[Tagging] Observations on use of the diet: tag

[fly]

On 26.06.2013 02:29, Murry McEntire wrote:

Hey Murry + everyone else

I had a talk with some people with food intolerances and also with some
following certain diets (vegan, raw food, vegatarian ...).
I try to answer the second part this time.

> If tags are added to diet=*, I believe lactose_free is in common use
> whereas lacto_free is not so much. Also consider that a product made
> with lactose removed dairy would accurately be lactose_free but not
> lacto_free. Lactose content, not dairy origin,  is the important tag for
> those with lactose intolerance. Is Lactofree being a brand name any
> reason to avoid likenesses (lacto_free) in OSM tags?

First of all: There is a difference between lacto_free and lactose_free.

The first is about milk in general where as the second one is only about
the sugar of the milk.

My conclusion is that we need both:
1. lacto_free is more on the same level as the vegetarian/vegan diets.
2. You find lactose free milk products (lactose_free=yes but lacto_free=no)
3. There are people who are intolerant against the lactic acid of
certain animals but not against lactose.

I did not find any brand name, so far.

Well, we will not get around to have both tags.

Cheers
fly