Food and Cooking

The issue with "labels" is when, every time you use a label, you end up having to explain what it means anyway. "Flexitarian" might be a good label amongst groups of people who commonly discuss vegetarian/vegan/other diets and understand the vocabulary, but it's confusing to a broader audience. Much like any jargon.

If it's a broadly understood label, it makes sense. If it's a relatively niche one, it's counterproductive.

A label for an arbitrary ratio of eating plant to meat products doesn't convey anything. It does add the need for people to ask what the label means though, which is the opposite of a quick way to describe, especially since the ratio had nothing to do with the topic at hand. Just mentioning that you are comparing them to regular nuggets was enough.

Labels like vegan, vegetarian, and the one where you only eat seafood have meaning. A vegan who hasn't eaten a nugget for years provides some context on their take about taste and texture not being a recent comparison.