[ub99]

Right… the primary motivation of Texas lawmakers is that they are concerned about people being fooled… I want to be able to buy non-dairy yogurt and non-dairy mayo. Not “yellow paste” or “white soft creamy desert”. There is nothing wrong with products adapting to new realities and offering alternatives under the same general name. These products are clearly labeled already. The only reason to introduce this legislation is to protect powerful animal product lobbies.

[mc32]

Nothing wrong with calling it plant protein.

Mayonnaise is just a dressing like thousand island, Russian, ranch and hundreds of others who acquired their own names.

Yogurt I'm mildly ok with since basically it just means coagulated milk and also includes the necessary bacteria.

[quantified]

Call it “Houstonnaise”, that’ll show ‘em.

[ub99]

I find this discussion fascinating. We are both consumers discussing consumer rights. I - a consumer - want to be able to buy a product I recognize by name, that is also made from specific ingredients that I choose, e.g. almond milk. I don’t need your protection from being “fooled”. You - a consumer - don’t own the ingredients that must be contained in a specific product.

[dariusj18]

Let's let the market decide!

[dragonwriter]

> I want to be able to buy non-dairy yogurt

no such thing exists.

Velveeta can't even be called “cheese spread” despite having more similarity to any reasonable definition of that term than any non-dairy simulant has to yogurt. If people want to sell and buy plant-based yogurt-style products, that’s fine, but sellers of sich goods shouldn’t expect to be allowed to call them “yogurt”.

[ub99]

I am holding in my hands right now a container that is labeled Cashewmilk Yogurt (produced by Forager). It’s a great tasting non dairy yogurt. Highly recommend!

[plntbsd]

Ok we’ll call it yogurt-like. Happy?