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asda has no idea what vegan/veggie is, misleading descriptions

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mrsfuzzy · 01/01/2016 20:02

not had enough wine this evening obviously, but aibu in thinking that asda have cocked up a bit when they describe sausages as veggie/vegan, have found quite a lot of stuff described as v/v when it clearly isn't ! some one needs a kick up the arse, oh, hang on it is probably a computer fault but don't people programme them any more - maybe i should slurp up and have another !

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OwlinaTree · 01/01/2016 20:04

Eh? They described sausages as veggie/vegan? Like veggie sausages?

Damselindestress · 01/01/2016 20:06

Could you post the link?

iwantgin · 01/01/2016 20:07

Were they Quorn sausages?

redexpat · 01/01/2016 20:11

So email or tweet them and tell them.

ghostyslovesheep · 01/01/2016 20:14

link or pic

SaucyJack · 01/01/2016 20:15

Were they not made of vegetarians? Complain.

mrsfuzzy · 01/01/2016 20:24

no not veggie, all meat ! someone has lost the plot big time, and yes i'm still fairly sober... hic !

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mrsfuzzy · 01/01/2016 20:29

saucy, no not made of vegetrians either l'm really upset about that as im a vegan :)

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Ginkypig · 01/01/2016 20:30

You've had too much wine to make sense Grin

Show us what you mean!

Blueprintorange · 01/01/2016 20:31

Do you mean they've incorrectly labelled meat sausages?

mrsfuzzy · 01/01/2016 20:35

sorry, don't know how to do a link but on the asda grocery website i put in 'vegan' which is marked 'vn' in the description and came up with a variety of so called veggie vegan listings.

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mrsfuzzy · 01/01/2016 20:37

sorry posted too soon, and the items are clearly not veggie or vegan !

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mrsfuzzy · 01/01/2016 20:40

ie asda cooked and peeled king prawns £5 a bag veggie and vegan wtf ?

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AnchorDownDeepBreath · 01/01/2016 20:42

The system has malfunctioned and applied the vegan and vegetarian stickers to a lot of random products.

I'm struggling to get excited about this, really - it's a glitch. You'd have to be really short on brain cells to order prawns and then complain that they actually weren't vegan.

frikadela01 · 01/01/2016 20:43

Do you mean you typed in a search term and that's what came back? If so that's to do with the website design and not asda misrepresenting their food, lots of websites have crappy search functions.

If you mean on the entry for the prawns it claims they are vegatarian then fair enough.

Kryptonite · 01/01/2016 20:44

I've just looked at Asda website. These are what comes up in vegetarian and vegan search, they say suitable for both.
Why do you say they're not?
groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml?cmpid=ppc--ghs--brand-dsk--google--asda%20grocerys#/product/1000000479435

groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml?cmpid=ppc--ghs--brand-dsk--google--asda%20grocerys#/product/910000482612

I can't see anything jumping out at me to say they're not vegan.

timelytess · 01/01/2016 20:46

The Quorn sausages taste like real ones. I don't know what's in them. Maybe its quorn...

BoulevardOfBrokenSleep · 01/01/2016 20:48

Yeah, I see, the prawns have a 'suitable for vegetarians' proudly displayed. Perhaps someone else with 'not enough wine' did the programming there Grin

Although I have to say thanks, because the Island Delight veggie pattie came up on the search; they are bloody lovely and no supermarket near me stocks them any more, it's all soggy pale cheese and onion pastries in the veggie snack department. Must seek out an Asda!

BoulevardOfBrokenSleep · 01/01/2016 20:50

Vegan prawns

Tangfastics · 01/01/2016 20:50

Quorn has eggs in so not vegan

frikadela01 · 01/01/2016 20:51

Fair enough. Clearly something went amiss there

peppielillyan · 01/01/2016 21:00

All quorn stuff is just soya, but shaped like chicken bits, sausages, etc... MEAT-free meat...

abbsismyhero · 01/01/2016 21:04

quorn isn't soya its a fungus type microprotein thingy Wine

AbbyCadabby · 01/01/2016 21:05

Tang, Quorn have recently brought out some vegan items.
They are very well labelled too.

mrsfuzzy · 01/01/2016 21:09

anchor no one is getting excited about anything, just thought it odd, and yes, i've got plenty of brain cells thanks unlike some people on mn.
your welcome boulevard hope you enjoy your new find, think my dh might like those, he loves cheese and onion in anything.

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