Tofu Steaks? Developments on the Naming and Marketing of Plant-based Foods in the Aftermath of the <i>TofuTown</i> Judgement

Carreño, Ignacio; Dolle, Tobias

doi:10.1017/err.2018.43

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“…Meat products regulation contains only general sales descriptions, but currently no different language versions of terms for meat products like sausage, prosciutto or steak. Therefore, establishing a list of protected terms for meat products (where plant-based meat alternatives would not be included) in the EU is challenging [ 27 ].…”

Section: Labeling Regulationsmentioning

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Foods for Plant-Based Diets: Challenges and Innovations

Alcorta

Porta

Tárrega

et al. 2021

Foods

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Plant-based diets have become popular as a means of reducing the environmental footprint of the diet and promoting human health and animal welfare. Although the percentages of vegetarians and vegans are low compared to omnivores, their numbers have increased significantly in the last years. The use of non-animal food products other than meat alternatives is also increasing and this tendency constitutes an opportunity for the food industry. In this review, we present that plant-based meat and milk alternatives are consolidated but that there is a niche for egg, seafood alternatives, and new products which may not resemble any traditional animal food. However, not all animal food substitutes are sustainable and some of them are even ultra-processed. In addition, there are concerns on safety and labeling, and consumers demand clear information and regulation. The challenges in this field are connected with food design and technology, sensory science, nutrition, and dietetics. Moreover, adequate selection and combination of foods is important in order to achieve consumer acceptance while preventing nutritional deficiencies in those who choose this type of diet.

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Section: Labeling Regulationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Foods for Plant-Based Diets: Challenges and Innovations

Alcorta

Porta

Tárrega

et al. 2021

Foods

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“…The statements that assert similarity between animal-based foods and alternatives have been strongly countered by stakeholders within animal agriculture (Keefe 2018;Boler and Woerner 2017;Bonny et al 2015). Questions about the appropriate terminology to be used in marketing and labelling in relation to the alternatives have also led to regulatory battles (Stephens et al 2018a;Petetin 2014;Lee 2018;Bhat et al 2019;Carreño and Dolle 2018;Bolton 2017). Within the EU, it is currently prohibited to use protected terms such as 'milk' or 'cheese' for plant-based products even when preceded by specifications of their plant origin.…”

Section: Promissory Narratives and Tensions On Marketsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Within the EU, it is currently prohibited to use protected terms such as 'milk' or 'cheese' for plant-based products even when preceded by specifications of their plant origin. With meat, similar restrictions do not currently apply on the EU level (Carreño and Dolle 2018;Bolton 2017). 2 The studies call for further clarification of the EU regulatory structures for cell-based meat and milk and more generally for novel foods (Petetin 2014).…”

Section: Promissory Narratives and Tensions On Marketsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Promises of meat and milk alternatives: an integrative literature review on emergent research themes

Lonkila

Kaljonen

2021

Agric Hum Values

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Increasing concerns for climate change call for radical changes in food systems. There is a need to pay more attention to the entangled changes in technological development, food production, as well as consumption and consumer demand. Consumer and market interest in alternative meat and milk products—such as plant based milk, plant protein products and cultured meat and milk—is increasing. At the same time, statistics do not show a decrease in meat consumption. Yet alternatives have been suggested to have great transitional potential, appealing to different consumer segments, diets, and identities. We review 123 social scientific journal articles on cell-based and plant-based meat and milk alternatives to understand how the positioning of alternatives as both same and different in relation to animal-based products influences their role within the protein transition. We position the existing literature into three themes: (1) promissory narratives and tensions on markets, (2) consumer preferences, attitudes, and behavioral change policies, (3) and the politics and ethics of the alternatives. Based on our analysis of the literature, we suggest that more research is needed to understand the broader ethical impacts of the re-imagination of the food system inherent in meat and milk alternatives. There is also a need to direct more attention to the impacts of meat and milk alternatives to the practices of agricultural practices and food production at the farm-level. A closer examination of these research gaps can contribute to a better understanding of the transformative potential of alternatives on a systemic level.

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“…As described in literature, milk products are considered to be more regulated than meat products. This view is supported by the fact that there are more legal names for the milk products category than there are for meat (Carreño & Dolle, 2018;Pisanello & Ferraris, 2018). Legal names for foods can be found in Annex VII of the CMO, in which the list is structured based on the categories provided in Article 78 of this Regulation.…”

Section: Consumer Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Legal names for foods can be found in Annex VII of the CMO, in which the list is structured based on the categories provided in Article 78 of this Regulation. As there are more terms for which dairy alternatives are prohibited for use, sales descriptions for plant-based alternatives for dairy are subject to more restrictions than those for fish and meat (Carreño & Dolle, 2018). A food company has freedom in naming their product as long as there is no legally determined name (legal name).…”

Section: Consumer Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

EU food legislation impacts innovation in the area of plant-based dairy alternatives

Leialohilani

Boer

2020

Trends in Food Science & Technology

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Tofu Steaks? Developments on the Naming and Marketing of Plant-based Foods in the Aftermath of the TofuTown Judgement

Cited by 9 publications

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Foods for Plant-Based Diets: Challenges and Innovations

Foods for Plant-Based Diets: Challenges and Innovations

Promises of meat and milk alternatives: an integrative literature review on emergent research themes

EU food legislation impacts innovation in the area of plant-based dairy alternatives

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