What's the best tasting milk, I can no longer drink cow's milk

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My daughter is lactose intolerant. She hates ALL soy, almond, coconut.. etc etc varieties of milk. She LOVES lactaid though. It's actual cows milk but with the lactose protein removed. I swear it tastes just like normal milk.. even the 2% tastes like 2% milk. My son and I switched to that since we can't tell the difference.

When I had to be dairy and soy free for my daughter when breast feeding I never found one I actually enjoyed. But try them all, buy one of each from the supermarket. It might be one is best with cereal and one with coffee.
Be cautious with soy, alot of people discover a soy intolerance also.

OHFlamingo wrote: »

I like unsweetened vanilla Almond milk, at only 30 calories for a cup. I don't "drink" any kind of milk anymore, but I really like the almond mild for my cereal. There are a lot of plant milks, plus, as others have mentioned, there is Lactaid. Just keep trying until you find one you like the taste of. No sense having to give up cereal! Good Luck!

This. It is the closest thing in taste to cow's milk that I've found. I purchase the Almond Breeze brand.

I'm in love with unsweetened coconut milk. I use it in my cereal, my tea and drink it occasionally. I use the brand Dream. I also love hemp milk and flax milk. Some people hate the flax milk so your experience may vary. They finally came out with a flax milk that has pea protein added, so it has more protein and more vitamins, but I can't get it in Canada

I tried to make flax milk today, because I can't find it in any local store here. The recipe was easy enough, but I couldn't strain it enough and it had too much husk. It still tasted great though. I'm going to try it again when I have some panty hose to strain it through. Pretty much just ran some flax seeds through the blender with some water and strained out the remaining husks then returned it to the blender and added vanilla and sweetener. I used dates to sweeten, but you could use stevia or honey or whatever you have on hand.

I can drink dairy milk no problem, but my husband drinks it like he's a baby cow or something, so I switched because I was tired of not having any milk for my cereal. I'm also trying to limit my animal products because it's better for the environment.

If I was in your position, I'd just go to the health food store/department and buy a bunch and do a taste test and decide what you liked the best.

Coconut or hemp are my favorites. I like almond milk creamer, but not really the almond milk. As another poster said, it's a personal preference thing.

My only issue with these kind of milks is that I can only find them in a half gallon size. No pints or quarts like they sell cows milk. Since I don't use that much of any kind of milk a lot of it goes to waste.

I prefer unsweetened vanilla almond milk and chocolate almond milk, but to each their own. I'm not lactose intolerant (that I know), but over the years, I've grown to dislike cow's milk. Also, almond milk tends to last a lot longer in the fridge than cow's milk.

To each their own, though.

For cereal, I've used Rice Dream Vanilla Rice Milk. Only the vanilla though. It gives a great taste to cereal.

It all depends on you - your tastes and food tolerances - but a great range of options for you to try are mentioned here! I started out with almond milk, but discovered I'm intolerant to nuts. Switched to rice and now I'm a fan of coconut because I'm now low carb. I like both the coconut beverage for a milk substitute and also canned or boxed coconut milk is an excellent dairy substitute when cooking. Just like regular dairy, don't boil it.

I really enjoy cashew milk....however prob better you try a few to see what you like, there are so many varieties out there.

I second goat milk - it is naturally lactose free and has a pleasant, sweet taste. A bit pricier than cow milk.

Lactose-free milk is pretty darn similar to regular milk (I drank Lactaid for years). I'm working towards giving up dairy and finally tried cashew milk- pretty good with cereal and in coffee! I don't drink milk anymore, but just can't give up my "lattes" in the morning and cashew milk froths up nice too

amenok wrote: »

Actually...if its because of lactose i highly highly recommend fairlife(their 2% is heaven to me). It is cows milk, but ultra filtered so there is no lactose. Also the macros on it is even better than regular milk

p.s. in my opinion though, the chocolate milk is too much for me, since fairlife has a creamier taste than regular milk- and then the sweetness of chocolate is too much. but who knows maybe you'd like it

@amenok
I actually mix the chocolate with skim - it's perfect.

amenok wrote: »

Actually...if its because of lactose i highly highly recommend fairlife(their 2% is heaven to me). It is cows milk, but ultra filtered so there is no lactose. Also the macros on it is even better than regular milk

p.s. in my opinion though, the chocolate milk is too much for me, since fairlife has a creamier taste than regular milk- and then the sweetness of chocolate is too much. but who knows maybe you'd like it

another endorsement of Fairlife here. I'm not even lactose intolerant, and I swear by the stuff. Lower calories, more protein, tastes better, and has an insane shelf life.