I find it acceptable that burgers, sausages, schnitzels and the like don't have to be made of meat, because these terms are about the form, not the content, I'm a flexitarian myself (so I eat little meat, but good quality meat), but despite all my sympathy for the Planted products, a chicken is a chicken! Why does a meatless product adorn itself with the chicken's feathers?
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Planted chicken is very self-explanatory. It's just meat or a chicken substitute, planted so not animal-based.↵↵Does it have such an impact on everyday life that you feel disturbed by it? Neutral question, not judgmental.↵↵And no, I'm not vegan😋
Chickens are not plants, you can't grow them. And yes, this designation bothers me, because nowadays everything has to be labeled very precisely and very clearly (nut chocolate: may contain nuts), but here you can call something chicken that contains 0.0% chicken chicken.
Well then why don't you suggest what to call it!!! If it's a kind of chicken substitute then you have to call it that, how else can you define the taste?
Chickens are not plants, you can't grow them. And yes, this designation bothers me, because nowadays everything has to be labeled very precisely and very clearly (nut chocolate: may contain nuts), but here you can call something chicken that contains 0.0% chicken chicken.
Then we have to start renaming beef tomatoes, there's no meat in them, the same with wood chips! Do you realize how stupid that is?
Well then why don't you suggest what to call it!!! If it's a kind of chicken substitute then you have to call it that, how else can you define the taste?
The hypersensitivity and the demand that everything must be (over)correctly declared and even requires traffic light labeling (so that the underage consumer knows without thinking what is healthy and how) started with these oh-so-progressive and trendy groups, who now presume to call something totally meat-free chicken!
I welcome the product and, as I said, I am a flexitarian myself, but vegetarians and vegans lose a lot of sympathy when they allow themselves to do what they otherwise fight against. What should it be called? Well, there are already meat products, which doesn't sound very tempting either, so this can be called a poulet-like meatless product. In the small print. And as a brand, you just invent a catchy, attractive name, like Quorn and Cornatur, Planted Kikeriki. Planted Moo. Planted Miggy.
Then we have to start renaming beef tomatoes, there's no meat in them, the same with wood chips! Do you realize how stupid that is?
Stupid? Thank you. Ever heard of pulp? That's what it's called. And tomatoes are fruit.
The hypersensitivity and the demand that everything must be (over)correctly declared and even requires traffic light labeling (so that the underage consumer knows without thinking what is healthy and how) started with these oh-so-progressive and trendy groups, who now presume to call something totally meat-free chicken!
I welcome the product and, as I said, I am a flexitarian myself, but vegetarians and vegans lose a lot of sympathy when they allow themselves to do what they otherwise fight against. What should it be called? Well, there are already meat products, which doesn't sound very tempting either, so this can be called a poulet-like meatless product. In the small print. And as a brand, you just invent a catchy, attractive name, like Quorn and Cornatur, Planted Kikeriki. Planted Moo. Planted Miggy.
I think the meat eaters are totally over-sensitive, but in the end it doesn't matter what it's called! Otherwise we really will have to talk about renaming some things! Meat bird = cheat pack, there's no bird in it! Then just the meat tomato, the wood chips, bird hay (neither bird nor hay in it), meat cheese (no cheese in it!), so, don't overreact! By the way, Quorn is the mushroom and these are brand names and not names of the product itself
I think the meat eaters are totally over-sensitive, but in the end it doesn't matter what it's called! Otherwise we really will have to talk about renaming some things! Meat bird = cheat pack, there's no bird in it! Then just the meat tomato, the wood chips, bird hay (neither bird nor hay in it), meat cheese (no cheese in it!), so, don't overreact! By the way, Quorn is the mushroom and these are brand names and not names of the product itself
Hypersensitive? The good dear Migros is throwing an excellent, popular product out of its range because it is not allowed to be called Mohrenkopf. Although I can't imagine that anyone would develop racism because of this sweet. As an atheist, I also eat monks' hats. I haven't become a believer because of it. And my opinion of priests has also remained unchanged. The "problem" with Planted is that it is deliberately mislabelled. For marketing purposes. This is questionable, to say the least, because this year there is such an insistence on correct, and for me even exaggerated, declarations.
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eventus, I have to agree with you. I never understood that either. However, there is also a regulation for milk and its plant-based alternatives that none of these may also be called milk, that milk is a protected foodstuff and can only come from a cow. That's why it can't be called almond milk, for example, but almond drink or something similar. Perhaps this regulation doesn't yet exist for all meat-based and loose alternatives.
Hello everyone, thank you for your feedback. This is a third party brand item where we have no influence on the name. The manufacturer is responsible for the name. Our own-brand products are not called Poulet. Kind regards Heidi