Chee5e and Mi7k.

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by Rodeoclash on Thursday June 30, 2022 @10:02PM (#31941310)

Sounds like what's on the menu at The Black Sun in Snow Crash

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by shaky-carrousel on Friday July 01, 2022 @12:14PM (#31948618)

I'd go with "malk".

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by franciscop on Thursday June 30, 2022 @11:20PM (#31941920)

Mi1k?

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by hulitu on Friday July 01, 2022 @03:43AM (#31943552)

M337k

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by pg_1234 on Friday July 01, 2022 @01:42PM (#31949973)

Just call it Milf

You'll get free viral marketing ...

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by muziq on Friday July 01, 2022 @03:43PM (#31951705)

M!lk..

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by cheese_goddess on Friday July 01, 2022 @01:17PM (#31949616)

I call bids on "Klim".

Klim™

I guess Keats™ is taken, and I can't trademark Team™, but I'll try.

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by hn_throwaway_99 on Thursday June 30, 2022 @11:29PM (#31941985)

Reminds me of one of my favorite King of the Hill episodes:

"Not dogs" are hot dogs made of tofu

Of course there is always "faux fu" for the tofu intolerant.

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by PyWoody on Friday July 01, 2022 @10:31AM (#31946911)

I had no idea KoTH made that joke, too. I was raised by vegetarians and that's always what we called the meatless hot dogs. They were...not good.

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by wumpus on Friday July 01, 2022 @03:36PM (#31951615)

"Not dogs" is an actual product from 1982.

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by bitwize on Thursday June 30, 2022 @10:59PM (#31941770)

You see some of these in the USA, too, for example, "Veggie Chik'n": https://www.morningstarfarms.com/en_US/products/meal-starter...

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by Spivak on Thursday June 30, 2022 @11:08PM (#31941834)

Or wyngz to get around the fact that boneless wings are typically made from breast meat.

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by remuskaos on Friday July 01, 2022 @03:43PM (#31951702)

I'm vegetarian, and I'm offended. Mostly by that god awful Alegria-like prictogram on the first product packaging.

It's bad enough we have to see these hose-armed and hose-legged people pictograms from every tech company, but now they're on my food as well?

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by TMWNN on Friday July 01, 2022 @01:45AM (#31942804)

>they tend to use English, sometimes with intentional misspellings to get around regulations

As usual, Simpsons did it: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovfM7dvFto0>

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by synicalx on Thursday June 30, 2022 @10:31PM (#31941530)

Y'all got any of those chiggin nuggets?

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by tpmx on Thursday June 30, 2022 @10:34PM (#31941560)

Could I tempt you with some Chickened Out Chunks?

https://www.citygross.se/images/products/08710522760321_D1N1...

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by walrus01 on Thursday June 30, 2022 @10:05PM (#31941335)

Can I get some meet to go with my beaf? Maybe a snausage? Or perhaps a chik'n nugget

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by herpderperator on Thursday June 30, 2022 @11:40PM (#31942070)

Is it not possible to put heart emojis in HN comments?

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by corobo on Friday July 01, 2022 @06:57AM (#31944687)

Emojis get stripped when you post the comment

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by cheese_goddess on Friday July 01, 2022 @01:20PM (#31949669)

<3 <3 <3 ???

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by aaaaaaaaata on Sunday July 03, 2022 @09:09PM (#31972472)

Those are emoticons.

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by iRomain on Friday July 01, 2022 @05:39AM (#31944222)

So in French it could be:

Steak végétal => Steakal or Stékal

Saucisse végétale => Saucissal or Saucissal

Done

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by victorNicollet on Friday July 01, 2022 @08:24AM (#31945453)

The vegan community in France already uses names like "Faucisse" and "Fauxmage" based on "Faux + Saucisse" and "Faux + Fromage". I believe there's also "Vromage" (Vegan + Fromage).

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by matthewdgreen on Friday July 01, 2022 @01:03PM (#31949421)

Businesses probably don't like including the word "faux" in their product names.

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by philwelch on Monday July 04, 2022 @05:10AM (#31975062)

Then they shouldn’t be in the faux product business.

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by iRomain on Friday July 01, 2022 @10:00AM (#31946499)

I like these as well!

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Re:France bans veggie ′steaks,′ ′sausages′ to describe veget... by theplumber on Friday July 01, 2022 @08:53AM (#31945697)

They should be fined for misleading advertising.

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