Veggie labelling

stephen77

Norman_Castle wrote: »

I looked at a small desert in the co op recently and it actually stated "not suitable for vegetarians" which surprised me. Isn't food normally marked as suitable for vegetarians or unmarked.

It is.
However if it helps consumer make choices more quickly then I see it as a good thing.

Norman_Castle

iammumtoone wrote: »

I though all vegetarians checked the ingredients not rely on the manufactuers telling them if it is suitable or not!

It will be like the nuts soon and we will have meat sold with "not suitable for vegetarians" on the packet

Its not always easy to know the source of ingredients. Some E numbers and food colourings can be animal or vegetable based. Customers have to trust manufacturers labelling.

Not sure why you think "all" vegetarians act in the same way.

iammumtoone

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Its not always easy to know the source of ingredients. Some E numbers and food colourings can be animal or vegetable based. Customers have to trust manufacturers labelling.

Then its the vegetarians responbility to know that and if it doesn't state the source, to avoid.

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Not sure why you think "all" vegetarians act in the same way.

I meant all act the same when choosing what to eat ie check that it doesn't have any animal products in it, (surely thats the requirment for being a vegetarian?) the way to do that is checking the label.

Its not just vegetarians people with allegories have to check ingredients labels as well. If the manufacturer was expected to list if it was suitable/not suitable for everything there would be no room on the packets for anything else.

DigForVictory

You can always try, but the store can always point out the tiny marking & say sorry, no. Or you can get an nice assistant who's feeling kind & can spot an alternative pretext to refund you. Very much a luck of the draw thing I'm afraid.
For my vegan sister I cook from scratch as it's simpler.

Norman_Castle

iammumtoone wrote: »

Then its the vegetarians responbility to know that and if it doesn't state the source, to avoid.

Some customers will avoid buying items if they are not sure of the ingredients. For manufacturers of products that are suitable for vegetarians, stating that on the packaging helps avoid a lost sale.

iammumtoone

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Some customers will avoid buying items if they are not sure of the ingredients. For manufacturers of products that are suitable for vegetarians, stating that on the packaging helps avoid a lost sale.

True but I don't think the manufactuer should be held resonsible if they didn't state either way.

AnnaLW715

I hate it when that happens, unfortunately I don't think they will accept it back. I agree the V labels are getting smaller unfortunately ��

Norman_Castle

iammumtoone wrote: »

True but I don't think the manufactuer should be held resonsible if they didn't state either way.

I don't think anyone is claiming they should be.

iammumtoone

Norman_Castle wrote: »

I don't think anyone is claiming they should be.

The OP said they wanted to return a product as it wasn't labeled as not suitable for vegeterians, therefore I read into that they expected things to be labeled as such.

Maybe I miss intererped it.

Norman_Castle

iammumtoone wrote: »

The OP said they wanted to return a product as it wasn't labeled as not suitable for vegeterians, therefore I read into that they expected things to be labeled as such.

Maybe I miss intererped it.

I think the complaint is the "Not suitable for vegetarians" isn't clear enough not that its not marked.

From the OP

BTW - anyone else think the 'not suitable for vegetarian' labels are getting a lot smaller?

Some markings could be clearer or located better, ie directly under the ingredients although from memory the co op, not suitable markings were close to the ingredients on the desert I previously mentioned.