vegelate
/ˈvɛdʒɪleɪt/ /ˈvɛdʒɪlət/(also vegolate)
noun
A suggested term for: chocolate that contains a certain proportion of vegetable fat other than cocoa butter.
- The suggestion, arising from the idea that chocolate is not an appropriate name if an insufficient proportion of cocoa butter is present in a product, is chiefly associated with the European Community or (later) the European Union..
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in The Times. In some forms from veg- + -olate. In some forms from vege- + -late; with the first element compare vegeculture, vegeburger, Vegemite, and also veggie.