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vegelate, n.|ˈvɛdʒəleɪt, -lət|
Also vegolate.
[f. vegetable a. + chocolate n.]
A term proposed within the European Community to designate chocolate that contains a certain proportion of vegetable fat other than cocoa butter.
1985Financial Times 28 Oct. 8/7 In Britain, Ireland and Denmark, up to 5 per cent of other vegetable fats are allowed... A West German suggestion for a new name for British-style chocolate translates as ‘fat glazing’... Another idea, reputedly emanating from France, is to re-name chocolate ‘vegolate’. 1985Daily Tel. 11 Dec. 1/6 Unofficial suggestions for a new name include ‘vegelate’, or ‘industrial chocolate’. 1986Ibid. 27 June 1/6 Chocolate will keep its name..despite a French attempt to have it renamed ‘vegolate’. 1988Observer 14 Feb. 7/3 Some foreign ‘cocoa militants’ want to go further and have the traditional British-style product [of milk chocolate] renamed Vegetable Fat Milk Chocolate—or Vegolate. |