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Here in the UK, plant based milks are typically more expensive than cow’s milk, particularly if you go for the well-known brands (Alpro, Oatly, etc) Typically

Here in the UK, plant based milks are typically more expensive than cow’s milk, particularly if you go for the well-known brands (Alpro, Oatly, etc) Typically in a corner shop you’re paying around £2 for 1 litre of plant milk, compared to £1.25 for 2 pints (1.13L) of cow’s milk. That doesn’t seem to have dampened demand for plant milks, however!

AlecSchueler 4y ago
Jealous that you get a choice. Netherlands here which is actually better for vegan options as a whole than the UK in my experience but never found a corner shop With anything but cow dairy.
- diego_moita 4y ago
  > With anything but cow dairy. The Dutch love their cows? Who would have imagined that? :D /s
  - xvilka 4y ago
    s/love/torture/. If anything, brutality of dairy produce is hundred times worse than butchering them for meat.
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    - concordDance 4y ago
      End result of selective pressures on cow farmers. Humane treatment would raise the cost by like 20%, but the inhumane treatment readily visible to the buyer while the price is.
  - AlecSchueler 4y ago
    Other than the corner shops it's the most vegan friendly place I've seen in Europe. The farmers and their supporters aren't the whole population.
- Reason077 4y ago
  > "never found a corner shop With anything but cow dairy" That's strange. They certainly are popular in the UK, and their long shelf life means there's little risk for shops in stocking them. I wonder if dutch "big dairy" could be using dirty tricks to keep plant alternatives off shop shelves?
geoah 4y ago
Is this just a London thing or can you actually get alternatives as easily in other parts of the country?
- nicoburns 4y ago
  You can get them everywhere. All the mainstream supermarkets sell them. In London you might well have a choice between 10 different plant based milks.
- petesergeant 4y ago
  Everywhere, and also a large selection of fake meat and other vegan stuff in big supermarkets. UK is great for this

AlecSchueler 4y ago

Jealous that you get a choice. Netherlands here which is actually better for vegan options as a whole than the UK in my experience but never found a corner shop With anything but cow dairy.

diego_moita 4y ago
> With anything but cow dairy. The Dutch love their cows? Who would have imagined that? :D /s
- xvilka 4y ago
  s/love/torture/. If anything, brutality of dairy produce is hundred times worse than butchering them for meat.
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  - concordDance 4y ago
    End result of selective pressures on cow farmers. Humane treatment would raise the cost by like 20%, but the inhumane treatment readily visible to the buyer while the price is.
- AlecSchueler 4y ago
  Other than the corner shops it's the most vegan friendly place I've seen in Europe. The farmers and their supporters aren't the whole population.
Reason077 4y ago
> "never found a corner shop With anything but cow dairy" That's strange. They certainly are popular in the UK, and their long shelf life means there's little risk for shops in stocking them. I wonder if dutch "big dairy" could be using dirty tricks to keep plant alternatives off shop shelves?

geoah 4y ago

Is this just a London thing or can you actually get alternatives as easily in other parts of the country?

nicoburns 4y ago
You can get them everywhere. All the mainstream supermarkets sell them. In London you might well have a choice between 10 different plant based milks.
petesergeant 4y ago
Everywhere, and also a large selection of fake meat and other vegan stuff in big supermarkets. UK is great for this