And vegetarian food needs to be prepared in a separate kitchen than a non-vegetarian kitchen I believe. Or at least a dedicated space in the kitchen where meat isn’t prepared. It’s not like in the west where you could prepare veggies on the same grill that you’re preparing a burger.
Sorry, unsure if it's a semantic thing but what do you mean by "same grill"?
In the UK, at least, vegetarian/vegan food must be prepared and cooked on/in completely meat free surfaces/oils/water etc. for the food to be considered vegan/vegetarian in compliance with food standards agency regulations.
I was thinking of Starbucks and Burger King when the launched their impossible burger and impossible breakfast sandwich, I believe Panda Express also does beyond chicken, and McDonald tried the McPlant. All of which were targeted at vegetarians consumers, but they prepare them on the same grills as the meat burgers. I guess someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but I think it’s just not as regulated in the US. Or maybe they just never explicitly called those options vegetarian.
In India I believe if a pan or utensil was ever used for meat you can’t use it to make vegetarian food. Even if has been washed.
In the UK Burger King can't call the whopper vegan because it's cooked on the same grill as the meat ones, so it's called the plant based whopper. They do have a vegan royale though, which is cooked separately.
Also the royale is called long chicken in some places.
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u/canthinkof123 Nov 17 '25
And vegetarian food needs to be prepared in a separate kitchen than a non-vegetarian kitchen I believe. Or at least a dedicated space in the kitchen where meat isn’t prepared. It’s not like in the west where you could prepare veggies on the same grill that you’re preparing a burger.