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My guess is that the package read something along the lines of "May contain: Fish, Milk, Soy". As a previous poster noted, the FDA requires that food containing any of the 12 most common allergens post that. These items are all among those items in addition to gluten, nuts, and other food items.

While I am not a vegetarian myself, I certainly can understand their point of view and desire not to eat anything that came from an animal. Clearly ranch dressing ought to fit this category--otherwise, I would not touch the stuff! The caterer could easily put balsamic vinaigrette or any other salad dressing not containing dairy.

lsugolfer

That's Vegan, not Vegetarian...

adventureadam

Are you confusing "soy fish" with "fish soy?"

I've heard of (and eaten) soy fish, chicken, pork, etc. aka fake meat.

This sounds like a list of ingredients without commas.

jimrpa

WHAT Ever hear of Tofurky or Meatless Meatballs or even vegetable sushi?

Good grief, there are a number of non-meat based products that resemble meat and make it a lot easier for long-time omnivores to take the jump into vegetarianism or even veganism.

tgtg

I'm sure it contained FISH, it would not list "Fish Soy" if it contained Soy in any form without any real fish...that's just not how it is done. Delta may be sloppy on this, but packaged food producers are very worried about being sued.

See Vegetarian, Vegan and Gluten-Free Information "Dressings to avoid: Ranch dressing contains fish byproducts..."

Delta cannot do vegetarian or vegan properly. They will end up in a lawsuit at some point as this is going on and on.

-=tg=-

nas6034

It was ranch dressing. It did not say "may contain" it said " Contains ...". I already sent an email to delta that this is a huge liability for them and could result in a lawsuit for them and the company they outsource this veg meal package to as I'm sure they know its veg. Meal they're packaging for delta.

The person that said this is a silly thing to complain and should be in the silly complain thread is ridiculous. People have values and beliefs they would like to keep to. What may bother you someone else may say stop your silly complaining..so relax, my friend.

Is the vegan meal any good?

atl runner

The easiest solution to all this is just bring your own food with you--I've been doing it for years, and it sure beats by a kilometer or two whatever you might get served.

Burj

That is a good question! By specifically ordering MOML meals I hope (probably vainly) that Delta will see there is a demand and will take it seriously.

I did ONCE have a MOML meal that was NOT the vegetarian meal, a curried chicken dish...was quite tasty...so now I keep hoping I'll get that again....

andymo99

Now that people have cleared up that there's no ingredient called "milk fish soy," we should be able to agree that it is dumb and not cool for the caterer/Delta to serve a veg meal with fish as an ingredient.

SamuelS

Absolutely I have heard of them, who hasn't heard of veggie burgers, Tofurkeys, etc.

My point however is that an airline vegetarian meal should not be a 'fake' meat item. There are a many vegetarians whom actually don't like meat, and don't crave 'fake meat'. Certainly at any European or decent Asian airline, things like Tofurkey or Soy Steaks etc. would absolutely not be offered.

Things like vegetarian lasagne, vegetarian curry, and yes vegetarian sushi - these would all be fine.

Anyway, it sounds like it's a moot point as that was not the case for the OP.

Back on topic, I agree with other posters that the "one-size-fits-all" approach by offering the exact same meal for MOML, VLML, AVML etc. is lame. If Delta and it's caterer can't accommodate the different meal types, then they really shouldn't offer them in the first place, it just sets up a customer service delivery failure situation.

Blue Skye

going through the whole "read every label" and do research before dining out thing lately due to my daughter's recent gluten allergy diagnosis. it is a pain but has also educated me to the stuff they toss into food for no apparent reason.

wondering if DL can actually produce a true gluten free meal. guess i have more research to do.

Wexflyer

Some of my most vivid memories from my "DL period" are of awful catering mistakes. A "seafood" special meal on FCO-ATL that turned out to be sausages and rice, and giving my daughter's pre-ordered children's meal to someone else "because they asked". I have had one flight on DL in the last 10 years, while racking up 2MM on AA....

vatraveler

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I'm surprised it wasn't obvious that it was an ingredients list without commas. Very not cool on DL's part.

tgtg

FWIW I've never seen "veggie meat" on any Delta veggie meal. Real meat, sometimes, but never fake meat...well, I'm not sure if the chicken was chicken, but it certainly wasn't vegetarian...

I've frequently seen milk and eggs in Delta vegan meals.

If they cannot deliver the product, then they should not claim they do. Oh, shoot, then they would frequently have trouble claiming to be an air line.

-=tg=-

nas6034

The whole situation does suck. What is the response time for DL? I sent them an email via their website on Fri evening and its Tuesday evening. Either they are taking this seriously or think it's a joke and I probably won't here from them for a while, if ever. Very sad.