This explains alot about why almond milk is inexpensive and lacks protein!
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Wynterbourne wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »Ironically Almond milk is more expensive here than regular milk!
1L of el cheapo brand cows milk- $1.25
1L Almond milk- $3 on special, usually $3.50
Milk for $1.25??? it's $3.69 for a gallon of milk where I live. And that's generic. Name brand is almost $5.
You'll notice they said $1.25 for 1 liter. There are 3.785 liters per gallon so that's $4.73 a gallon for the milk.
That's still more than what it costs here per gallon. A gallon of milk, name brand is $4.49. I think I've seen it for $3 something in Aldi, but I live in NY in a metro area so there's a high cost of living in general. Yay Long Island
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Almond milk is more expensive here than cow's milk too. Almond milk is $2.00/quart. I buy milk for $2.29/gallon (Minnesota) @ Kwik Trip, but that is cheap for here, and more expensive at the grocery stores.
You can make your own almond milk pretty easily, but it is expensive. I have made it myself but would rather buy the commercial almond milk and eat the almonds.0 -
How could it be? The brand I tried had hardly any protein at all. It had 1 gram per 8 oz. On what planet is that a good source?
not the milk.....the nuts. And before anyone bites my head off I am just saying what the article said, not that I agree with it. Hell the way they talked about dairy milk 95% of the planet should be dead!
The aspect of the nuts being a "good" source of protein has been addressed in several posts above.
They aren't - they are good source of fat.0 -
The casein in regular milk upsets my digestion so I use almond milk instead. I've never considered it to be a protein source or even needed it to be. It's an awesome source of calcium, though, with 50% more than cow's milk. The unsweetened is super low-calorie. Plus, you can use it for anything you would normally use milk for - I use it a lot in cooking and for smoothies. I don't even care if it's mostly water. It does what I need it to do.2
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The most shocking thing this whole thread has been seeing milk a dollar a gallon some places
Even at the 99cent store, it's 1.991 -
I stopped reading at 'almonds are an amazing source of protein'.
Yeah, no kidding--I was thinking why on earth would almond milk have much protein?
Besides, I know how it's made and it's basically almond flavored water. That's why it's low cal, even though almonds are high cal, and has little to no fat, even though almonds are high fat.0 -
A serving of almond milk contains less than a fourth of the calories of serving of almonds. It's no surprise that a bulk of almond milk is water.
I always thought people use almond milk as a lower calorie, dairy/lactose-free alternative to regular milk, not because of its nutritional value.
we do! lolol.
I just looked at nutrition of mine. It has less protein, calories, sugar, and fat than milk. More vitamins.
But, I've hated milk since childhood. I'm so grateful for nut and plant milks IDGAF if they have protein. When soy was the only thing available I paid dearly for it, and I was glad. I'm sure other milk haters are glad too.
So don't hate on the almond milk, yall.
Sometimes it's not about money or nutritional content.
Protein is not the alpha and the omega.
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I'll take skim milk over almond milk any day of the week.0
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This is a bit like being shocked that milk contains less beef than a hamburger.3
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I drink almond milk because I cant drink cow's milk and I just use a splash in my coffee, but I thoroughly enjoy all the responses that one little post can get.0
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I stopped reading at "mucus-causing, disease-fueling cocktail." That's a little too overwrought for me.
I'm supposed to drink 8 oz of milk per day, for the calcium and vitamin D. Regular milk has carbs, cream doesn't have the D. Cashew milk (at least the kind I buy) has no carbs and is fortified with... calcium and vitamin D. I don't have to take more pills, and also it tastes good. Everybody wins. Well, actually just me I guess. LOL.2 -
I stopped reading at "mucus-causing, disease-fueling cocktail." That's a little too overwrought for me.
Yeah, I went from reading to quickly skimming at that point. I don't fall for fear-mongering.
I use mostly cashew milk for my recipes and sauces because it's 25 calories a cup. I don't drink coffee and I buy a box of cereal maybe once every 18 months. If I wasn't watching my calories I'd use cow's milk. I have no allergies and don't rely on that one food product for my nutrition.1 -
The only reason I use Almond milk is because I drink alot of milky tea, so i make up a mix of regular milk and vanilla almond milk. This keeps the calories down and helps my skin as i tend to break out if i drink too much milk.
I have tried many times to add straight almond milk to my tea and cereal and it's foul, it wrecks the flavour of both.0 -
I switched from unsweetened almond milk to soy milk when I realized how little protein almond milk has. I'm always looking for ways to get more protein. I use Silk brand now which is 6 or 8g of protein per cup. The Carbmaster brand at Kroger has 11g of protein and less calories than the Silk I buy. I think I'm going to try that when I'm out.0
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You can get a gallon of regular milk for about $2.50-$2.99 where I live. A half gallon of almond milk is about $2.50-$3.00 for me, so it's definitely way more expensive here. I only buy it for my cereal, oatmeal and the like, cause it's way better on calories. I worry about getting protein from other sources. And more recently, I've moved to unsweetened cashew milk with vanilla for my cereal. 25 calories a cup in cashew milk blows away about 90+ for a cup of milk in my cereal.
I use it as a good alternative. I don't rely on it for nutrition, although, it's loaded with calcium!0 -
its NOT good source of protein for vegetarians as far as calories go. youd have to eat an insane amount to match say.. tofu on protein1
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