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Tesco Under Fire For Selling Fruit Not Suitable For Vegans

Tesco has come under fire for selling fruit that is not suitable for vegans.

Britain’s biggest supermarket is looking for alternatives to the wax that is applied on some of its fruit after harvesting as it contains shellac, a resin secreted by the female lac bug on trees in the forests of India and Thailand.

Read the full article on The Telegraph website

NAM Implications:
  • Tesco will obviously find a vegan-friendly replacement for Shellac.
  • But bigger issue is the implication that replacing some of our diet with insect-protein…
  • …may not be as easy a sell as anticipated?