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The “you can’t call it milk” argument was funny when the alternative being offered was “nut juice”, but it’s a dumb hill to die on as a serious proposition. I’m
by fwlr 3y ago
The “you can’t call it milk” argument was funny when the alternative being offered was “nut juice”, but it’s a dumb hill to die on as a serious proposition. I’m a barista and these alternatives resemble milk, they behave very similarly to milk, etc. In my opinion the substitution is good enough that they can claim the name of milk; the major difference is in nutrition value and taste. (Some intuition pumps for my point of view: “which category does it fit in - milk, juice, water, or soda?” and “which tastes more like milk - oat milk, or non-fat chocolate milk?”)
- andrewinardeer 3y agoIs zero alcohol beer actually beer?
- fwlr 3y agoI also pour beer (multi-talented, I know) and my opinion is yes, it is beer. Most common types of beer are between 3% (typical mid-strength “crisp” beers start here) and 7% (typical IPAs top out here), but you also have light beers down at 2% and imperial stouts up at 12%. Specially brewed craft beers go as high as 20%, I don’t see why it would stop being beer if you go as low as 0%. Where this might get contentious is that zero alcohol beer is made the same way as beer but doesn’t serve the same purpose (inebriation), while oat milk is made a different way to milk but does serve the same purpose. I’m of the opinion that you only need one of the two out of {same purpose, same production} to use the same name.
- gilbetron 3y agoGuinness Zero tastes almost identical to regular Guinness - I'd definitely consider it beer.
- nunez 3y agothey are made from yeast, hops and barley, so yes they are actually beer it's like how decaf coffee is still coffee
- drewcoo 3y agoI'd like to think that nut butters set a precedent, thus nut milks should be a thing.
- wink 3y agoI mean they've been calling it cocoa butter and yet it lives in the bathroom and not in the kitchen.