I actually hate the term "plant-based" so much. It's completely meaningless and it's just there to burn us for believing it means "vegan food". What ever happened to "vegan-friendly"?

[–] Arcanepotato@vegantheoryclub.org 5 points 1 month ago

I love it because I take it to mean definitely not vegan

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I felt like they were synonymous? Have you experienced instances where something claiming "100% plant-based" was not "vegan-friendly"? And in what country was that?

[–] Alliegaytor@vegantheoryclub.org 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Australia. I've seen things with egg be called "plant-based". There's no regulation for plant-based products (at least, last I checked).

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-12/how-is-plant-based-diet-different-to-vegan-vegetarian/102957508

“Plant-based can mean anything that a company wants it to.”

You're not the only one here (Aus) that's been burned by this.

https://vegantheoryclub.org/post/409797/952911

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I guess it means vegetarian-friendly then?

[–] Alliegaytor@vegantheoryclub.org 5 points 1 month ago

Probably, but I wouldn't count on that for certain. It seems to just be a marketing label more than anything else.

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Not necessarily. There are non-vegetarian animal products that could be included in a recipe that markets itself as "plant-based", e.g. gelatin, rennet, etc. It could even include a small amount of actual meat and say it's plant-based because it uses plants as the base of the dish. "Plant-based" is not a regulated term anywhere that I know of. I could sell a steak as "plant-based" by saying the cow was grass-fed. That advertising would probably not get me anywhere by way of customers, but it'd be legal.

[–] NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 1 points 1 month ago

If you mean ovo-lacto vegetarians then yeah, that's not how most of our neighbours down here understand vegetarian.

[–] Delzur@vegantheoryclub.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well at the very least OP's picture :(

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

OH... I'm not-going to lie, I genuinely thought OP was being serious for a second, and that the comment reply was just about the term plant-based being questionable. (/srs)