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The article mentioned Merchants of Doubt. I recommend following it up with Industrial Strength Denial https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Strength-Denial-Corporat
by spodek 6y ago
The article mentioned Merchants of Doubt. I recommend following it up with Industrial Strength Denial https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Strength-Denial-Corporations-Defending-Indefensible/dp/0520296281 https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Strength-Denial-Corporatio..., which documents similar practices supporting industries like leaded gas, radium (promoted for health including injecting it and using it in suppositories), and slavery.
As an alternative to Oatly, I bought a soy milk making machine (used from Craig's List for $15). Like a rice cooker, it's not necessary but it does the job easily. It can work with rice, oats, cashews, etc. I make new soy milk every few days. Ingredients: soy beans and water.
The article doesn't mention the packaging, another similarity with Coke, but food packaging creates a lot of waste. Buying soy beans in bulk in reusable bags reduces a lot of that pollution.
Another great alternative to Oatly is water -- for hundreds of thousands of years the only beverage humans drank after weaning.
- thepete2 6y ago> The article doesn't mention the packaging Every time I go to the grocery store I wonder why we haven't come up with standardized food boxes that you can just refill. Probably has to do with hygiene, but god I hate buying so much packaging...
- evilsetg 6y agoAbout making soymilk: I do like the idea of making the soymilk I consume myself. I have not yet though found a way to utilize the okara (soy pulp) that is produced in the process. Do you have any tips what to do with it?
- spodek 6y agoI use it like yogurt -- usually I chop fruit and and nuts on it, or I thicken my breakfast oatmeal with it. I don't sweeten it beyond fruit, though you could. You might also check YouTube. Actually I just did and it returns a lot of ideas: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=okara&oq=&gs_l= https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=okara&oq=&gs_l= Speaking of yogurt, I plan to start making soy yogurt too.
- Lunatic666 6y agoThere is a fast food chain in Singapore which used the left over fibres in granola bars. At least that's what they said in a documercial: https://www.mrbean.com.sg/product-category/granola https://www.mrbean.com.sg/product-category/granola
- Obsnold 6y agoThe best use I found for it was making a kind of granola. I can't remember the exact recipie I used but a bunch come up when searching.