The weirdest milk alternatives people are switching to, now we’ve all sworn off oat milk

Not me expecting pea milk to be green

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You’ve drunk loads of oat milk. You’ve rejected soy milk. You’ve got one friend who swears by almond milk. You’ve even had rice and coconut milk before after a barista misheard you. But there are even more milk alternatives out there than oat and soy milk, and the weirdest of them sound like they were made up for a SNL sketch.

People are boycotting oat milk because they think they were tricked into believing it’s healthier than it is, and because Oatly received investment from a company that supports Donald Trump. If you’re ditching oat milk but still think that cows are to cute for you to drink dairy milk, then you’re not short of other options. There are plenty of other companies milking (get it?) the dairy-free milk alternatives trend. From camels to cashews, here are the weirdest things that people are making into milk alternatives beyond oat milk.

Hemp milk

Hemp milk is gaining popularity because it’s supposedly healthier than lots of other milk alternatives. Hemp milk contains all essential amino acids, so it’s a complete protein. Oat and soy milk are incomplete proteins.

This is apparently really easy to make at home by chucking hemp seeds in a blender. Somebody else can test that for me.

@orim

Homemade Hemp Milk Is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #plantbasedrecipes #foryou

♬ original sound – Orim

Pea milk

Pea milk has been available in Waitrose for ages, but now it’s appearing on shelves in Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons too. It’s made from yellow split peas, and is supposedly more environmentally-friendly than almond milk, because yellow split peas need less water to grow than almonds do.

Flaxseed milk

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This milk is made from those little seeds that Californian pilates vloggers sprinkle on their porridge bowls. Health bloggers rave about flaxseed milk because it’s cheaper to make at home than other milk alternatives. It supposedly has a mildly nutty flavour. However, it’s not easy to find in supermarkets and I really don’t have the time to blend, strain and bottle seeds, so I’ll have to take people’s word for it.

@nutr

Homemade flax milk! So delicious 😍😍 #fyp #foryou #vegan #dairyfree #plantbased #flaxseed #nutrition

♬ original sound – Nutr

Cashew milk

Cashew nuts cost almost as much as Taylor Swift tickets. It’s not surprising that the liquidised version is spenny too. You can now buy a litre of organic unsweetened cashew milk from Waitrose for £2.35. According to Healthline, cashew milk is one of the healthier milk alternatives. One cup of it has 25 per cent of your daily vitamin D and only contains 25 calories.

Sesame milk

Is sesame milk not just watered-down tahini? Sesame milk has lots of magnesium and calcium in, but it has more fat and calories than almond milk.

Macadamia nut milk

@himynameispriya

what else can I milk?? #tiktokcooks #macadamia #nutmilk

♬ original sound – Priya Sharma

Making macadamia nut milk looks unnecessarily complicated. You have to peel the nuts, then soak them, then blend them with a little salt and sweeter, then strain them. I’m sure macadamia nut milk tastes very nice, but I’m so allergic to nuts that my throat itches from even watching videos of it.

Camel milk

This is real
(Image via Asda)

Yes, camel milk is popping up in UK supermarkets and I don’t understand why.

Because there are many more people jumping on this fad than there are available camels, this milk is very, very spenny to buy right now. Just 235ml costs £3.25 in Asda. You could buy so many crisps with that.