vegelate en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of vegetable + chocolate.
Meanings
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(derogatory, rare, uncountable) Chocolate containing vegetable fat (not a permitted ingredient in parts of the European Union).
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[…]
2005, John MacDonald, Andrew Bowden, Dare We Trust Them?: A New Vision for Europe, page 151: