Any suggestions on Almond milk?

SweetPeasMom55
SweetPeasMom55 Posts: 3,595 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I would like to try almond milk but I noticed it's in the dairy case and in the specialty food section unchilled. What kind is the best?

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  • louise13dunstan
    louise13dunstan Posts: 74 Member
    I used to drink it but dont anymore. Look at the ingredients, very little almonds and alot of unpronounceables.

    Do u have a dairy intolerance?

    If u did try it, I used to get the unsweetened chilled on or the uht one if I was taking it travelling. Its ok,a bit weird in hot drinks to start with but u get used to it. Was always nice with cereal and in porridge
  • devilwhiterose
    devilwhiterose Posts: 1,157 Member
    I like Silk brand Vanilla Almond milk.

    I use it as a milk substitute for everything except baking.
  • slowrollem
    slowrollem Posts: 55 Member
    Unsweetened, plain almond milk.
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  • devilwhiterose
    devilwhiterose Posts: 1,157 Member
    Silk vanilla almond doesn't have carrageenan btw. They phased it out of Silk and I believe Horizon.
  • lulucitron
    lulucitron Posts: 366 Member
    Any type that's unsweetened. You can make your own as well.
  • Lynzdee18
    Lynzdee18 Posts: 500 Member
    Silk. I find the others chalky.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Any.

    Really, no one type of almond milk is going to make any significant difference to your overall diet.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    I like Silk Light. I find the 'orginial' which is 60 calories per cup a little too sweet, but I don't care for the unsweetened. I think their new Light, which is 40 calories per cup, is just right.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    catscats222 wrote: »
    little to no protein, empty calories since it's mostly water
    read the ingredients and google careegean (see if you want to eat that)
    INGREDIENTS:ALMONDMILK (FILTERED WATER, ALMONDS), EVAPORATED CANE JUICE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SEA SALT, POTASSIUM CITRATE, CARRAGEENAN, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, VITAMIN A PALMITATE,
    (the fat is not from the almonds)

    It's not empty calories if it's supplying calcium.
  • redwingsfan6712
    redwingsfan6712 Posts: 81 Member
    I use the Silk vanilla light. AMAZING in cereal or smoothies. I also like the coconut/almond blend
  • TinyTexn59
    TinyTexn59 Posts: 96 Member
    Homemade almond milk. One cup of almonds soaked overnight in 2 cups of water. Drain. Add the drained almonds to the blender (ninja works great) and add 4 cups of cool water and blend. Run through a mesh strainer. The liquid is almond milk. You can add it back to the blender and run two dates in it to sweeten it if you like or drink as is.

    The nuts left in the strainer can be used in cookies, pancakes or whatever after drying in a 200 degree oven.
  • advisingwench
    advisingwench Posts: 53 Member
    redwingsfan6712 wrote: »
    I use the Silk vanilla light. AMAZING in cereal or smoothies. I also like the coconut/almond blend

    Yep, I prefer coconut/almond blend, too. I get unsweetened vanilla.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    TinyTexn59 wrote: »
    Homemade almond milk. One cup of almonds soaked overnight in 2 cups of water. Drain. Add the drained almonds to the blender (ninja works great) and add 4 cups of cool water and blend. Run through a mesh strainer. The liquid is almond milk. You can add it back to the blender and run two dates in it to sweeten it if you like or drink as is.

    The nuts left in the strainer can be used in cookies, pancakes or whatever after drying in a 200 degree oven.

    This sounds like a lot of work and a waste of good almonds to me because it wouldn't provide the same amount of calcium as store bought and calcium is the only reason I drink it.
  • SweetPeasMom55
    SweetPeasMom55 Posts: 3,595 Member
    Yes I do have a milk allergy and someone suggested the almond milk as a substitute in recipes.
  • TinyTexn59
    TinyTexn59 Posts: 96 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    TinyTexn59 wrote: »
    Homemade almond milk. One cup of almonds soaked overnight in 2 cups of water. Drain. Add the drained almonds to the blender (ninja works great) and add 4 cups of cool water and blend. Run through a mesh strainer. The liquid is almond milk. You can add it back to the blender and run two dates in it to sweeten it if you like or drink as is.

    The nuts left in the strainer can be used in cookies, pancakes or whatever after drying in a 200 degree oven.

    This sounds like a lot of work and a waste of good almonds to me because it wouldn't provide the same amount of calcium as store bought and calcium is the only reason I drink it.

    Almonds have 243 mg of calcium in cup. Milk has 304 mg.

    Also, for your reading pleasure:
    http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/07/lay-off-almond-milk-ignorant-hipsters
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    TinyTexn59 wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    TinyTexn59 wrote: »
    Homemade almond milk. One cup of almonds soaked overnight in 2 cups of water. Drain. Add the drained almonds to the blender (ninja works great) and add 4 cups of cool water and blend. Run through a mesh strainer. The liquid is almond milk. You can add it back to the blender and run two dates in it to sweeten it if you like or drink as is.

