vegelate

English

Etymology

Blend of vegetable +‎ chocolate

Noun

vegelate (uncountable)

  1. (rare, derogatory) Chocolate containing vegetable fat (not a permitted ingredient in parts of the European Union).
    • 2005, John MacDonald, Andrew Bowden, Dare We Trust Them?: A New Vision for Europe, page 151:
      France and Belgium led the drive for British chocolate to be renamed 'vegelate' before it could be sold abroad, but they lost that battle. Now an updated EU chocolate directive obliges all EU countries to accept all chocolate […]
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