The French government issued a decree Tuesday banning the term “steak” on the label of vegetarian products, saying it was reserved for meat alone.
The French government issued a decree Tuesday banning the term “steak” on the label of vegetarian products, saying it was reserved for meat alone.
Just looking at the sheer volume of meat steaks, how vast majority eat meat and how the word is typically used.
For further insight this seems to be a good article, talks a lot about what’s allowed and what is not.
https://www.ruokavirasto.fi/elintarvikkeet/elintarvikeala/pakkausmerkinnat-ja-markkinointi/pakolliset-elintarviketiedot/elintarvikkeiden-nimeaminen/lihavalmisteita-jaljittelevien-tuotteiden-nimeaminen/
It does make the case that steak is the shape instead of a necessarily meat product, so it’s allowed to use (even though typically steak is of meat and that’s what people are typically buying). For sausages you’d need to have a specific indicator of it being an imitation product. A sausage alone would be considered a meat product. A few have got in trouble for misleading. Names having to do with parts of the animal are verboten, salami also because of the process, bacon and kebab.
This is the one a lot of them are skirting. The situation used to be worse, now they’re doing okay and a lot of the products are just sold as their own thing but some still are being annoying about it and seeing what they can get away with.
You didn’t control for the variables of ease and cost.
I’m sure there’s other variables there too, but we are talking about the typical consumer right now. They’re not just looking to buy a shape but rather a certain product with certain features and ingredients in a certain shape. I don’t think it’s as tall of a claim as you make it out to be haha.
Not to mention, I did specifically mention sausages and that’s something where ruokavirasto clearly states it’s a meat product and differing products should be labeled as such. And that’s the whole point, people are expecting one thing but are being mislead to buy another. Obviously that’s not good from consumer pov.
So in other words, you have no proof about what consumers actually want except for the words of governments and idle speculation.
Not of government but specifically the food administration which is the bureau responsible for food stuffs. But I’d think that’s pretty good, they are very knowledgeable on the subject. Do you have some issue with ruokavirasto, have they acted unfairly in their assesment in the past do you feel like?
But we can go back to my original topic of sausages if that’s more to your liking? Maybe the cause for customer expectations and possible confusion is clearer for you there.
They aren’t knowledgeable at all. They won’t even let you call milk milk.
What do you mean?
They won’t let you call plant milk milk.
That’s not due to ruokavirasto. https://www.ruokavirasto.fi/elintarvikkeet/elintarvikeala/tuote--ja-toimialakohtaiset-vaatimukset/maito-ja-maitovalmisteet/maito--ja-maitotuotteet/
Not that I disagree with the decision. It’s very similar sort of situation where consumer confusion is a concern. But again, not due to ruokavirasto…