Puuurrrrrlease

[Canary42]

A step too far. Poor persecuted Vegans fight back against Big Bad Supermarket ;-)

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/tesco-under-fire-selling-fruit-200000304.html

Picky prats.

[aelmpvw]

every day there's a news item that belongs on april 1 . . .

[jno]

they have a point, this is about wax on the fruit. There must be someone near them who sells organic stuff as it comes off the trees

[davebro]

Surely if you wash the fruit in warm water the wax will come off? Or are they so sensitive they can't even touch something non-vegan never mind eat it?

[pimplyteen]

A bit off the subject but to be honest most of the fruit entering the UK at the moment, and last year is rubbish. Everything I buy looks great but is being picked well under ripe and however long you keep it, it never reaches a point of eatable, in fact it goes rotten. I've now started to buy tinned fruit to have with ice cream. Stopped buying oranges a long time ago, they all seemed very dry.

[maggiebee]

Vegetarians and vegans are like ex smokers! Have a friend who "turned" vegetarian a few months ago - all she posts now is photos of animal sanctuaries and of what she eats at every meal. We are, each of us, entitled to our views but no need to ram it down the throats of those who have a different viewpoint.

[youngmafbog]

Answer is quite simple, buy organic.

Tesco could of course just stick labels on saying not suitable to shut them up but you would think anyone really into veganism would be aware of this. I was and I am certainly not a vegan.

[pimplyteen]

It gets a bit much also when someone you know joins a gym and they think everyone should join, it soon fizzles out. :0)

[barry1010]

Pimply, I've had fab fruit grown in my garden this year but the peaches, nectarines, bananas, pineapples and citrus fruit I buy from my greengrocer has been great, too

[pimplyteen]

barry it must be just supermarket crap then. No family greengrocers near me, there is a farm shop but I really couldn't afford their prices.

[pimplyteen]

My 12.44 ignore post wrong thread.

[youngmafbog]

Supermarket fruit and veg are treated to make them last longer to reduce waste and keep the price down.

The problem seems to be (to my taste buds) is that the taste goes too. Supermarket Toms are bland and quite hard but those out my garden are lovely.

[pastafreak]

Vegans can't/ won't eat figs either...Google wasps and figs.

[jno]

pimplyteen, I find M&S oranges big and juicy most of the year round, though sometimes they're just big.

[New Judge]

//Vegans can't/ won't eat figs either...Google wasps and figs.//

Yes, I know about wasps and figs. And it just about sums up the ludicrous mindset that some strict vegans suffer from. Probably just about everything that grows has benefitted from decomposing animal life of some sort. In figs, the trapped wasps are completely consumed by the plant in the same way that other plants consume decomposed animal matter that they absorb through the soil.

I believe that supermarket fruit is often coated in shellac. This is an insect secretion which is scraped from the bark of trees. It is not farmed, the animals are not captive and are not killed purposely in the gathering process (though some may be trapped accidentally). It is utter lunacy to equate this with the production of meat, milk and other animal based foodstuffs.

[ToraToraTora]

what about all veg? Pollinated by insects!

[Old_Geezer]

They can do what everyone else who wants to use the zest of citrus fruits does, and find somewhere that sells unwaxed fruit.

Maybe Tesco can supply a limited amount of more expensive unwaxed fruit, if the consumer market demand is sufficient.

[Maydup]

I don't understand why this is a step too far though Canary. Surely its only fair that waxed or unwaxed lemons are available and marked as such. Why do people feel bothered about things that don't affect them?

[jourdain2]

They could always wash the fruit, of course.

[andy-hughes]

//
I believe that supermarket fruit is often coated in shellac. This is an insect secretion which is scraped from the bark of trees. It is not farmed, the animals are not captive and are not killed purposely in the gathering process (though some may be trapped accidentally). It is utter lunacy to equate this with the production of meat, milk and other animal based foodstuffs. //

Newjudge as usual hits the point with accuracy and information.

I understand that simply washing the fruit does not negate the impact for the vegan, since the harm has already been done in the harvesting and packaging process.

To simply wash off the wax is equivalent to washing blood off a pork chop and then pretending it hasn't come from a live animal.

I am not a vegan, but I respect the views of those who are, and I agree with NJ that in this instance, their view and criticism are misplaced and unfounded.