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Thankfully these regulations don't seem to hurt much. Here in California, every grocery store has a corner where cow milk and all kind of plant-based milk prod

Thankfully these regulations don't seem to hurt much. Here in California, every grocery store has a corner where cow milk and all kind of plant-based milk products are displayed side by side, so it's made extremely obvious that they are comparable beverages. These days the plant-based section may even be larger than the real milk section.

gnicholas 4y ago
They are comparable in some ways, though I've been surprised at the extent to which different milk substitutes differ from cow milk, and each other. Some are much sweeter, some have little calcium, and some have much less protein. It's nice to have alternatives, but it's important to look at the label to see if you're getting the nutritional aspects of milk that you expect. We drink milk, almond milk, and oat milk, but I pick the liquid based on what I need for a particular purpose.
bigmattystyles 4y ago
I wish it was a separate corner, when the plant based ‘yogurts’ and ‘cheeses’ are right next to the real stuff and I’ve accidentally bought the plant based kind. Makes you wonder why these products can’t just come up with their own name of what they are if they’re so convincing. I’m still waiting for ribeye imitation tofu.
- newaccount74 4y ago
  Oatmilk is extremely popular here and everyone refers to it as oatmilk. I don't understand why you need a different name for it, as long as it is clearly qualified. So you have the weird situation where everyone says "oatmilk", and the package for legal reasons needs to be labelled "oat drink". Lots of opaque, white fluids have traditionally been called "milk"...
  - bigmattystyles 4y ago
    Milks been less of an issue but cheese, yogurt and other products have plant in tiny font and you don’t often realize until you get home.
- thebigman433 4y ago
  > Makes you wonder why these products can’t just come up with their own name of what they are if they’re so convincing Because people already buy the original things en masse, so using that name is a good way to get them interested in the first place. \ Why use "White Colored Oat Beverage" when "Oat Milk" is an option.
- Tommstein 4y ago
  I once bought a bunch of cheeses to make lasagna. When I was tasting them as I made the lasagna, I noticed that the ricotta tasted like chalk. Inspected the container, and it happened to actually be some tofu bullshit, not ricotta cheese, except you wouldn't know unless you did a fucking forensic investigation of this particular "ricotta cheese" container that was with all the other ricotta cheeses. So disgusting that it ruined the entire $40(ish?) lasagna. Never again. Pretty sure I shitlisted that whole store for tricking their customers like that.

gnicholas 4y ago

They are comparable in some ways, though I've been surprised at the extent to which different milk substitutes differ from cow milk, and each other. Some are much sweeter, some have little calcium, and some have much less protein. It's nice to have alternatives, but it's important to look at the label to see if you're getting the nutritional aspects of milk that you expect. We drink milk, almond milk, and oat milk, but I pick the liquid based on what I need for a particular purpose.

bigmattystyles 4y ago

I wish it was a separate corner, when the plant based ‘yogurts’ and ‘cheeses’ are right next to the real stuff and I’ve accidentally bought the plant based kind. Makes you wonder why these products can’t just come up with their own name of what they are if they’re so convincing. I’m still waiting for ribeye imitation tofu.

newaccount74 4y ago
Oatmilk is extremely popular here and everyone refers to it as oatmilk. I don't understand why you need a different name for it, as long as it is clearly qualified. So you have the weird situation where everyone says "oatmilk", and the package for legal reasons needs to be labelled "oat drink". Lots of opaque, white fluids have traditionally been called "milk"...
- bigmattystyles 4y ago
  Milks been less of an issue but cheese, yogurt and other products have plant in tiny font and you don’t often realize until you get home.
thebigman433 4y ago
> Makes you wonder why these products can’t just come up with their own name of what they are if they’re so convincing Because people already buy the original things en masse, so using that name is a good way to get them interested in the first place. \ Why use "White Colored Oat Beverage" when "Oat Milk" is an option.
Tommstein 4y ago
I once bought a bunch of cheeses to make lasagna. When I was tasting them as I made the lasagna, I noticed that the ricotta tasted like chalk. Inspected the container, and it happened to actually be some tofu bullshit, not ricotta cheese, except you wouldn't know unless you did a fucking forensic investigation of this particular "ricotta cheese" container that was with all the other ricotta cheeses. So disgusting that it ruined the entire $40(ish?) lasagna. Never again. Pretty sure I shitlisted that whole store for tricking their customers like that.