But then the language also changed to vegan meaning no meat no dairy no eggs because it’s written on products meaning exactly this and not meaning a moral stance of the product or the producer.
Kinda! The Yellow V-Label actually does have more components to it than just what the food is made of. For example, coconut milk that is made from coconuts that were harvested by trained monkeys would not receive that label. Neither would products that use animal products in their packaging (like Casein-based glue).
The term a lot of labelling actually prefers nowadays is “Plant-based”. That term only refers to whether the product itself contains animal derivatives and nothing more and has much less legal protection.
There’s also a weird bonus safeguard in place - Donald Watson, the guy who coined the term “vegan” did so specifically because he was pissed about Ovo-Lacto-Vegetarians changing the meaning of the word. Most vegans are aware of that, and do take care to not change the meaning any further
You seem to be wrong about the packaging criteria:
Packaging
The V-Label does not exclude products whose packaging contains animal-derived products. However, companies are encouraged to voluntarily avoid using packaging containing animal-derived products.
But then the language also changed to vegan meaning no meat no dairy no eggs because it’s written on products meaning exactly this and not meaning a moral stance of the product or the producer.
Kinda! The Yellow V-Label actually does have more components to it than just what the food is made of. For example, coconut milk that is made from coconuts that were harvested by trained monkeys would not receive that label. Neither would products that use animal products in their packaging (like Casein-based glue).
The term a lot of labelling actually prefers nowadays is “Plant-based”. That term only refers to whether the product itself contains animal derivatives and nothing more and has much less legal protection.
There’s also a weird bonus safeguard in place - Donald Watson, the guy who coined the term “vegan” did so specifically because he was pissed about Ovo-Lacto-Vegetarians changing the meaning of the word. Most vegans are aware of that, and do take care to not change the meaning any further
You seem to be wrong about the packaging criteria:
https://www.v-label.com/faqs/
Oh, good to know! :o I guess I misremembered it