Funny. But surely this would never work as the whole point of being vegan is to not eat animals. I would think that a lot of vegetarians/vegans would be put off eating it if they saw it like this.

if you’re a vegan and you’re put off by eating fruit in the shape of an animal, you probably should re-evaluate your stance on animals in general. this is obviously oranges and melons and whatnot, and i would love to see the first vegan who wouldn’t eat his little canteloupe claws, just to punch him in the face.

Lighten up Ocean. It’s funny.

This is cute. I’m a vegetarian, and I’d definitely eat this. It’s still just fruit. This seems perfect as a way to serve fruit at a summery beach-themed party. :3

thats awesome!!

vegans and vegetarians would totally like this. (im vegetarian and i do!) i think its fun, and it would be great for kids i don’t care if something is pretending to be meat, so long as it isn’t actually meat. How do you think that products like Morning Star Farms and Quorn do business?

This is adorable!

Hey Blue Ocean – not sure if you are aware of this, but that is not a real lobster. Most vegans with any grasp on reality will find this cute and eat his little mango claws. nomnomnom.

i love this, i agree with Terry this would be so perfect for a summer dessert or just a cute fruit salad. and as far as being put off by it, wtf has to be wrong with you to be offended by a fruit lobster

This is adorable! (I’m vegan & I’d eat it because shockingly enough, I can tell it’s not a real lobster… )

i am not a vegan, but eat kosher, and i can tell it’s not a real sea dweller, so it’s not the meat that blinds one to where they cannot distinguish between lobster and fruit. i would like to see the creator make squid, clams, octopus and a whole variety of treif to poke fun at them.

I’m vegetarian and I think its cute! I wouldnt think of it in a “I’m eating the representation of an animal” kind of way. Although, I am put off by eating animal substitutes. I cant bring myself to eat things like fake chicken nuggets. Doesn’t eating a meat substitute defeat the purpose of NOT eating meat? I don’t take vegetarians who eat meat substitutes that seriously in their beliefs.

I’m vegetarian, and an artist. This is awesome.

That’s the greatest assortment of fruit I have ever seen Bravo.

Sarah Anne: Unless someone’s reason for not eating meat is that they do not like meat, what’s wrong with them eating meat substitutes? Like Laura said, if it’s not supporting animal cruelty, it’s perfectly fine. So no, it absolutely does NOT defeat the purpose. Lololol.

I think this is adorable, I love it!
I eat meat substitutes… I’m a vegetarian… its just like my take on faux fur… if nothing REALLY died for it… I’m all for it.

“I wouldn’t eat candys with baby faces on it.”

Why not? They have cakes shaped like babies too; honestly, they taste fine, and I’m no cannibal. Nor do I think I miss the point of any “important fundaments [sic]” of not /being/ a cannibal. I definitely do not believe, as an eater of baby representations, that they ought to be kept in cages and fed on bits of other babies. Additionally, as a strict vegetarian, I do not think that fruit lobsters endanger the movement. It’s cute.

Anyway, hard-”core” lobster. …Get it?

hahahahh yeah I’m vegan and I think its adorable. I would def eat it

i’m not vegan in matter of fact i eat bloody meat and i think this is delicious but not meaty enough…sorry folks

Im a vegan. i have to say i agree with robert about the symbolism. however, it can be much worse than that, there are veggie dogs and veggie burgers. even though i don’t eat those often as im not a fan of imitation meat, me, and most vegans do sometimes. this isnt even imitation, its completely fruit. and i think its fun making food in the shape of things!

Vegans are LESS concerned with animal-rights, and MORE concerned about eating the healthiest possible diet (meat is not included, go figure).

A few things: since when does have a specialized diet make it okay for you to judge others for their eating preferences? Fake meat products were designed to give vegans/vegetarians additional food options. In a society where eating is a very social activity, it can be a relief to grab a veggie burger while out with friends once in a while. Deciding not to eat meat doesnt make you any more special or enlightened than anyone else on the planet. Respecting other people’s food choices opens the door for them to respect, and thereby, (hopefully) understand your eating choices. Looking down on vegans that eat fake meat products is just silly and counterproductive, as is looking down on omnivores. It just makes people think that vegans are jerks.

As a vegetarian I’m absolutely tickled by this. My meat-eating husband, on the other hand, refers to all shelled creatures as the spiders of the sea and won’t eat them. This creeps him out because it has eyes.

Beauty and “edibility” (edibleness?) really are in the eyes of the beholder.

@BarbChamberlain

@ Sarah Anne,

as a vegan who eats and makes my own “meat substitutes” (seitan and the basis of quorn date back over 1000 years, when they were considered utility foods), i feel that eating them doesn’t fall anywhere close to the politics of why we should not consume.

@notAvegan

dude, what? maby 16 year olds and hipsters yeah…

As long as it doesn’t include banana. Bananas are fish don’t cha know……