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Guygan t1_j5mw5oz wrote

Seaweeds aren’t plants. They are algae. They shouldn’t be called “vegetables”.

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bigbluedoor t1_j5oxcjp wrote

vegetable is primarily a culinary term, not a biological one. mushrooms aren’t plants either, but they’re still in the vegetable section of the grocery store.

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bubbastars OP t1_j5nx4rn wrote

I agree, but that term is used in part to make kelp products more accessible to consumers who haven’t had it before. No one wants to eat “algae”.

Sea lettuce, Irish moss, nori - those names all allude to plants. In part because we thought they actually were plants/vegetables, but I think the names haven’t been supplanted (pun intended) by the industry because many consumers without a science background would still assume they are plants and be more likely to try them.

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