Best Non-Dairy Milk?

[bi0boy]

I heard it contains phytoestrogens that give you man boobs.

This is why all Japanese men have massive man boobs

 

[SpookyFrank]

Well I have man boobs anyway but it's possible that has more to do with beer.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

I lived with vegans for a year once and actually got to like the taste of soymilk. I stopped drinking it because so much soya is unsustainably grown in places that used to be rainforest

Yeah, but as has been pointed out on a number of occasions, the vast majority of that soya is used as animal feed, including for dairy cows.

The suffering inflicted by the dairy industry is so appalling that I'd just choose water over cow's milk if I had to. Fortunately, I really like unsweetened almond and coconut milk.

 

[Maggot]

Alpro Hazelnut Milk.

You'll not look back, trust me.

Beautiful in coffee. Not rank as hell if drunk neat. I don't drink tea, so I have no idea what it's like in that. It's fantastic in coffee, though.

My local supermarket have stopped doing the chilled version, and the long-life/non-chilled version has a tetra-pak spout from hell, but it's worth it.

I've tried Soya, Almond and Coconut, and Hazelnut shits all over them

Edit, I think I've tried rice and oat back in the dim and distant past too, but really didn't like them much.

(I have cows milk with my cereal, and in my hot chocolate, but hazelnut milk works fine with both, is actually lovely in hot chocolate. I only use hazelnut milk in my coffee.)

I could only find a version with added sugar in. Is there an unsweetened one?

 

[danski]

I have rice milk on muesli and have by necessity/accident recently been surprised how well it works in coffee, for me. I only put in a splash, just enough to turn my rocket fuel cafetière syrup a very dark brown. Takes the edge off. Probably not nice if you like milky coffee.

 

[Schmetterling]

Alpro Hazelnut Milk.

You'll not look back, trust me.

Beautiful in coffee. Not rank as hell if drunk neat. I don't drink tea, so I have no idea what it's like in that. It's fantastic in coffee, though.

My local supermarket have stopped doing the chilled version, and the long-life/non-chilled version has a tetra-pak spout from hell, but it's worth it.

I've tried Soya, Almond and Coconut, and Hazelnut shits all over them

Edit, I think I've tried rice and oat back in the dim and distant past too, but really didn't like them much.

(I have cows milk with my cereal, and in my hot chocolate, but hazelnut milk works fine with both, is actually lovely in hot chocolate. I only use hazelnut milk in my coffee.)

I bought this last week because of your recommendation. I do like it but is it supposed to taste slightly sour?

 

[kalidarkone]

Coconut milk is great imo, it's full of efa's and does not curdle in coffee. Also I don't think it tastes very coconutty, so you dont get overwhelming coconut taste in what ever you use it in.

 

[Mation]

Soya milk in tea and coffee is fine, in fact I have got so used to it, it tastes weird when I have it with cows milk now.

Soya milk only works in tea, for me, not coffee. Every time I try with coffee it goes all bitty.

For tea, I need lots more than I would cow's milk, otherwise it does that nauseating tanin thing.

Rice milk is good for cereal.

 

[Maggot]

Alpro Hazelnut Milk.

You'll not look back, trust me.

Beautiful in coffee. Not rank as hell if drunk neat. I don't drink tea, so I have no idea what it's like in that. It's fantastic in coffee, though.

My local supermarket have stopped doing the chilled version, and the long-life/non-chilled version has a tetra-pak spout from hell, but it's worth it.

I've tried Soya, Almond and Coconut, and Hazelnut shits all over them

Edit, I think I've tried rice and oat back in the dim and distant past too, but really didn't like them much.

(I have cows milk with my cereal, and in my hot chocolate, but hazelnut milk works fine with both, is actually lovely in hot chocolate. I only use hazelnut milk in my coffee.)

I have just tried this for the first time and it is waaaay too sweet. It's like a milkshake. If I can find an unsweetened version, I'll try that.

 

[killer b]

I bought some unsweetened almond milk this morning, it's definitely the best replacement I've tried so far...

 

[Epona]

Anything but soya, I have a real aversion to soya for some reason - I don't know why, but I just find the taste foul in any form.

 

[editor]

Anything but soya, I have a real aversion to soya for some reason - I don't know why, but I just find the taste foul in any form.

It might be worth trying different brands - I like soya milk, but some brands are undrinkable.

 

[Epona]

It might be worth trying different brands - I like soya milk, but some brands are undrinkable.

Unfortunately it is not just soya milk, it is pretty much anything that involves soya beans (the sole exception to that being soy sauce). I just have some sort of taste aversion to it. I like rice or almond milks as alternatives to dairy.

 

[dynamicbaddog]

I try to cut down on my dairy but I'm addicted to lattes and soy lattes are horrible, really nasty bitter aftertaste. I got an espresso machine today to make almond milk lattes and it works really well. It took a few attempts to get it right,(and I have now drank enough caffeine to keep me awake for a week in the process) but I've perfected it. Almond milk is a bit pricey at about £1.50 a carton in most shops but I've discovered that Asda sell it for a quid which ain't too bad.

