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IronLionZion

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38. They should call it a yellow mess of chemicals

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 05:40 PM

Jul 2018

I could see adding "nondairy" to the names for nut milks. But there's really not any better word than milk to describe almond or soy or coconut milk, which have existed for decades as natural products and are not necessarily an artificial chemical concoction like cheese product.

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Soy "milk" may soon be targeted for not coming from cow [View all] left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 OP

Milk should be openly defined to come from any animal (Cow, goat, cat, etc.) Renew Deal Jul 2018 #1

You are talking about a nation that elected Donald Trump dbackjon Jul 2018 #6

It doesn't? Renew Deal Jul 2018 #24

The hardest part of getting christx30 Jul 2018 #25

As long as commercial milk's pumped full of hormones and antibiotics, sandensea Jul 2018 #2

What next? They'll come after processed cheese product? IronLionZion Jul 2018 #3

"What next? They'll come after processed cheese product?" BumRushDaShow Jul 2018 #23

They should call it a yellow mess of chemicals IronLionZion Jul 2018 #38

That's why I think it will take some time to come up with revised labeling BumRushDaShow Jul 2018 #40

I was in Trader Joe's today crazycatlady Jul 2018 #61

Yeah BumRushDaShow Jul 2018 #63

Which is stupid in ways you don't realize jmowreader Jul 2018 #30

I think that's why the FDA rejected it IronLionZion Jul 2018 #39

I love almond and soy milk workinclasszero Jul 2018 #4

OK with me, as long as animal milk has a warning: "If you are NCjack Jul 2018 #5

LMAO!! It makes my sweet little daughter Codeine Jul 2018 #19

well that would clear up the confusion for all those people who think soybeans have nipples. unblock Jul 2018 #7

Owh, my bones are so brittle... FSogol Jul 2018 #8

vitamin K bdtrppr6 Jul 2018 #55

I thought the GOP didn't like regulation. vsrazdem Jul 2018 #9

For a long time I have wondered why they call plant and almond juice milk. Cold War Spook Jul 2018 #10

It's similar to milk of magnesia Blues Heron Jul 2018 #12

You got me. Cold War Spook Jul 2018 #18

House cats seem to like cow's milk and cream. n/t FSogol Jul 2018 #13

It gives many of them diarrhea unc70 Jul 2018 #20

But are an example of a mammal drinking the milk of another mammal like the FSogol Jul 2018 #21

My labs love milk dbackjon Jul 2018 #27

Lactose is the issue,I think Rorey Jul 2018 #28

It's an emulsion of oils/fats in water, with sugars and minerals -- just like any milk. eppur_se_muova Jul 2018 #29

Soy colloid? lagomorph777 Jul 2018 #33

I make my own almond milk or oat milk it is made from mucifer Jul 2018 #51

This kind of stupid crap is why funding for the FDA is going to get whacked The Mouth Jul 2018 #11

what about liebfraumilch Blues Heron Jul 2018 #14

LOL! Coventina Jul 2018 #46

Dairy industry influenced, no doubt. C Moon Jul 2018 #15

here's a solution.... Javaman Jul 2018 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Javaman Jul 2018 #17

They need to rewrite Macbeth too... FSogol Jul 2018 #22

Just call it Milk Substitute OnlinePoker Jul 2018 #26

Oh noes ! What about Rock Milk ? eppur_se_muova Jul 2018 #31

OK, let them use the term "milsch" rock Jul 2018 #32

I was born during the latter stages of the oleo-margarine wars in the 40s(?) rurallib Jul 2018 #34

"How has that worked out?" BumRushDaShow Jul 2018 #64

So tedious. yewberry Jul 2018 #35

Or the late Harvey Milk (n/t) 24601 Jul 2018 #62

Up here you can't call something ice cream unless it has a certain percentage of butter fat. EllieBC Jul 2018 #36

As a kid in the 1950's ... left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 #42

I think they call it light ice cream now jmowreader Jul 2018 #49

It's juice. DiverDave Jul 2018 #37

I agree. Owl Jul 2018 #44

Meh, they're just claim free speech and keep labeling it accordingly. NT. NutmegYankee Jul 2018 #41

I call my soy milk 'smilk'. Sounds like the cow industry Glimmer of Hope Jul 2018 #43

What about coconut milk Raine Jul 2018 #45

Seems reasonable oberliner Jul 2018 #47

That's interesting jcgoldie Jul 2018 #48

The goat, sheep and camel dairies are now scratching their heads jmowreader Jul 2018 #50

Seriously? Lewis Black called it like 10 years ago! Initech Jul 2018 #52

I agree with this - call it mylk or something else but it's not milk. Justice Jul 2018 #53

The clue is in the word "soy." That means it comes from soy, not cows. Doodley Jul 2018 #54

Poor San Francisco DFW Jul 2018 #56

The future is dairy- and meat-free. Codeine Jul 2018 #57

hard to believe this is and issue Steerpike Jul 2018 #58

Can peanut butter still be called butter? Snellius Jul 2018 #59

The factory farm dairy industry needs to die. hunter Jul 2018 #60