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Vegan drink Oatly can’t call itself ‘milk’, judges rule (www.telegraph.co.uk)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'll probably stick to asking for oat milk instead of "porridge water" or whatever the new mandated name will be. To be honest I do think calling it "milk" lets them inflate the price when it is essentially porridge water.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

But this trademark is clearly them establishing themselves as not-milk and plenty of vegan products term themselves like this (“No Steak Pie”) without issue, it’s only dairy products that this ridiculous standard applied to them.

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter seem to have no bother. Perhaps it's just Big Milk at work.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

I'd completely forgot about them tbh. You also see it a lot with cheese alternatives, even though they broadly fucking suck so I don't know why the cheese industry even bothers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Now I want to make an oil-based spread and call it "The Product In This Container Is Absolutely Not Butter" and see how it sells.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Sound like the Aldi brand.