plant-based milks | Dairy Foods

Danone North America to launch Silk Nextmilk and So Delicious Wondermilk

The new plant-based offerings are designed to better mimic dairy beverages.

October 1, 2021

Broomfield, Colo.- and White Plains, N.Y.-based Danone North America says it created plant-based “milk” that doesn’t taste like plants.

NotCo debuts NotMilk plant-based ‘milk’

The offerings are available in Whole Foods Market stores nationwide.

January 3, 2021

NotCo, San Francisco, debuted in the United States with the launch of NotMilk in Whole Foods Market stores nationwide.

Sharon Gerdes Health and Wellness columnist for Dairy Foods

Are plant-based milk alternatives healthier?

Plant-based beverages fall short on protein quality and quantity.

Sharon Gerdes

September 21, 2020

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.

Let’s talk plant-based dairy alternatives — again

Kathie Canning

September 15, 2020

Toward the end of 2018, I penned a column defending Dairy Foods' coverage of the plant-based dairy-alternative space. The column was in response to reader feedback suggesting such coverage was harming dairy farmers and the dairy processing industry.

Giving consumers plant-based alternatives to dairy

More dairy and nondairy companies are launching plant-based dairy alternatives to meet growing consumer demand.

Kathie Canning

September 10, 2020

Plant-based dairy alternatives are certainly nothing new. Soy "milk" for example, has been available commercially for years and years.

Dairy’s health benefits spell opportunity

Report highlights what’s next for dairy

A new report explores threats and opportunities.

May 19, 2020

In its March 2020 "Top Trends in Dairy 2020" report, London-based GlobalData outlines the key consumer and innovation trends currently impacting the global dairy market.

Silk is a plant-based products pioneer

Silk introduced its first soy-based beverage decades ago; the Danone North America brand is now a leader in plant-based product innovation that goes well beyond soy

Kathie Canning

April 3, 2020

Back in 1977, milk, the genuine dairy kind, was still a mealtime staple for most families. In fact, per-capita fluid milk consumption stood at 247 pounds, a whopping 101 pounds more than the tally in 2018, according to data from the USDA Economic Research Service.

Califia launches oat milk with nutritional enhancements

Übermilk contains protein derived from peas, oats and sunflower seeds.

February 25, 2019

Übermilk contains protein derived from peas, oats and sunflower seeds.

Flexitarian trens are impacting dairy, nondairy beverages

Flexitarian trends are impacting dairy, nondairy beverages

Jessica Jacobsen

February 14, 2019

In 2017, Target Corp. released a TV commercial in which the father says that he's going on a milk run and asks what everyone wants. One child says skim milk, one says chocolate milk and the third child says that she's not doing dairy this week.