Over a year ago, we published a post explaining how wrong it seemt that actually using the words “plant milk” in Europe was now illegal. Can you remember? We actually started an oficial petition requesting that, just as it happens in USA, Asia and South America, it was possible for us Europeans to use the term “plant milk” without having to refer to it as “plant drink” and similar euphemisms. One … [Read more...]
Prohibition of the “Plant milks”
The European Community has forbidden the use of the word “milk” to name “plant milks”, only milks from animals can be named “milk” (Council Regulation EU 1308/2013). They say that the term “plant milk” confuses consumers. Is the illegalization of the term “plant milk” in Europe fair ? 1- Let´s see what the dictionaries say: English dictionaries often use Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) … [Read more...]
Plant milks: Another nutritional trend?
Recently, an important British alternative fair gave us the opportunity to talk about "Plant Milks" or "Vegan milks" at the legendary London Kensington Olympia after giving conferences on tigernut and horchata with "Slow Food" last year, we said "Ok! ". It was also the perfect excuse to pick out and write about all that we have learned about dairy milks in different parts of the world over the … [Read more...]
