'Veggie Burgers' Face Grilling In European Parliament
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Veggie "Burger" soon banned? What the EU Parliament plans and why providers such as Rügenwalder Mühle and Lidl sound alarm.
Today, the European Parliament wants to vote on a motion for a ban on names such as "Tofu sausage" and "Soya snitch", which states that the names are misleading. Criticism comes from consumerists.


Several terms are to be used only for food of animal origin. The responsible Member of Parliament sees a "real risk of confusion."
Should meat substitutes with names like "vegan steak" and "vegetarian sausage" be banned? The European Parliament is debating the issue this week, which isn't the first time it's been discussed.
Is a sausage a sausage if it doesn't contain meat? Is it cheating to call a fried vegetable roundel a burger? There is now a loud battle going on in the EU Parliament.
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