SHOULD MEAT & DAIRY ALTERNATIVES BASED ON DNA ORIGINALLY FROM ANIMALS BE LABELED VEGAN, ANIMAL-FREE, VEGETARIAN, OR PLANT-BASED?
In addition to the myriad of meat and dairy alternatives that have been around for thousands of years (like tofu, tempeh, beans, etc.) and newly processed alternatives such as Beyond Burgers, there is now increasing development of alternatives based on animal cell DNA, with the technology having many variations. But how should these new products be labeled?
To get a glimpse of people’s thoughts about labeling, we commissioned a poll to find out the number of vegan and vegetarian adults in the U.S and the number that ate vegetarian and vegan meals.
We then asked additional questions about labeling the new cell cultured alternatives as vegan, vegetarian, animal free, and plant-based.
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