• octoperson@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Did anyone else learn that eggs are dairy products? (Meaning, the word ‘dairy’ encompasses both eggs and milk. Not that eggs are somehow produced by cows)

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      1 year ago

      Yes! Never really thought to question it though… now I’m re-thinking everything I thought I knew about food clarification!

    • ThisIsNotHim
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      1 year ago

      I had attributed that to our fuzzy food categories. Some of which are due to how ingredient usage doesn’t map well to botany, some is just marketing.

      I suspect the perception of eggs as dairy could have shifted for practical reasons: lactose intolerance became more visible, and we needed a short way to say milk and milk products, without using the word milk.