When "plant-based" isn't vegan?
from ItsPronouncedZed@lemmy.ca to vegan@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 13:09
https://lemmy.ca/post/66505794

Bag of Milton’s Protein Crackers at Costco Langford BC. Why bother advertising that it is “plant-based” when it contains milk? I mean, I’ve seen products stating that they “may contain milk” but this one straight up says it does black on white!

I’m being gaslit by a bag of crackers…

#vegan

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TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca on 16 Jun 13:25 next collapse

Plant based and containing milk are not mutually exclusive….

If it was vegan it’d say vegan?

queermunist@lemmy.ml on 16 Jun 14:03 collapse

People usually assume plant based means “it’s made entirely of plants” not “it’s mostly made of plants”

Since, by the second definition, anything not mostly animal products is plant based. Kind of pointless.

certified_expert@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 15:47 next collapse

Majority is still not a requirement.

Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 15:49 collapse

Based =/= made entirely from.

But I am also the person who gets frustrated in the freezer section when companies use green packaging and the food is NOT vegan or vegetarian.

Kacarott@aussie.zone on 16 Jun 13:38 next collapse

To me it is pretty clear that it’s advertising the protein as plant based (which it is, from the looks of it)

kbal@fedia.io on 16 Jun 14:13 next collapse

It's the "contains milk" part that seems like it might be false advertising.

altphoto@lemmy.today on 16 Jun 15:01 next collapse

I once asked for a Vegan paddy burger 🍔. They added bacon to it! WTF!

undree@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 15:07 collapse

None of the ingredients seem to have dairy in it. Maybe it’s a confusing way of disclosing cross-contamination in Canada?

queermunist@lemmy.ml on 16 Jun 15:13 collapse

Or “natural flavors” is hiding a milk ingredient. That can evidently happen.