@theipaper: Should the EU be voting on burgers? Lawmakers at the European Parliament voted 355 to 247 to amend regulations, giving farmers a stronger negotiating position and reducing their reliance on powerful food supply chain actors. The final regulation, negotiated between parliament, EU governments, and the Commission, will include a ban on terms like veggie-burger or vegan sausage. Previously, the EU defined dairy products like milk, butter, cream, yoghurt, and cheese as "products secreted by mammary glands," so oat milk is called oat drink. #EU #Russia #Ukraine #Veganburger #Veganfood #Plantbased
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Wednesday 08 October 2025 14:44:23 GMT
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redbarrage :
Waste of time. Burger is just a pattie in a bun. It doesn't matter if it's beef, chicken, pork, halloumi, chickpea, meat alternate. It's irrelevant.
2025-10-08 16:36:55
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brooks_dani_20222 :
Shouldn’t they be focusing on the housing crisis and cost of living?
2025-10-08 17:41:13
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GrazzaUKPG :
well said lady
2025-10-08 15:24:40
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Jane and her boy Chico ♾️ :
While a genocide take place, people are starving, groceries are unaffordable… but wait … the name of a product that saves animals is so important to the europian parliament???
2025-10-09 02:06:21
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karolina :
Do they not understand it’s easier for vegans if it stays named “burger” or “sausage”? It makes it clear to me what’s it supposed to be replacing
2025-10-08 17:42:10
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Finn 🍉 :
The animal industry lobby back at it again, undermining democracy and the free market.
2025-10-08 18:26:03
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J.A :
is 'plant based' or 'vegan' not enough? 💀
2025-10-08 17:47:30
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~ :
Burger is the format/shape, not the contents
2025-10-08 18:00:05
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Amro :
Can we ban plant based meat alternatives all together. Thank you !
2025-10-08 18:15:26
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Heartill :
Brings me back to when they banned the term milk for vegan milk bc regular milk buyer would get confused (while coconut milk exists since forever but it was never an issue)
2025-10-08 16:56:02
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Maj Duckworth the Third :
The change probably pushed by lobbyists
2025-10-08 16:01:47
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wika_.art :
Vegan food packaging also looks so different to non vegan stuff. I have no idea how people can confuse it. Not only are the colours typically different (often green), the "vegan" label is so clear. The name is clearly different. You have to literally not look at what you buy to confuse it.
2025-10-08 17:25:05
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oof :
i wonder if the same people who think this is an issue refuse to watch films (if they're made using digital cameras) or use computer folders (since they have nothing to do with actual folders) 😅
2025-10-08 15:42:30
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PepsiMax807 :
But why are we then allowed to have a hamburger, chicken burger, fish burger, but if its vegan, no no vegan burger… does the word burger = meat, cause then I think we can no longer have fish burgers either? Cause fish is not meat 🤔 its from a living creature sure, but … what is it with the word burger that means we can’t put the word vegan in front of it like with every other burger? 🤔
2025-10-08 17:06:52
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Denzo-Omian :
but let's be real, burger not made of meat is not burger
2025-10-09 06:26:51
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staardust :
Why does it have to be named burger in the first place?
2025-10-08 21:05:43
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. :
Why does it matter what one calls their food gosh
2025-10-09 11:20:34
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Baby Yoda :
EU parlament is a joke 🤡🤡
2025-10-09 06:06:05
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Rosaria Battista :
I’m not even vegan but literally could not care if they are called burgers like PLEASE WE HAVE BIGGER ISSUES 😭😩
2025-10-08 19:02:06
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arkulq :
"the planet is burning"😂😂😂
2025-10-08 19:44:07
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value_pi :
what else they will think to avoid actual work on things that really matter
2025-10-08 20:17:50
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Martin de Jong :
The problem is the filthy RICH and CORPORATIONS. Not race, not religion, not borders, not men vs woman. WE ARE 8.000.000.000 Time for a global revolution!!!
2025-10-09 09:53:48
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lim :
some may this debate is a… nothing burger
2025-10-08 18:18:53
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Mickey Luke Mitchell :
This has never been an issue before... as long as its labelled what it is "chicken burger" "hamburger" "bean burger", why does it matter? 'Burger' has been used synonymously for decades.
2025-10-08 17:54:40
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leti🎀 :
Meanwhile there are sweets called „katzenzungen“ (cats tongues), „schweineohren“ (pig ears), „Goldbären“ (gold bears) and „kalter Hund“ (cold dog) none of those consist of the things in their name yet a soy protein patty is confusing💀
2025-10-08 23:20:41
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