Lactose in enough quantities gets my tummy rumbling in a bad way so I’m trying out alternatives.
Oat milk in hipster coffee drinks is pretty good.
Soy milk as a protein and calcium beverage is fine. Tastes OK.
There is lactose-free milk too but that is still suspect. Either it’s not all the way lactose free or too much of any kind of dairy quakes my intestines.
almond milk? theres cashew milk, and macadamia milk. theres also Lactose-free milk. certain health food grocery stories will sell the alternative milks, theres also rice milk.
I’ve tried soy, almond, rice, and oat milk. Of those oat milk is the only one that doesn’t taste or feel off to me, but it gives me the gut gurgles. Oh well, I was never big on milk as anything but a vehicle for cereal.
Does oatmeal give you any trouble?
I have a feeling it could be some of the additives in oat milk that are the culprit.
Usually not at all! I haven’t looked into any of the additives but that wouldn’t surprise me.
Fwiw, my kid grew up with a dairy allergy. Most of it was soy milk, but he likes oat milk much more. Probably doesn’t help that we always got unsweetened soy milk
Oat milk is just better . I stopped messing with half and half in my coffee
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When I can’t get my hands on lactose-free regular milk I get coconut milk. I have tried lots of alternatives and Coconut is my favorite. I find the flavors strong in the oat, soy, and almond milks, so unless I am baking or making something with super strong flavors, I find them to overpower too much
Next Milk or Not Milk are both alternatives, using various plant based stuff. They are the closest to the real milk texture and flavour.
What I do is take lactose tablets when I have dairy.
Worth a try. I miss pizza.
Cashew milk is the best IMO. Store bought is ok, but homemade is amazing and really easy. You toast and salt them, then add a handful to a (high-powered) blender full of water. You don’t even have to strain cashew milk because it barely has any fiber. It’s got a lot of fat, so you need to store it in a container that’s shakeable because it will separate in the fridge. You can use less water if you need heavy cream for something.
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If you end up liking oat milk you should try making it yourself. It’s ridiculously cheap and easy. It doesn’t last nearly as long without the preservatives of store bought, but you can stagger making small batches to match your usage if needed.
I’m not a vegan or vegetarian, so that’s my disclaimer.
I’ve tried numerous “milk alternatives” over the years, and many different brands of each. That’s particularly true for soy milk since there are so many brands in the USA and it’s been commonly, and easily available in my region for 3+ decades.
Based on that, I have to say that soy milk is, for me, consistently my least favorite option in terms of taste.
Of the easily available stuff, almond milk is my favorite, but I see so much hate for it online in terms of environmental harm that I finally just said fuck it, I’m going back to real milk, at least it’s cheaper.
My favorite that I’ve tried so far was hemp milk. I don’t recall the brand but years ago I found a brand that did chocolate hemp seed milk that was so good I swear they must’ve put a dab of fentanyl or nicotine in it to keep people coming back.
I still have issues with lactose free milk too. I suspect it’s the A1 beta-casein. Australia has a really common breed of cows which make A2 beta-casein which has proline instead of histadine.
I agree: I’ve settled on soy and I’m okay with it.
“Full fat” Oatly. This is the way.
Soy milk from an asian grocery store tastes a lot better. Buy the ones that have chinese text on them and make sure it’s the refrigerated and perishable kind. Get the organic ones if you can afford it.
Trust me, Chinese people have been perfecting soy milk for thousands of years. It’s thoroughly cooked and processed to remove that raw bean taste and weird texture that I’ve had in a lot of American brands like Silk.
