Am I the only person who thinks almond milk is useless?

I add it to smoothies, oatmeal and scrambled eggs, but I don't drink it straight up. I like that it's creamier without adding calories; it's awesome mixed with oatmeal, fruit and peanut butter! I suppose I could take it or leave it, but it's my personal choice to stock it in my fridge, useless or not.

me... but if a person is lactose in intolerance i guess its okay for them.. but depends why they close it.. because it has a different chemistry than normal milk

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I drink almond milk because my wife is lactose intolerant and I don't drink 1L or 2L of milk before it expires on my own, so there's too much waste. Longer shelf life, $2 a carton, and we can share means I was willing to give almond milk a try, and I was surprisingly impressed with it. I don't drink a glass straight up, and depending on the brand, yes, some don't taste so good. But overall, I'm really happy with it. I didn't cut out dairy or anything crazy like that, just, for me, it makes sense. I use 18% cream in my coffee, smoothies/shakes, and cooking sometimes too, and I'd drink milk if I were visiting or eating out or whatever. I just would rather not waste it. And soy is far from a health food, and best consumed in low doses.. If I have soy at all, it's partially-thawed frozen edamame for an occasional snack.

Just curious: does anyone use the blue diamond unsweetened almond chocolate milk? I have been using the original unsweetened mostly for shakes and w/coffee, but am curious about the unsweetened chocolate. Any reviews?

I bought it once and loved it, but it's basically the same as adding cocoa into regular unsweetened almond milk. BTW, I put it into smoothies/shakes and used it on granola (storebought, sweetened) and it was excellent on both.

i love it, tastes better then dairy milk to me.

Nope. I am with you on that. It creates mucus and I just feel more bloated and tired personally when I consume it. I drink rice and almond milk instead and so do my kiddos. There are far more negatives than positives when it comes to health regarding milk. You just don't hear about it because milk is so heavily promoted.

i agree to some extent with the OP: usually i reject almond milk for the reason that it doesn't have very much protein compared to soymilk. if the store is out of the unsweetened soymilk i prefer, i'll grab a carton of almond milk, but just to tide me over until the store gets more of the soymilk in. i need to take my protein wherever i can get it.

It has tons of calcium! I get enough protein from meat and other sources, but you could always just add like half a scoop of protein powder if that's your issue. It has very few calories, and best of all, it's NOT SOY. I've been milk free for my acne and also because I'm mildly lactose intolerant. I've tried rice milk and hemp milk and they both tasted like poop, and I really like almond milk.

My question is, can I use this chocolate in my smoothies? Has anyone tried this and come up with a good concotion? I don't want to try it and waste it if I don't like... Lol.

Let me give you a HELL YEAH..... I do a Mocha using the Silk light chocolate soy milk, some New England Coffee's Chocolate Cappucchino coffee and then blend up with some ice... and I will garnish with shavings of dark chocolate on top. Ill even throw some fresh mint leaves in the blender for a Mocha-Mint!

OH MY GAWD!

That sounds AMAZING! I will definitely have to try this! Thank you :-)

I thought the whole purpose of milk was to add protein to the meal.. yet there's like one gram of protein in almond milk. It's basically just sugar, at least that's what I get from the nutrition facts. I mean even though it's low calorie & all, that's great, but if I'm going for non-dairy, I could pick up some light soymilk for about 60 calories and 6 grams of protein.

I don't really get why people drink it.

lol i know right...
i drink milk cause of protein and cause it's necessary on some drinks/recipes

Well...

-I like the way it tastes
-I'm not sure what almond milk you're drinking that is "all sugar". The unsweetened vanilla I buy is about 2g fat, 2g protein, 0g sugar.
-I've never seen milk as a way to "add protein". I've drank it because it tastes good on my cereal, makes a good addition to smoothies, and is the best way to follow up a piece of chocolate cake.
-Not to mention some people have soy and dairy allergies.

I first bought it for my husband who has some sensitivities to dairy and dislikes soy milk. He likes the sweetened vanilla Almond Breeze the best.

I don't drink it for protein. I get unsweetened Almond Breeze. I drink it because I don't like dairy milk, and because I can use a cup of it for only 40 calories.

The unsweetened original almond milk is pretty much the most delicious drink ever.

Plus, it's high in calcium and has some good healthy fat. How is that useless?

I think so too, however there are people who just like the taste of milk but don't or can't have dairy. I think for those people it could be useful. I have never enjoyed drinking a glass of milk myself.

I think it's dumb that it's not fortified with more calcium. You think the almond milk industry would want to be able to market it as a dairy alternative to milk.