MilitantVegan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoAfter a vegan blue cheese won the Good Food Award, panicked dairy cheese makers forced the foundation to disqualify itboingboing.netexternal-linkmessage-square298fedilinkarrow-up1881arrow-down176
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minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoThe problem with restricting the use of the term “milk” is that people have been using the term “milk” to describe non-dairy liquids for longer than there have been trademarks. The word hasn’t ever been used exclusively to describe dairy. Here’s a dictionary entry for “milk” from 1755: https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/milk_ns Note that it includes almond and pistachio milks.
The problem with restricting the use of the term “milk” is that people have been using the term “milk” to describe non-dairy liquids for longer than there have been trademarks. The word hasn’t ever been used exclusively to describe dairy.
Here’s a dictionary entry for “milk” from 1755:
https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/milk_ns
Note that it includes almond and pistachio milks.
Milk of the poppy.
Milk of Magnesia