Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have today (8 October 2025) voted to restrict the labelling of plant-based products with meaty words such as ‘burger’ and ‘sausage’.

In the US, Senators John Fetterman and Joni Ernst have reintroduced a bill seeking to restrict the labelling of egg alternative products.

A new report, commissioned by Oddlygood Group, has found that over half (53%) of consumers who have stopped drinking plant-based drinks in the past year would be likely to return.

The European Parliament Agriculture Committee voted to ban the use of names such as ‘burger,’ ‘sausage’ and ‘steak’ for plant-based foods this Monday in an ongoing debate surrounding the labelling of meat alternatives.

A newly published International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard for labelling plant-based foods will increase trust in the global plant-based industry, ProVeg International has said.

Lidl GB has introduced a new labelling initiative, ‘Live Well,’ across its own-label products, helping consumers to identify products that are healthy ‘for both people and the planet’.

The European Commission has put forward a new proposal to restrict the use of certain meat-related words for labelling and marketing plant-based meat alternatives.

Elin Roberts, co-founder and co-CEO of UK tempeh brand Better Nature, takes a closer look at the labelling of vegan foods to uncover how we’ve been getting it wrong and how we can move forward.

The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland has ruled that names of animal species, such as ‘chicken’ and ‘pork,’ cannot be used to label plant-based alternative products in the country.