#plant-based-milk

#plant-based-milk

A newly signed federal law will expand milk options in U.S. school cafeterias, allowing students who can't or don't consume dairy to receive a non-dairy alternative as part of standard school meals for the first time. In a win for animal advocates and public health experts, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act formally opens the door for dairy‑free milk options to be served alongside cow's milk in school cafeterias, without requiring families to provide medical documentation. These provisions come from a congressional bill introduced last year known as The FISCAL Act, which allows schools to include plant-based milks in their cafeteria offerings.

'Clean ingredients' are gaining traction internationally.

Plant-based milk has existed for thousands of years, and it's been sold commercially for more than a century, but the real boom has come only in the last decade. Suddenly, every nut, grain, seed, and bean seems to be lending its name to a milk carton. In this increasingly crowded marketplace, there's one plant-based milk that's got everything going for it, but continues to fly under the radar: flax milk.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Once upon a time, your choice of milk would have been cow milk or nothing. Then, you would have had a choice between dairy and soy milk. Now that you're fortunate enough to live in a time with so many different types of plant-based milk, your biggest concern is probably how to choose between them all. With pea milk gaining steady popularity, how does it compare to soy?

Plant-based milks experienced a 4.4% decrease in sales from 2023 to 2024, marking the first decline for the alternative milk industry in years.

The addition of salt in plant-based milks enhances flavor by softening bitter notes and highlighting sweeter flavors, making the overall taste more appealing to consumers.