Guidelines for Vegan and Vegetarian Foods with Similarities to Foods of Animal Origin
Sep 18, 2018 - Foods
Guidelines for Vegan and Vegetarian Foods with Similarities to Foods of Animal Origin
The German Food Code Commission (DLMBK) adopts "Guidelines for vegan and vegetarian foods similar to foods of animal origin".
The guidelines refer to vegan and vegetarian foods that are named after already established terms from the "Guidelines for Meat and Meat Products", the "Guidelines for Fish, Crustaceans and Molluscs and Products thereof", as well as the "Guidelines for Delicatessen Salads" and are labeled as such.
The guidelines set out assessment criteria to determine whether a vegan or vegetarian food can assume names or references to the names of the "reference food" or whether this is not possible.
The following criteria are used in this context:
- Comparison of the substitute product to the reference food
- the overall presentation
- sensory properties determined, among other things, by the substitute ingredients
The publication of the new guidelines is scheduled to take place later this year.
It is still debatable whether, as announced, there could really be changes in the labeling and presentation of certain vegan and vegetarian foods, even if these products have been on the market for some time without complaints.
In our Tentamus laboratories, we regularly conduct screenings for species determination in vegetarian and vegan foods. We provide you with fast and reliable results.
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Source: The Federation for Food Law and Food Science e.V. https://www.bll.de