When it comes to dairy, a lot of people state that you can’t get the same amount of nutrients (such as calcium) from plant milk. Believe it or not, this isn’t true. There’s a lot of benefits to drinking plant milk, such as;

• Low in fat
• Less saturated fat
• Cholesterol free
• Fortified to have the same amount of calcium
• Known to lower LDL (low density lipoprotein) which helps cut the risk of heart disease
  You can see more on the benefits here: Benefits of Plant Based Milk.

To help you see the facts and figures of nutrition for milk, I’ve made a handy little guide below. This compares different dairy milks to oat milk, soy milk and more. I hope it’ll help you recognise that we don’t need to be drinking dairy to get the nutrients we need.

Dairy.

Cravendale Semi-skimmed Milk (£1.15 per litre) per 100ml;
Energy (kcal): 49
Fat: 1.7g
Saturated fat: 1g
Carbohydrates: 4.8g
Of which are sugars: 4.8g
Fibre: 0g
Protein: 3.6g
Calcium: 124mg

Cravendale Whole Milk (£1.15 per litre) per 100ml;
Energy (kcal): 65
Fat: 3.6g
Saturated fat: 2.3g
Carbohydrates: 4.7g
Of which are sugars: 4.7g
Fibre: 0g
Protein: 3.4g
Calcium: 122mg

Cravendale Skimmed Milk (£1.15 per litre) per 100ml;
Energy (kcal): 37
Fat: 0.3g
Saturated fat: 0.1g
Carbohydrates: 4.9g
Of which are sugars: 4.9g
Fibre: 0g
Protein: 3.6g
Calcium: 129mg

Plant based.

Sweetened Soya Acti Leaf drink (59p per litre) per 100ml;
Energy (kcal): 44
Fat: 2.2g
Saturated fat: 0.4g
Carbohydrates: 2.8g
Of which are sugars: 2.3g
Fibre: < 0.5g
Protein: 3.2g
Calcium: 120mg

Unsweetened Almond Acti Leaf drink (89p per litre) per 100ml;
Energy (kcal): 20
Fat: 1.5g
Saturated fat: 0.1g
Carbohydrates: 1.3g
Of which are sugars: <0.5g
Fibre: <0.5g
Protein: <0.5g
Calcium: 120mg

Oat-Ly! Oat drink (£1.70 per litre) per 100ml;
Energy (kcal): 46
Fat: 1.5g
Saturated fat: 0.2g
Carbohydrates: 6.7g
Of which are sugars: 4.1g
Fibre: 0.8g
Protein: 1g
Calcium: 120mg

KoKo Original Coconut Milk (£1.50 per litre) per 100ml;
Energy (kcal): 28
Fat: 1.9g
Saturated fat: 1.7g
Carbohydrates: 2.4g
Of which are sugars: 2.1g
Fibre: 0.5g
Protein: 0.3g
Calcium: 120mg

To see more information about why dairy’s scary, please see my blog post from yesterday: You’re Not a Baby Cow & The Effects of Dairy

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Love, always – B
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