A vegan cheese won an award for being an excellent cheese, and so dairy farmers conspired to disqualify the winner because its not made with milk and therefore not cheese.
People get so hung up on trivial things - cheese, milk, beef, chicken, these are all words we are familiar with and have a specific meaning in general. But why can't these things include both plant and animal based products?
Just label it accordingly, and list the ingredients.
I am not sure why it matters. Andrew Zimmern in his "Bizarre Foods" show used to use the tagline "if it looks good, eat it" which I think sums this up well.
Personally, I don't eat mammals, but I will eat eggs and cow/sheep/goat milk products. Some of the plant based alternatives are okay, but most of them I don't care for. But if someone wants to eat animal products - or cares not to eat any of them - why do I care?
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