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[LittleBuford]

I get it with lemonade but popcorn often comes with some kind of butter topping. I can definitely understand why someone who doesn’t eat or can’t eat butter might see a snack stand sells popcorn and think they have to ask whether or not it has butter on it. This would eliminate that concern for anyone who happens to check the menu on the app beforehand.

I recently discovered that the “butter” that cinemas typically serve with popcorn isn’t a dairy product at all but accidentally vegan.

 

[LittleBuford]

Either way, while it may seem ridiculous in this case, I would guess the label is automatically applied to all the options that fit.

https://www.disneyworld.eu/dining/plant-based/

I really wish Disney were consistent about this sort of thing. In my experience, special party offerings are very poorly labelled. You have to ask for a giant binder of allergen information (pages and pages of really detailed stuff) just to find out something as basic as whether a dessert has gelatine in it or not. (The answer was usually yes whenever I checked.)

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Alas, we do. Many snack-type foods and drinks, including those you wouldn’t expect, contain animal ingredients. I’m not vegan or even vegetarian, but I don’t eat pork, and so most things with gelatine are off-limits to me. That can include desserts, sweets (candies), and even milkshakes.

Adding those words to each menu item is of benefit to those who are affected and of zero detriment to those who aren’t. There’s no good reason it should bother you.

I just read the WDW page explaining the plant-based definition more closely, and it does specify "without animal meat, dairy, eggs or honey." So, indeed, it seems clearer as to why it might be needed for something like popcorn and how it is different from a vegetarian option (which could include dairy, etc.).

 

[Agent H]

I recently discovered that the “butter” that cinemas typically serve with popcorn isn’t a dairy. product at all but accidentally vegan.W

That’s interesting. I’ll confess I don’t really like popcorn and the “butter topping” seems kinda gross to me but thanks for sharing!

 

[LittleBuford]

I just read the WDW page explaining the plant-based definition more closely, and it does specify "without animal meat, dairy, eggs or honey." So, indeed, it seems clearer as to why it might be needed for something like popcorn and how it is different from a vegetarian option (which could include dairy, etc.).

Once you look into it, it’s surprising how many food and drink items include animal products. For example, some commonly available juice drinks (including certain brands of pink lemonade) contain carmine/cochineal, a red food colouring obtained from crushed insects.

 

[Agent H]

I really wish Disney were consistent about this sort of thing. In my experience, special party offerings are very poorly labelled. You have to ask for a giant binder of allergen information (pages and pages of really detailed stuff) just to find out something as basic as whether a dessert has gelatine in it or not. (The answer was usually yes whenever I checked.)

I don’t know if you or anyone remembers this but for a while in late 2019 they had physical paper guides to plant based eating for each park.

sadly I don’t think it survived the pandemic closure but it was cool while it lasted. Credit for the photo goes to wdwinfo.com.

 

[Jon81uk]

Do we really need to be told that popcorn and lemonade are "plant based". Seriously?

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I get "gluten free". People really need to know that kind of thing because of what they can eat. My church now offers gluten-free wafers. I kid you not. But to be told that popcorn (made from corn) and lemonade (made from lemons) is "plant-based" is ridiculous. Have we really descended to that level of stupidity?

Butter is a common popcorn topping. Although for cost reasons it rarely is dairy nowadays and just a flavoured oil, but it still makes sense why it would be marked a suitable for vegans. There is also no harm in confirming all the other items that are plant-based so someone can make a decision at a glance, as there can be unexpected ingredients in various things. One example over in the UK was low sugar baked beans that everyone assumed was vegan friendly, but they contained honey so were not.

 

[Raineman]

Cherry Cola Churro: Churro rolled in cherry sugar, drizzled with Coca-Cola Cherry icing, and topped with cherry popping candies:

And AstroFizz kiosk music provided by Cherry Poppin' Daddies.