Non Dairy “Milk”
 

We use almond milk. I don’t consume dairy. I also hope to minimize cholesterol consumption. It’s mostly just used to wet cereal.

I know there are other nondairy milks. What do you drink and why.

I do drink milk, but I do toss in soy milk (sometimes soy/sesame mixed milk) and rarely some almond milk... Need to try oat milk... But I don't see it often at the places I frequent... Soy milk works fine as that was a substitute when I was growing up (parents were lactose intolerant so we had it in the house).

Will have to try the local supermarkets again for oat milk.

Almond Breeze brand original almond milk. Tastes much better to me than Silk brand or a couple others I've tried. 60 cal. per 8oz glass.
I've tried rice, soy, oat, and hemp seed milks, and didn't care for any of them. Almond Breeze makes(or made) a blend of almond and coconut milk which was also quite good, but I haven't seen it in years.

Last I checked, milk came from mammals. How do you milk an almond? :confused:

-J.

Oat milk, but only for cereal.

Coconut milk has been a thing for years.

​​​​​​I use either cashew milk or Oatly brand oat milk.

Califia unsweetened vanilla. I used to drink TJ and Almond Breeze but find them to be too artificial these days. But I'm not anti-dairy.... Cheese, butter and ice cream rock.

Yes they do!! Add sour cream and whipped cream to that. In middle and high school I used to drink about a gallon of 2% every day. Tapered off to maybe a half gallon a week soon after to control weight. Then it was only with cookies/cake/cereal, never a glass on it's own. Now, the only thing I use cow's milk for is to make ranch salad dressing. Oh, and buttermilk for biscuits.

Like coconut milk, it is usually water through the pulp of the nut/fruit.

Those thinking they save the planet by drinking almond milk are fooling themselves (and the world).

Oat seems to become the prevailing non-dairy substitute in Europe, however when I was looking at changing away from milk (for coffee only and sometimes bircher muesli, I quite liked tigernut milk.

I would argue that oat milk ice cream is actually vastly superior to traditional ice cream.

Aside from woke milk or non-lactose milk, I'd like to know that aside from my usual 2% milk with my corn flakes, should I give Almond milk or other milk a shot... or something else? Also, what is, if any, the fat % in almond milk?

I use oat milk for cereal.

Well, TIL... should we be using the term "mylk"?

KS (COST) oat milk for my coffee. I consume much dairy so any chance to reduce is good. Oat milk surely has sugar because I no longer add a tsp of sugar to coffee like before.

Are the lyrics going to need a change to ♫ Just a spoonful of oatmilk makes the medicine go down ....♫ ?

But for "almond milk," California's water shortage wouldn't be nearly as short.

I am doing my bit for the California water shortage by avoiding almond milk. I assume there are big numbers assigned to the requirements for dairy milk as well, but it does seem that almonds suck a lot of aquifer water in an area where it could be better used.

Wow that’s even worse than I thought. Indeed Californian almond production is what I was thinking of.

According to www it takes about 4.5 gallons of water to produce a gallon of milk. Then you can argue methane issues from dairy and that almond trees probably are net good for the world for co2; however its environmental footprint far exceeds what’s good.

From my view a Californian, all of our ag business is fundamentally exporting water in one form or another - it is simply the economic and environmental impact. Same can be said for ag business across the world at this point.

From my view as a consumer of milk and (sometimes) mylk/non-dairy milk products, I'm not a fan of the mylk/non-dairy stuff.

David

It's too bad this thread has quickly turned into vilifying almonds. Lots of info on the www. https://www.truthordrought.com/almond-milk-myths

I'd much rather hear what kind of milk tastes best to different folks, and what you use it in etc...

I like oatly oat milk

So everyone else who doesn't know and doesn't want to waste time looking it up or feel the need to always use a stock ticker instead of an actual name, KS is Kirkland Select from Costco. smh.

Soy Milk, because it's healthier for you.

Oat milk most of the time now, except for coffee-styled drinks.

Soy milk just seems to be more stable, taste better, when steamed and foamed up for a cappuccino.

(*** refrain from instability comments ***) Not keen on any of the substitutes in coffee. My splash of half/half in coffee cannot be reasonably replaced with anything, and there's not enough lactose in the amount I use to be an issue.

As for a frozen product, https://www.mrdewies.com/ is very good.

love Mary poppins. Thank you.

I sometimes have cream and I still enjoy the oat milk.

Miss Swede was allergic to dairy and tree nuts, so she drank enriched rice milk or soy milk the first 12-13 years of her life. Even though she's outgrown her dairy and almond allergies, she still prefers rice milk in cereal--except when eating Life, which she uses regular milk. She uses almond milk creamer in her coffee.

Mrs. Swede is dairy-sensitive, so she mainly uses oat milk for her cereal and coffee; however, she also has no problems using almond milk or soy milk when necessary.

Just because you don't take sugar in your coffee doesn't necessarily mean they necessarily put sugar in it. For me it's HK-style milk tea. When I order it, I usually have to ask them not to put sugar in it (I'd still drink it if they put sugar) as I find I enjoy the creaminess of the tea that way. When you add sugar, it becomes sweet.

(I know... stupid auto correct, but still should be pointed out)... I didn't know milk was sensitive to race.... :D I guess those Hokkaido cows just love to lord it over the holsteins. :p

Unfortunately I don't think there's a way to compare cows vs. almonds vs. oat vs. whatever ... But that being said, you also have to consider how many more of one resource vs. another. One cow vs. how many hectares of almond trees? It's a balancing thing that many do not necessarily understand.

Edited to add: One other thing... not sure if amount of water/fertilizer might influence taste...

I drink Soy Milk from Alpro, it really tastes well and even has more Calcium in it than regular cow milk.

So that's why my cow's milk tastes that way - lots of fertilizer! ;)

David

I rarely use milk, but when I do it is usually lactose free skim ( non fat) milk. I have no issues with lactose, but the carton lasts for almost two months in the refrigerator for the lactose free skim milk without turning.

That was actually meant for the non-animal milk, but sure, I suppose you could fit that in with animal milk as well. :p The animals are what they eat/drink.

Here’s the Ks oat milk sugar info - 7gm per cup


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Stonyfield organic 2% milk has 11g of sugar per cup.
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Love soya milk , the Asian / Chinese type . Usually sold with bean curd in stalls in Malaysia and Singapore , also Hong Kong .
Coconut milk that goes into cooking lots of Peranakan dishes to make them “ lemak “ , also curries & many other dishes ..

Enjoy almond and oat milk ( Oatly ) .. saw something else while looking for these this week .. “ BamNut M?LK “ , might try some next month . Has anyone tried ?

Love milk though especially full cream and cream , clotted cream , sour cream .. whatever ..

But where does the water go afterwards? I’ve never encountered a juicy almond.

That's simply milk sugar or lactose. Kinda the energy fuel for young mammals. As well as humans who put milk into their coffee, tea, cereal, baked goods, etc.

David

Just a touch of photosynthesis for the almond tree to do its thing.

Back to the thread, I find almond milk and other non-dairy fluid milk substitutes too watery for my taste.

David

Im normally happy with unsweetened almond milk. But for my coffee, I prefer sweetened chocolate almond milk. It’s much thicker in appearance.

Yikes! No wonder you like it. It has added oil and 120 calories.:eek:

I think I'll just stick to my 2% milk for now.

I know. I posted that because some have speculated that they add sugar to oat milk because they no longer need to add sugar to coffee. However, 2% cow's milk has more "sugar" per serving.