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Most high street coffee houses also offer soya or coconut milk as a non-dairy alternative to cow’s milk too.

If you cannot see a label stating whether or not the soya is GMO-free or not, choose organic where possible: it’s impossible for GMO-derived ingredients to bear an organic label.

#SMOOZE ALTERNATIVE FREE#

Choose a brand that does not use soya from the Amazon, and free from GMOs- although, this should be labelled as such in the UK. You might find that you like unsweetened almond milk in smoothies, but soya milk in your coffee.Ī note on soya milk: If you choose soya milk, be aware of two things: rainforest destruction and Genetically Modified Ingredients (GMOs). Taste is personal preference and the nutritional composition can vary between types. You can find single flavour milks, blends (rice and almond) or flavoured varieties (vanilla, strawberry, chocolate: usually soya or almond based). You can choose between: soya, coconut, almond, rice, oat, cashew, hazelnut, hemp… Even milk made from quinoa ( keen-wah) is an option.

With all the choice and options today, there’s never been a better time to lose the dairy! Milkĭairy-free milk has never been so popular, so this is a great place to start! Traditionally, dairy-free milk meant soya milk, but now a wide variety is available. As someone who has been lactose intolerant since birth, I wish there had been something similar when I was growing up soya milk in the local supermarket was the only product if you were lucky. This is by no means a definitive list- nor is this a sponsored piece for any brand/supplier- just a starting point of which mainstream places stock dairy alternatives. Current replacements include plant-based milks and yoghurts, margarine spreads, soft and block cheese, chocolate and now even ice-cream. You might be suffering from a cow’s milk allergy, lactose intolerance, have recently decided to become vegan or have another reason.īut what happens next? If you’re not bold enough to attempt creating your own, you can buy a wide variety of dairy-free replacement products in major supermarkets and health food stores. So you’ve made the decision to ditch the dairy. So you’ve made the decision to ditch the dairy. But what happens next? Luckily Michelle Kight is here to guide you through, and give you her suggestions for which dairy-free products to buy to replace traditional dairy items… A Beginner’s Guide to Dairy-Free Products

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