• rbn
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    3 months ago

    I’d argue that more or less every restaurant already has at least one vegan ‘option’, although not necessarily a good one. If they have french fries with ketchup, or bread and margarine, they already comply with a hypothetical law.

    And I don’t see any way to mandate “offer at least one delicious option” as that’s up for debate and nothing objective.

    I guess more and more restaurants are adding vegetarian and vegan options nowerdays purely because there’s a demand for it. If there’s a group of five looking for a restaurant where only one of the group is a vegan, most groups will pick a restaurant that caters everyone’s needs. Thus, having no such option will result in less customers and less income.

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      3 months ago

      It doesn’t have to be delicious, but it should contain most of the essential nutrients, at least similar to the non-vegan options. “French fries with ketchup” doesn’t meet this requirement.

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        3 months ago

        I think there are many fast food restaurants out there where ‘just fries with ketchup’ is the healthiest choice. E.g. I doubt that fries with Frikandel in the Netherlands or a German Sausage is much healthier than the fries alone. Sure, there’s a little added protein but the fat and nitrosamines negate these small benefits.