So...Daiya jjust got bought.

[flvegan]

By Otsuka.

Opinions? I'm interested in how you feel/think based on Otsuka's other interests. Animal testing, etc.

[Warpy]

1. It's a drug company

They manufacture Abilify, among other things, so yes, I imagine they do some animal testing since there is not yet a reliable non animal model for medication research. When there is, I will be among the first to applaud it.

Either it's a conglomerate snapping up a small cash (non dairy) cow or they were interested in the company and its non dairy "dairy" products. Lactose intolerance is 90%-95% across Asia and non dairy alternatives to things like ice cream could generate a huge amount of revenue for them.

[byronius]

2. Well, ugh. I suppose there's a brightside -- mainstreaming vegan products.

Otsuka will have the cash to advertise, one presumes.

Daiya's vegan pizzas are awesome. Not quite as good as Tofurky's, but close.

I propose a law saying Gardein can't be sold to anybody.

If they're bad people, or Republicans, or Trumplings -- I do not want to know. I live on Gardein.

[CrispyQ]

4. Gardein - yum!

I'll have to try those pizzas!

[mucifer]

3. It's like everything else

pretty soon there will only be one corporation in this country.

[WillParkinson]

5. We just wrote them...

Not sure we can use their products anymore.