FRENCH butchers are lobbying to ban vegan bacon – because it tastes TOO REALISTIC.
The plant-based firm behind the fake meat, La Vie, hit back – sarcastically thanking the angry anti-vegan activists for the “nicest compliment”.
French pork bosses s-whined that it was unfair competition for their traditional meats.
Lobbyists from INAPORC – “l’interprofession nationale porcine” which protects the interests of the French pork industry – claim that their plant-based lardons are too similar to the real thing.
They said the animal-free meat made a pig’s ear of the traditional French ingredient, featured in the iconic croque monsieur and jambon-beurre.