Let’s celebrate plant-based milk on World Milk Day 2023. Consumers around the world are increasingly swapping cow’s milk for soy, oat and almond, representing by far the most popular dairy alternatives. But businesses is committed to per to make Innovative product Ddifferent grain, Seeds, and vegetables Guess the formula Nutritious, delicious, sustainable, and cruelty-free options.
There is plenty of room for innovation. The plant-based milk portion is predominant Plant-based category. Annually in the US alone, it generates $3 billion in revenue. According to Statista, in the EU, the market for plant-based milk is €700 million larger than for plant-based burger patties, sausages and lunch meat.
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oat
Oat milk is the alt milk of choice Germany, Sweden and the UK according to Statista. Oat milk provides healthy fats, protein and fiber and is low in sugar. Oatly is the market leader, and regularly launches oat-based innovations worldwide. Recently, in the UK, two UK brands – MIGHTY and Overherd – announced new oat milk powders to make oat milk better for the environment.
Oat milk is becoming an attractive option even in countries like India, where Oatmax has launched the country’s first oat milk facility to offer oat options in plain, vanilla and chocolate flavors. In Brazil, a major soy producer will see a new oat drink made by Brazil’s Future Farm, also known as Fazendo Futuro.
nuts
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macadamia
In macadamia nut milk, Milkadamia is perhaps the most prominent, established since 2015 and offering several products in its segment including creamers and butters. Brands producing milk from macadamia nuts include Hawaii’s PlantBaby and Brooklyn’s Lechia.
cashew nuts
Cashew milk is becoming more popular worldwide, attracting consumers due to its low sugar and fat content.
Alpro, Silk and UK brand Rudd Health & Polish offer a cashew milk product. Other cashew milk players include Whitewave Foods, Blue Diamond Growers, Daiya Foods, Hen Celestial Group, Galaxy Nutritional Foods and Vitasoy Australia.
Weird (for now…)
Chickpeas, walnuts and sesame seeds
Starplants, a Chinese and Israeli The plant-based food company will launch chickpea milk and snacks.
Elmhurst 1925, A producer of plant-based dairy products, has launched a new plant milk for coffee, Maple Walnut Barista, free of artificial flavors, carrageenan, gums, fillers, oils and other emulsifiers.
Hope and Sesame is the ‘world’s first’ plant milk brand to achieve Upcycled Food Association (UFA) certification for its organic sesame milk. Made from a byproduct of sesame seed oil production, hops and sesame milk provide 8 grams of complete plant-based protein and are an excellent source of vitamin D and calcium.
hemp
Hemp is a small but rapidly growing segment of the plant protein market. Companies are introducing plant-based burgers, sausages, ice cream and more made with hemp ingredients. Recently, US plant milk brand JOI launched a hemp milk concentrate made from organic hemp heart with no added sugars, gums or fillers. And in the UK, Gaia’s Farming Co. Offers a delicious range of hemp-based milks and butters.
Upcycled apricot kernels
Last September, Austrian food tech startup Wunderkern launched a ‘never seen before’ alt drink made from apricot pits discarded as waste products from other industries.
potatoes
Last year, the Swedish company Dr DUG has launched a range of potato alt milks — Original, Barista and Unsweetened. DUG’s vegan milk combines potato, rapeseed oil and additives like chicory fiber and pea protein. DUG claims its potato milk is the most sustainable alternative: two times more land efficient than oats, uses 98% less water than almonds and has a climate footprint two-thirds lower than cow’s milk.
“Furthermore, the potato has the advantage of offering a very subtle neutral flavor, is an excellent source of vitamins and minerals and benefits from being free of most common allergens, making it ideal for allergies or intolerances. What more could we ask for from a humble tuber? Frederick Carling, CEO of DUG, said in an interview with VegEconomist.