UK Supreme Court Affirms Ruling That Oatly Can’t Use ‘Milk’ In Its Oat Milk Branding
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/13/uk-supreme-court-affirms-ruling-that-oatly-cant-use-milk-in-its-almond-milk-branding/
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Greddan@feddit.org · 46 pts · 179d
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 18 pts · 179d
Right? Like, the flesh of many fruits is called exactly that and has been, basically, forever.
The meat of the problem is that we are allowing industries, now, to define our language to maximize their profits.
The very first person to try to take advantage over others should have been eaten by the rest of the group, immediately.
stangel@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 178d
The industry is milking it for every last penny.
Stamau123@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 178d
Don't say that!
DougHolland@lemmy.world · -9 pts · 179d
None of this is in my top 10,000 worries right now, and I'm lactose intolerant and drink almond milk and eat boca burgers, but let's be factual, please. Milk, meat, and flesh have always referred to animal products.
cybervseas@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 179d
I get where you're coming from but I think at least in English it's been almost a thousand years of being flexible with the term "milk".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_milk
And "meat" just meant "food" a long time ago. Think about how you refer to cracking a nut to get to the "meat" or how the inside edible part of a fruit is referred to as "meat" or "flesh".
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweetmeat
DougHolland@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 179d
And I get where you're coming from. (: But I have never heard 'sweetmeat' as anything but a pickup line.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 178d
Your ignorance doesn't change historical fact.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 178d
Then you should be more upset that one of the highest courts in the world is wasting time with it rather than whether or not they came to the right conclusion.
Which they didn't.
Greddan@feddit.org · 3 pts · 178d
radiouser@crazypeople.online · 1 pts · 178d
Nuh-uh, what about coconut milk?
TrackShovel@lemmy.today · 20 pts · 179d
Glad to see they are focusing on the important stuff, unlike, y'know, the pedo ring running the country
A_A@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 179d
uk, not usa court here, allas.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 179d
Still applies.
TrackShovel@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 179d
Forgive me - was only 1/4 of the way though my coffee
village604@adultswim.fan · 2 pts · 178d
You're still not wrong, though.
Khrux@ttrpg.network · 2 pts · 178d
As much as the UK is slow to act and the people won't face full charges, the big name in UK politics that appeared in the files, Peter Mandleson is gone, and his closest political ally Morgan McSweeny is too. These are two of the most loathed corrupt politicians of the current government and their involvement made them too toxic for politics. Prince Andrew had had his royal styles, peerages and titles stripped too.
The UK is a disgusting country and the second most implicated after the USA but it's response is very different, namely the people involved cannot run the country anymore.
electric_nan@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 178d
Coconut milk too? Milk of magnesia? Harvey Milk?
Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 178d
For real, it's so obviously ridiculous. Big Cow Milk must be pretty influential...
Tramort@programming.dev · 13 pts · 179d
"oaty: it's NOT a mammary secretion like milk"
tomi000@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 179d
I think thats exactly what theyre banning. Oatly isnt advertising itself as milk. Its called "oat drink".
Iconoclast@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 179d
Their packaging used to say "oat milk". I don't know how long ago they changed that.
ReiRose@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 178d
Surely youre still allowed to say its not milk. Or oaty-not-milk. They could play with it and just put big warning labels on it: warning ⚠️ this is not orange juice!!!
noxypaws@pawb.social · 6 pts · 178d
UK continues its efforts to be a shittier country than the US. Astonishing how good that insane fucking island is at finding new ways to make itself shittier and shittier.
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 178d
Holy shit. Calm down!
noxypaws@pawb.social · 2 pts · 178d
Why should i??
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 178d
shrugs it strokes it you stroke it. Gl hf
normalentrance@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 178d
I typically drink oat milk or almond milk. Oatly is the worst tasting brand I've had. Good packing though; it almost tricked me into buying it again.
Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 178d
Interesting, Oatly is by far the best tasting for me (I've tried all brands here in Germany because lactose intolerant). Maybe I'm just being manipulated by the packaging though, I find it so funny. I get almond milk as well, and like the BioCompany brand the most there, but I reckon that's a Germany exclusive.
mp3@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 179d
Can't they just call it milky oat, as the cloudiness property of the substance?
hakase@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 179d