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Comment on UK | Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to label vegan drinks
kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoAlmond milk has been called ‘milk’ since it was first written about in the 13th century.
There is no logical reason people need the distinction made clearer 800 years later.
CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
What do you think changed?
From my perspective, people made this and used this in their own homes. It was in cookbooks. Being able to buy it in a store doesn’t change the context of 800+ years of history.
CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
[deleted]kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
But in what way does that change the meaning of the established linguistics? That’s the part I’m struggling to grasp. I understand the commercial milk producers wanting to muddy the waters from a competitive perspective, but why should you or I want almond milk, or other plant based milks, called something not ‘milk’?
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Unless you’re drinking milk from the cow’s tit, your milk is very mucg an industrial product to make it shelf stable and consistent. People have a totally wrong idea of what real milk feels or tastes like or what’s involved in its production. At least oat milk is literally just filtered porridge you can make at home.
demeritum@lemmygrad.ml 2 weeks ago
People kinda forgot that medieval people couldnt just constantly rely on the lactate-carnist duploly and had several alternatives now considered “trendy” “chemical” products.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
How many writers described her skin as milky white? Burn the books!