Artificial cheese and ham

In recent months, in Germany and Austria, the designation of artificial cheese and artificial ham was a regular topic in the media.

In particular, consumer protectors required a more precise designation of the products to avoid misleading consumers. In the EU states, only those products can be called cheese, that are from milk and it is prohibited to add vegetable fats to the product. There is no single definition for ham in the European legislation, although in some Member States' such as Hungary determine what products can be called "ham", and regulate  water content of the product – reports Világgazdaság Online.