Comments on: Milk And Cereal The Vegan Way

By: Asta

Asta — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:18:22 +0000

I recently learnt how to make almond milk, as well as walnut milk. Its really delicious when prepared with dates. Sometimes I mix the almonds and walnuts.
I find it a great and healthy substitute for diary milk while eating with cereals….

By: powdered milk

powdered milk — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:11:29 +0000

I like so much soymilk is so good the taste, and sometimes i drink almonds milk is kind of sweet, they are so good for your body.

By: Savannah

Savannah — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 06:29:28 +0000

I have been vegan for only a month, and as a cereal lover (close to cereal addict actually) I was very nervous about what milk to use. Surprisingly, Rice Dream original (or you can try vanilla) is so close in taste to skim milk I cannot tell the difference. At all. Good luck, and I am subscribing now!

By: Lane

Lane — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:04:38 +0000

Hi Sparrow,
Agreed, knowledge is power. And we are certainly for making an informed decision. As always, please feel free to share…

Hi Marika,
The Westsoy is the only brand of soymilk that we find works in a bowl of cereal. Jane really doesn’t care for any of them… I don’t mind. But overall, we prefer the nut milks. And love the homemade variety best of all!

By: marika @ madcap

marika @ madcap — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:48:49 +0000

My all-time favourite cereal accompaniment is unsweetened vanilla almond milk – there’s just something about the hint of vanilla that makes the lack of sweetness (from being unsweetened) alright – and the flavour is neutral enough that it pairs well with many different cereals I find. We don’t get Westsoy where I am, but so far I’ve never like the taste (or colour) of the non-fat or even light soy milks. Glad you found something you like!

By: Sparrow

Sparrow — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:57:41 +0000

Fair enough. I just think it’s important for people to know where their food comes from so they can make an informed choice about it. Some people don’t mind and other people mind a great deal but I’ve found many people who didn’t even realize that big dairy were product leaders in soy milks. So to my thinking it’s as valuable to spread the information as it is to decide where one’s personal balance lies between supporting vegan products or boycotting animal agriculture.

Either way, knowledge is power!

Have a great day.

By: Lane

Lane — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:13:43 +0000

Hi Sparrow,
Thanks for the link, we’ll definitely have to give it a try. Jane’s also been meaning to try cashew cheese.

Hi Maija,
I’ve never seen Alpro… If I run across it, I’ll give it a try. We don’t typically drink rice milk for the same reasons you mentioned (lack of nutritional value). As for soy milk. We make our own too. We like the Westsoy for cereal. But for all other purposes, we use the same machine we do for almond milk (link in post). It has a beany taste to it…which some people really love. You may want to consider a soymilk maker yourself. They’re not cheap, but over time, they more than pay for themselves.

Hi Travis,
Yes, we’ve tried it. We usually have a package in the pantry, just in case Jane doesn’t have time to make our almond milk. The homemade stuff is (in our opinion) far superior, and very easy to make. But neither Jane nor I care for almond milk in our cereal.

Hi Sparrow,
I know a lot of people take issue with supporting companies that manufacture animal products in addition to vegan products. We feel that, buying vegan will get these companies to produce more vegan options, which will make vegan products more mainstream, which opens the market to people who might not otherwise consider eating vegan… I know there’s cruelty involved, but these are huge players, they’re not going anywhere anytime soon, so if we can get them to move in this direction, that’s probably a good thing.
Thanks for the info on 8th continent! I haven’t purchased the product, but we’ve had a few recommendations from our readers. I had no idea re the lanolin.

By: Sparrow

Sparrow — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:15:17 +0000

On the extra-plus side, money spent on WestSoy doesn’t go to support the dairy industry like some other brands.

I thought that was really interesting to learn that big dairy got into soymilk so they could keep their market share on all things “milk.” (All White Wave products are made by dairy company Dean.)

And watch out for 8th Continent, by the way, because they aren’t vegan – they have lanolin-provided vitamin D in their soymilk.

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:01:31 +0000

Blue Diamond came out with a line of unsweetened Almond Milk a couple of years ago. The unsweetened original variety has finally made eating cereal fun again! Seriously good stuff — highly recommended.

By: Maija Haavisto

Maija Haavisto — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:22:43 +0000

My preference is for Alpro, the fresh one that has to be refrigerated. It doesn’t really taste like dairy milk – it tastes much, much better. I also like Rice Dream, but it’s not very nutritious. Now if I could only afford to buy soy milk more than a few times a year…