    The nuts left in the strainer can be used in cookies, pancakes or whatever after drying in a 200 degree oven.

    This sounds like a lot of work and a waste of good almonds to me because it wouldn't provide the same amount of calcium as store bought and calcium is the only reason I drink it.

    Almonds have 243 mg of calcium in cup. Milk has 304 mg.

    Also, for your reading pleasure:
    http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/07/lay-off-almond-milk-ignorant-hipsters

    Calcium in almonds =/= calcium in the water from soaked almonds.
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  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    catscats222 wrote: »
    the calcium comes from the calcium carbonate on the ingredients list.
    not the almonds.
    read the ingredients !
    calcium in a women's multi might be plenty for you.

    Yes, I'm aware that it's added calcium. That's why you don't get the same when making it yourself.
  • cocates
    cocates Posts: 360 Member
    TinyTexn59 wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    TinyTexn59 wrote: »
    Homemade almond milk. One cup of almonds soaked overnight in 2 cups of water. Drain. Add the drained almonds to the blender (ninja works great) and add 4 cups of cool water and blend. Run through a mesh strainer. The liquid is almond milk. You can add it back to the blender and run two dates in it to sweeten it if you like or drink as is.

    The nuts left in the strainer can be used in cookies, pancakes or whatever after drying in a 200 degree oven.

    This sounds like a lot of work and a waste of good almonds to me because it wouldn't provide the same amount of calcium as store bought and calcium is the only reason I drink it.

    Almonds have 243 mg of calcium in cup. Milk has 304 mg.

    Also, for your reading pleasure:
    http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/07/lay-off-almond-milk-ignorant-hipsters

    ^^This. Especially the article. When I drank shakes, I used to buy the Silk brand. The caloric content attracted me (because I was using such a small amount). I've never purchased unchilled milk. Just doesn't seem right, unless I'm getting it straight from the cow's udders. :wink: To each, their own. Good luck. :smile:
  • Abby2205
    Abby2205 Posts: 253 Member
    The shelf stable kind has received more heat treatment than the chilled kind (longer time and/or higher temperature). So they will taste different but preference is a personal thing. Cashew milk is also good (Silk or Earth's Own), I think it tastes more nutty and more creamy/less gritty or chalky than almond milk.
  • emhunter
    emhunter Posts: 1,212 Member
    I prefer WholeFoods 365 plain unsweetened. I cook with it and people who do not even like almond milk like it. But that's my preference. It's just for taste. I have not looked to compare it's nutritional value to another almond milk.
  • SweetPeasMom55
    SweetPeasMom55 Posts: 3,595 Member
    That's also good to know about the cashew milk. Almonds and cashews are the only 2 nuts I can tolerate.
  • the_nerdgasm
    the_nerdgasm Posts: 86 Member
    I like Almond Breeze. Vanilla for straight up drinking, plained/unsweetened for adding to things :)
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    It's water. I do not understand the point of it. Some versions have added sugar. So um yeah . . . um no. Not paying money or calories for sugar and water.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    TinyTexn59 wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    TinyTexn59 wrote: »
    Homemade almond milk. One cup of almonds soaked overnight in 2 cups of water. Drain. Add the drained almonds to the blender (ninja works great) and add 4 cups of cool water and blend. Run through a mesh strainer. The liquid is almond milk. You can add it back to the blender and run two dates in it to sweeten it if you like or drink as is.

    The nuts left in the strainer can be used in cookies, pancakes or whatever after drying in a 200 degree oven.

    This sounds like a lot of work and a waste of good almonds to me because it wouldn't provide the same amount of calcium as store bought and calcium is the only reason I drink it.

    Almonds have 243 mg of calcium in cup. Milk has 304 mg.

    Also, for your reading pleasure:
    http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/07/lay-off-almond-milk-ignorant-hipsters

    From your link:

    "What this tells you is that the almond-milk industry is selling you a jug of filtered water clouded by a handful of ground almonds. Which leads us to the question of price and profit. The almonds in the photo above are organic, and sold in bulk at my local HEB supermarket for $11.99 per pound; this one-ounce serving set me back about 66 cents. I could have bought nonorganic California almonds for $6.49 per pound, about 39 cents per ounce. That container of Califia, which contains roughly the same number of nonorganic almonds, retails for $3.99."

    Ya, if I were going to use almond milk, I would make it myself. In fact, I have a bag of almonds waiting for me to get around to this. But since I am not much of a cereal eater or milk drinker, they will continue to languish.
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Dairy case. Only buy Silk!
  • withoutasaddle
    withoutasaddle Posts: 191 Member
    Almond breeze unsweetened origional (30 cals/cup) refrigerated is what I always get. I just got cashew for the first time and think I like it a bit more though. Almond milk was a bit more 'skim milk' taste than it
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