Published: 5:00pm, 15 Aug, 2019 Updated: 9:50pm, 15 Aug, 2019
Hong Kong's consumer watchdog has issued a warning about some pre-packaged vegetarian meat substitutes, after 35 samples failed to fully adhere to Centre for Food Safety labelling requirements. The Consumer Council said four of the samples containing animal genes or animal-derived ingredients were inaccurately labelled, while nearly 60% were found to be high in sodium, and protein levels across the samples were generally low. A total of 36 out of 40 products tested by the council contained at least one ingredient that was not labelled as vegan, including chicken nuggets, beef patties, sausages and hot dogs.