My questions are will vegans or vegetarians eat this? Why or why not? Also what about people that hold cows sacred? Will they be able to eat this? Why or why not?
At this point it's difficult for me to take seriously any study or article attempting to equate animal products with adverse health effects. There's a religious element to food selection now and it's hard to tell what's legitimate vs. lobbying or proselytization.
Not for vegans as the harm to the animal will still weigh on one's conscience. It's about the spirit of the rule that you are voluntarily submitting to.
Close I guess. I'm thinking more of recent convert Buddhist Vegan types. One gave me a 30 minute discussion over the current thinking in their particular vegan community...basically it amounted to being an absolutely impossible task to avoid eating bacteria so they can stay on the list of consumables, but everybody should be mindful of the lives they are snuffing out.
It was all rather eye-rolling. I can definitely see Jains getting in on that nonsense.
That would depend on why one was a vegan. Some do it for health, some for various philosophical reasons.
For myself (vegetarian for philosophical reasons), if no plausibly sentient being was harmed to create this stuff, I'd likely have no ethical reasons against eating it.
Interesting. Not wanting to put words in your mouth, but that sounds like trying to impose a vegan lifestyle (for the record: I'm vegetarian and mostly vegan now) to the animal kingdom.
I can understand part of the sentiment, but I'm a bit cautious of 1) the possibility of that happening 2) the impacts 3) the ethics.
The push appears to be coming from animal rights groups, many of whom may or may not be vegetarian / vegan. I wouldn't lump this squarely on someone because of their decision to not consume animal products.
Is this Kosher? Halal? What about the implications for Hindu or Vegans?
It might seem silly for the rest of us, but for them is a matter of life and death.
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