 

[Vintage Paw]

I have just tried this for the first time and it is waaaay too sweet. It's like a milkshake. If I can find an unsweetened version, I'll try that.

I could only find a version with added sugar in. Is there an unsweetened one?

I bought this last week because of your recommendation. I do like it but is it supposed to taste slightly sour?

Not sure about sour. The sweet thing, I have a dreadful sweet tooth so I'm not sure that's something I can help with. It's probably the sweetness that helps me like it so much.

 

[campanula]

Oh bloody hell, I thought this was about chocolate...not foul faux milk

 

[Maggot]

So after trying lots of different types, my favourites are almond and coconut. Although the organic almond ones tend to be rather lumpy/curdled and not good for tea.

 

[eme]

Almond - switched from soya... Yum!

 

[Maggot]

I've been drinking almond milk but now it turns out to be environmentally unfriendly.
Almond milk: quite good for you – very bad for the planet

Although it mainly mentions almonds growing in California, and I buy Alpro which is grown in the medditerrainean.

And Almond milk is the most ethical according to Ethical Consumer. Free shopping guide to Soya & Non-Dairy Milk, from Ethical Consumer

 

[Jeff Robinson]

I've been drinking almond milk but now it turns out to be environmentally unfriendly.
Almond milk: quite good for you – very bad for the planet

Although it mainly mentions almonds growing in California, and I buy Alpro which is grown in the medditerrainean.

And Almond milk is the most ethical according to Ethical Consumer. Free shopping guide to Soya & Non-Dairy Milk, from Ethical Consumer

Poor article from the Guardian. They don't mention that alpro do an unsweetened almond milk, or that it is fortified with the almost the same amount of calcium that you'd find in cow's milk. Moreover, they connect almond milk with drought in California even though they note that the almonds sourced in apro are from the Mediterranean. At least the article acknowledges the following:

It takes 1.1 gallons (5 litres) of water to grow one almond, and thanks to the big profits they bring in, almond orchards continue to be planted (this isn’t to say cow’s milk, which takes about 100 litres of water to produce 100ml of milk, is more environmentally friendly – more that its production is not concentrated in one area of the globe).

Saw this on reddit:

Alpro's almond milk only contains 2% almonds. Assuming that close to the 100% of the almonds are contained in the milk (which the nutrional info suggests) and that an almond weighs 1.2g we get a water ratio of 70:1, compared to 1000:1 with milk. So water usage for commercial almond milk is a drop in the bucket compared to milk.

Haven't crunched the numbers myself, but that sounds about right to me.

 

[bi0boy]

Also, water use in California by almond growers is a political problem that will only be solved by Californians. It's not like the Californian public need us to stop buying Almonds so they can give their kiddies a drink each day.

 

[bi0boy]

Tried this and omg it tastes more salty than soy sauce and has the consistency of cold gravy.

 

[editor]

I like the own brand Sainsburys and Tesco unsweetened soya. Cheap too!

 

[bi0boy]

I like the own brand Sainsburys and Tesco unsweetened soya. Cheap too!

Having tried various gloopy oat and almond concoctions I've concluded that the vast majority of soya milks are fine for stuff like breakfast cereal.

I still haven't found anything suitable for making my cocoa drink though. Anything other than milk I've tried so far just tastes like cardboard instead of cocoa.

 

[Shirl]

Having tried various gloopy oat and almond concoctions I've concluded that the vast majority of soya milks are fine for stuff like breakfast cereal.

I still haven't found anything suitable for making my cocoa drink though. Anything other than milk I've tried so far just tastes like cardboard instead of cocoa.

I make hot chocolate at work with Provamel Vanilla Soya, everyone I make it for thinks it's lovely

 

[bi0boy]

I make hot chocolate at work with Provamel Vanilla Soya, everyone I make it for thinks it's lovely

Thanks I might give it a go. I just use plain cocoa powder though, not a hot chocolate mixture.

 

[Shirl]

Thanks I might give it a go. I just use plain cocoa powder though, not a hot chocolate mixture.

Ok, it probably is still really nice with cocoa. I make it with Green and Blacks hot chocolate powder.

eta, if I don't like the person I'm making it for I use cows milk as it's really thin and not nearly as nice.

 

[Maggot]

So after trying lots of different types, my favourites are almond and coconut. Although the organic almond ones tend to be rather lumpy/curdled and not good for tea.

I've found an organic almond milk which doesn't curdle in tea. It's the Rude Health one.

 

[Vintage Paw]

I only have soy mocha or whatever when I go to Caffe Nero (which is rare these days) and I'm pretty sure they use alpro and it's always tasted lovely, but then that's probably due to the rest of the ingredients.

 

[Maggot]

The Beeb have produced a guide to the environmental impact of different types of milk. I am gonna switch from Almond to oat as it uses much less water.

Which vegan milks are best for the planet?