Most people who buy almond milk or oat milk at the grocery store think they are drinking something closer to nature than cow's milk. Flip that carton over and read the ingredients. You'll find water, a small percentage of almonds or oats, rapeseed or sunflower oil, a handful of gums and stabilizers, and fortification added back in because the processing stripped the nutrients out in the first place. That is not a whole food. That is a beverage engineered to look like one.
Ditch the Carton: How to Make Nut Milk at Home (And Why Store-Bought Is a Different Product)
Cow's milk isn't the villain here, but the ultra-processed carton stuff sold as a "healthier" swap might be. Here's what's actually in commercial nut milk, and how homemade changes everything.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
