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Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this 80% meat and 20% vegetables and thus not vegetarian? If so, this isn’t the same kind of product as an actual vegetarian/vegan patty that is made from vegetable protein only.

I agree with you that the product you linked is labelled confusingly. But it won’t ever be called “vegetarian patty” but rather “meat reduced patty”

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Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The decree is about the two kind of products. Meat with plants, and 100% plant based food that try to mislead people.
As a consequence, it also concerns plant based food that are clearly branded as vegan food, but it’s not the main target.

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- alefhar@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  So there is
  
  100% plant based food, labeled for example "vegan sausage"
  
  100% plant based food, labeled for example "sausage"
  
  X% meat based food, labeled for example “meat reduced sausage” or "sausage with added vegetables"
  
  X% meat based food, labeled for example "sausage"
  
  100% meat based food, labeled for example “sausage”
  
  Personally, buying 2 or 4 I’d be surprised that these products contain plants. But I fail to see how 1 and 3 would surprise anyone anymore. “Vegan” and “vegetarian” are terms I’d expect any adult to understand as “does not contain meat/anything from an animal”. So, calling anything “vegan sausage” clearly communicates that it is “vegan food in sausage shape” or “vegan food that is intended to replace sausage”.
  
  No one in their right mind would think of olive oil as something to lubricate some olives…
  
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