The French government issued a decree Tuesday banning the term “steak” on the label of vegetarian products, saying it was reserved for meat alone.

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    8 months ago

    They call these products alcohol free beer.

    Alcohol free beer is beer that was brewed as usual, then the alcohol got removed. Which is a very different thing than making a tart soda and calling it beer.

    It’s the same thing as “lactose-free milk” vs. “almond milk”. One is produced by a cow (and an extra enzyme to split the lactose), the other by draining California’s water table.

    In fact in Germany one particular type of – colloquially – beer, Malzbier, (alcohol free) is not allowed to be sold as beer because it contains added sugar, which isn’t allowed according to Germany’s definition of beer. Otherwise it’s actually brewed like beer, keeping the temperature such that the yeast doesn’t produce alcohol.

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      8 months ago

      It’s the same thing as “lactose-free milk” vs. “almond milk”. One is produced by a cow (and an extra enzyme to split the lactose), the other by draining California’s water table.

      Nah, you’re wrong. Lactose free milk could come from a goat, a human, or even a coconut. You think milk means cow milk cause you forgot what milk means.

      (Also what the fuck do you think cows make milk out of? Pixie dust and genie wishes? Nah. Cows make their milk out of California’s water table and corn that grows from California’s water table.)