Milk's impact on the planet dairy, soya, rice, oat and almond compared

[SpookyFrank]

I dont know tbh. What is the main transport for almonds that come into the UK?

They fly marzipan-am.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Almond milk is maybe 3% almonds.

• An ongoing lawsuit accused one of the most prominent almond growers in the U.S. of fraud, as their almond milk may contain only 2 percent almonds, although most labels don’t report the actual amount
• Ingredients used as thickening agents in almond milk often include not-so-healthy carrageenan, guar gum, lecithin and others to give the beverage a milk-like texture
• If an entire half-gallon carton of almond milk, such as the plain and unsweetened variety, contains only around 30 almonds, it means an 8-ounce glass would provide only 1 gram of protein and little else, nutrition wise

What Almond Milk is Really Made Of

So almond milk is basically just coloured water, but a 200ml glass takes 74 litres of water to produce, then nasty chemicals are added to make it look and feel like milk.
No thanks. I'll stick to real milk.

 

[editor]

Personally I'd abolish a lot of plastic products especially packaging

Me too, but plastic will always have it uses. Some of the lavish boxes that new products come in these days would have been given as gifts in their own right when I was a kid!

 

[8ball]

What Almond Milk is Really Made Of

So almond milk is basically just coloured water, but a 200ml glass takes 74 litres of water to produce, then nasty chemicals are added to make it look and feel like milk.
No thanks. I'll stick to real milk.

If I could be confident the cows that produced the milk I drink lived in similar conditions to your family’s farm, I’d feel better about it.

 

[SpookyFrank]

What Almond Milk is Really Made Of

So almond milk is basically just coloured water, but a 200ml glass takes 74 litres of water to produce, then nasty chemicals are added to make it look and feel like milk.
No thanks. I'll stick to real milk.

If only information on the amount of water used in producing various types of milk was available somewhere.

 

[editor]

What Almond Milk is Really Made Of

So almond milk is basically just coloured water, but a 200ml glass takes 74 litres of water to produce, then nasty chemicals are added to make it look and feel like milk.
No thanks. I'll stick to real milk.

Yes. Far better to suck up animal juice that was designed for a calf and not think about the immense environmental damage and unnatural practices involved. Yummy!

 

[8ball]

Yes. Far better to suck up animal juice that was designed for a calf and not think about the immense environmental damage and unnatural practices involved. Yummy!

Humans are more like almonds than cows, after all.

 

[Saul Goodman]

If only information on the amount of water used in producing various types of milk was available somewhere.

We've already done that bit. Go back to sleep.

Yes. Far better to suck up animal juice that was designed for a calf and not think about the immense environmental damage and unnatural practices involved. Yummy!

You think your almond milk is cruelty free? You think anything produced these days is? The only difference is it's humans that are at the receiving end.

 

[SpookyFrank]

If I could be confident the cows that produced the milk I drink lived in similar conditions to your family’s farm, I’d feel better about it.

Saul's family farms cattle?

Well that explains where he gets all his bullshit from.

 

[editor]

You think your almond milk is cruelty free? You think anything produced these days is? The only difference is it's humans that are at the receiving end.

What are the unnatural practices and cruelty inflicted on humans then?

 

[SpookyFrank]

We've already done that bit.

Yes and you turned 74 litres per litre into 74 litres per 200ml.

 

[Saul Goodman]

What are the unnatural practices and cruelty inflicted on humans then?

Have you ever had a job, working for someone else?

 

[editor]

Have you ever had a job, working for someone else?

Yes thanks. What has this to do with your point?

 

[Saul Goodman]

Yes thanks. What has this to do with your point?

I'll leave you to work that one out for yourself.

 

[The39thStep]

Me too, but plastic will always have it uses. Some of the lavish boxes that new products come in these days would have been given as gifts in their own right when I was a kid!

i got a set of filters for my hoover off Amazon Spain as I had some vouchers that needed to be spent. There was more plastic in the packaging than there was in the hoovers.

 

[editor]

I'll leave you to work that one out for yourself.

You claimed that humans involved in almond production were on the receiving end of 'cruelty.' Could you elaborate on that please?

 

[SpookyFrank]

Have you ever had a job, working for someone else?

Not one that involved my newborn children being taken away and murdered.

 

[editor]

i got a set of filters for my hoover off Amazon Spain as I had some vouchers that needed to be spent. There was more plastic in the packaging than there was in the hoovers.

There's a thing now where product boxes come with a flapping door with magnets inside. Fucking pointless and totally wasteful.

 

[8ball]

There's a thing now where product boxes come with a flapping door with magnets inside. Fucking pointless and totally wasteful.

The “unboxing experience”.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Not one that involved my newborn children being taken away and murdered.

You do know that cattle can't be murdered, right?

 

[Baronage-Phase]

So what about the other options...
Rice milk
Is any one producing / growing rice in the UK or Ireland?

 

[TruXta]

So what about the other options...
Rice milk
Is any one producing / growing rice in the UK or Ireland?

Asking for a friend?

 

[editor]

So what about the other options...
Rice milk
Is any one producing / growing rice in the UK or Ireland?

Why are you so obsessed about where stuff come from? Most of what you eat/own/use comes from somewhere miles away from your hometown.

 

[TruXta]

Why are you so obsessed about where stuff come from? Most of what you eat/own/use comes from somewhere miles away from your hometown.

First off, stop calling other people obsessed eh. You get fucking cranky when others comment on your posting style, so have the courtesy to show the level of respect you want to others.

Second, where stuff comes from and where and how it gets transported has a huge impact on the carbon balance of that commodity.

But to answer the question that Lupa had. No, you can't grow rice in the UK because it needs about 3 months where temperatures can't drop below 15c at night.

 

[editor]

First off, stop calling other people obsessed eh. You get fucking cranky when others comment on your posting style, so have the courtesy to show the level of respect you want to others.

Second, where stuff comes from and where and how it gets transported has a huge impact on the carbon balance of that commodity.

But to answer the question that Lupa had. No, you can't grow rice in the UK because it needs about 3 months where temperatures can't drop below 15c at night.

*can't be arsed

 

[8ball]

But to answer the question that Lupa had. No, you can't grow rice in the UK because it needs about 3 months where temperatures can't drop below 15c at night.

You could grow it in polytunnels, but the carbon impact would be higher than importing it.

 

[TruXta]

You could grow it in polytunnels, but the carbon impact would be higher than importing it.

Could you? I suppose it'd be possible but highly impractical.

 

[TruXta]

*can't be arsed

To take your own medicine?

 

[editor]

To take your own medicine?

What the fuck does that mean? What 'medicine' do I supposedly need and why?

 

[TruXta]

What the fuck does that mean? What 'medicine' do I supposedly need and why?

It means stop fucking moaning about other people's innocent questions.