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> The menu items would need to be descriptive about the ingredients used for someone who is actually vegetarian or vegan to know if the ingredients used truly is or not then.

“this study did not find that vegetarians and vegans were more likely to choose items with meat when the labels were removed, indicating that removing labels did not negatively impact them.”

Of course, the quote doesn’t address the stricter requirements of vegans vs. vegetarians.

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Just because vegans and vegetarians were able to find the food eventually doesn't mean they weren't negatively impacted. It's a huge pain in the ass to find the 2 items I can eat on your 30 item menu without labels. Maybe a separate menu would be appropriate if we want to move away from labeling.

It also doesn’t address the fact that vegetarians and vegans will spend more time making sure they don’t accidentally eat something that doesn’t fit with their dietary choice, but that trawling through every ingredient for every menu item is a huge faff that’s avoided by simply labelling vegetarians and vegan items clearly.

It feels like the argument of “removing labelling will result in more consumers choosing vegetarian and vegan options” relies on, ultimately, tricking the consumer. That can’t be a good proposition to start from.

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