The name implies there are meat-based potatoes … so where are they! 😤

I hate to be this guy. And I apologize. However they are likely referring to the dairy that traditionally comes in mashed potatoes.

You're 100% right but these should be called vegan if thats the case
- That's a synonym for plant-based.
  
  Vegan is a loaded term for a lot of people. They recoil in horror at the thought of something being "vegan". But "plant-based" isn't anywhere near as vile, for those people.
- It literally says vegan right on the package….
Exactly. This is mashed potatoes made without (cow) butter.
- And (cow) milk.
  
  How has several people forgotten that in these comments?
Same probably goes for this one I found at my local supermarket: https://i.imgur.com/aMDLCM2.jpg

I maintain that no reasonable person should ever call a product with sour cream in it "guacamole", but I presume that's the ingredient they're trying to identify is definitely not included.
- My wife buys plant based falafels made with sweet potato or beetroot, as if chickpeas were meat 🤷
Techniclly Plant Based could still include non-plant ingredients tho, or it would just be plant...
Sure but shouldn’t they say something along those lines. This is just silliness of you ask me.
- Dairy free would be a nice way of saying it that gets straight to the point. My gf is lactose intolerant and wow does it ever make shopping difficult. There’s dairy in fucking everything! There was dairy in the goddamn meatballs I bought last week. WTF
- They do. They say it's plant based. Are you not paying attention?
- I think plan based is the product line. So anything in that product line won't have animal products in it and is safe for vegans.
- Thing is, this seems silly until you actually try to eat a vegan diet. One time I bought pickles, thinking it's literally cucumbers, vinegar and spices, there's no way this couldn't be vegan.
  
  Nope, it came with honey. And it tasted like dogshit, so I don't know why they put it in there, but they sure did.

I mean, yeah, this probably seems silly to most, but as a guy who's allergic to dairy this makes me pretty happy. All the plant based stuff coming out has been a godsend.

Mashed potatoes made without butter sounds pretty bad. I feel for you.
- Vegan butter has gotten surprisingly good.

It's probably in reference to the butter

And the milk.
- And my axe

Most mashed potato recipes include milk and butter.

How to make slow-cooked potatoes that fall right off the bone.

https://youtu.be/Bs1UudPHGAI?si=xc2bBd2KJ46X19J1

I was hoping for a You Suck at Cooking video but was not at all disappointed!

I mean, yeah this labeling seems redundant but as a vegan living in the U.S, where everything is made with low quality dairy or eggs whenever it's remotely possible to do so... I appreciate the effort.

I just want that heart shaped V on all the vegan packages and then a vegan only section so I don't have to shop the regular food isles. 1 stop shop.
- This flies in the face of supermarket design. They want you to get milk from the far corner, then head to the opposite corner for bread before dragging the kids past an isle of crappy toys and sugar flavoured food substances.

I welcome the opportunity to tell my favorite vegetarian story. Years ago, PETA went around elementary schools to promote meat-free diets. The local news channel followed and broadcast this interview:

Reporter: Did you learn a lot about vegetables?
5-year-old: Vegetables are good.
R: What's your favorite vegetable?
5: Chicken!

That child's name? Todd Ingram.

https://youtu.be/dLpCZ8g5uK8?si=x9HOCpB3hF7H5PHb

The name implies there are meat-based potatoes … so where are they! 😤

Running the government

I like you….

The last job I worked before going back into the trades was at a grocery store and we sold "Plant Based Rice"

Relevant Tom Scott https://youtu.be/IJEaMtNN_dM?si=PoUOIbRaoVL_73gJ

The problem isn't the name the problem is that it's ready made mash potatoes. Like come on bruv who's buying this??

Mashed potatoes are super easy to make for 20 people and kind of a labor intensive pain in the arse for single people by comparison.

Lemmy moment

Sometimes I feel like I am the meat potato

The meat potato is the guy who buys this

What do you expect from Asda?

This drives me nuts!!? I'll see something in the store like... A can of black beans that says "Gluten Free!". Like... what do people think beans are made from?

Sometimes they'll throw in a little flour as a thickening agent, like a roux. It's not common, but would still be an unexpected allergy.

This kind of bullshit happens a lot more than you think.
It isn't about what things are made of, but what environments they've been processed in and potential cross contamination they may have been exposed to. Because people with serious allergies and other conditions exist, and deserve to be able to avoid food that could make them unwell or worse.

You not needing a label on something (or even understanding why there needs to be one) doesn't mean no one else doe, or that one existing is somehow unreasonable.
- Usually separate labelling where I'm from.
  
  You can advertise your product as "gluten free" if it doesn't contain any ingredients containing gluten, but will have a separate disclaimer which looks something like "processed in a factory also handling nuts, gluten, and dairy products" as applicable.
  
  I'm not sure if this is mandatory or voluntary labelling here, but in my opinion it satisfies the need for truly allergic people to choose products not even made on the same premises as their allergens, while avoiding perverse labelling such as the parent poster's "gluten free beans".
They could have sprinkled the MSG, GMO, and gluten dust on them for reasons.

Imagine caring.. 🤯