2mo ago

Vegan drink Oatly can’t call itself ‘milk’, judges rule

www.telegraph.co.uk Vegan drink Oatly can’t call itself ‘milk’, judges rule

The Swedish plant-based company has been in a long-running legal battle with Dairy UK, the trade body for Britain’s dairy industry

I'll probably stick to asking for oat milk instead of "porridge water" or whatever the new mandated name will be. To be honest I do think calling it "milk" lets them inflate the price when it is essentially porridge water.

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Milk of Magnesia has been getting away with it for decades.
- And coconut milk. We now have to call that "non-mammary coconut secretion"?
- Hand cream. Shea butter.
- Milk of the poppy is ancient as fuck no?
  
  I thought George RR Martin invented the phrase "milk of the poppy" to describe apine/opium in his ASOIAF series. Never crossed my mind that he might have lifted it from a history textbook.
  
  I mean you might be right. However there exists a Ukrainian Christmas dessert called poppy milk that's just poppy seeds and water.
  So I'm gonna give myself this one on a technicality haha

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