At least nine different plants are used to make milk alternatives, including almond, cashew, coconut, flax, hemp, macadamia nut, oat, rice and soy. And the category is exploding.
“U.S. sales volume of plant-based milk alternatives was 26 billion pounds for the week ending April 18, 2020, and growing at almost double-digit rates versus 2019,” said Mark Fahlin, Cargill business development, in a recent webinar (bit.ly/31peq3I).