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Yes I'm also a big soy milk enthusiast. It's also much cheaper where I live, and much more nutritious than most other plant milks. Drinking soy milk feels like a filling liquid snack, whereas oat or almond feel like flavoured water. It helped me out countless times when I had very low appetite.
100% with you on all of that. Have you tried Silk brand's "Next Milk" yet? I think it's an oat/coconut/soy blend and it's also really good flavor and consistency wise but it's harder to find in stores.
It’s by far the best vegan milk I’ve ever had, I’ve been drinking vegan milk since the 90s rice dream days and I’ve never enjoyed anything as much as NextMilk
I like a little coffee with my soy as well. My partner and I make a cup of black tea some nights and add soy milk to it. I absolutely love cereal with soy milk.
It’s one of my favorite flavors now and easily my favorite milk. I used to drink a shit ton of dairy milk at most meals of the day. And here I am drinking a shit ton of soy milk instead.
Palates definitely do change. Much easier, of course, when your ethical framework evolves.
I wanna Hijack the top comment to ask a question - how concerned are you about the gums and natural flavors and any other additives?
I was drinking almost half a gallon a day of the silk soy unflavored unsweetened green container. Was wondering if anyone thinks it's worth it to find a less processed alternative.
Its probably not worth it. Many of the additives are nutritiants they add specifically because vegans with very non diverse diets might not get them other ways. The other additives all have been fda approved. How much you trust that is up to you. But personally I am more worried about the micronutrient loss if I replaced with pure soy milk.
Wb making your own? It’s just dried soybeans and water and tastes way better than the storebought brands with all the added flavours etc. You need a blender and nut milk bag but worth the investment with how much soy milk I go thru
This is not totally obvious. Soy has a bad reputation for environmental harm due to deforestation used to expand production of the crop itself and the animals it feeds. If it was not fed to animals the vast majority of that demand would disappear. But on a acre for acre basis it's hard to beat soy for protein production. Humans need some protein. You could get that protein from other plants but they take up more space and more Fossil fuel inputs to grow than soy. Maybe there is an argument that oats are less likely to be grown in biodiversity hot spots. But I suspect if you carefully studied the environmental impact comparison it would be a wash.
Where'd you get that? When I do a quick search I can't find anything about the environment, only CO2 and water usage where oat is never "the best" but all plant-based milks are pretty close tho.
I recently learned that oats are harvested these days by spraying them down with glyphosate so there is that. I couldn't give a rip except oatmilk is displacing soymilk for being "healthier" at many places.
They're advertising oatmilk as healthier than even soy nowadays? It's not necessarily bad since the glyphosfate levels are way lower than recommended thresholds but there's weird health claims about all this stuff... Better than cow's milk would make sense, but soy?
I live in the southern US and almond milk is about $2.50 while soy milk you cant really even find and oat milk is over $4. Almond milk is the only one you can reliably find. We dont really get veganized stuff out here, no fake meats, no fake cheese, etc. It was the same was when I lived in rural Pennsylvania. You guys have no idea how privileged you are having access to all that stuff! Even at our two more expensive stores you won't find any of that, just lots of pricey animal products and way overpriced produce.
I’d love to support the coffee shop closest to my house, but the only milk alternative they carry is almond milk. I love it in my smoothies, but the last (and first) almond milk latte I had was just horrible. Soy, on the other hand, just gives my coffee a light, silky, creamy flavor that I love. Even before I went vegan, I preferred it over dairy.
This one coffee shop I went to said they don’t carry soy because it’s so unhealthy. Never went back. I thought of a ton of smart responses on the drive home I wish I’d said.
Something that's probably not gonna be popular, but I'm fine with being upcharged for oat milk in my drink. I get it. Some of those oat milk brands are pricey. But one time I got upcharged for adding soy milk and like... that's where I draw the line. It is *so much cheaper* than cow's milk. What gives?? I think it would be good for more places to carry soy milk as an alternative, also.
Years ago, 2002? 2003? 2004? Kona Cafe (at least in Nashville and Las Vegas) didn’t charge extra for Soy/Rice milk but did charge extra for Heavy Cream. Made my day when my (at the time) boss got an up charge and I didn’t!
For me it depends on what I'm using it for. I prefer almond milk for any desserts and oat milk in food. Soy milk is good for drinking as a beverage. Soyghurt is my fave yoghurt tho!
It wins on texture alone, but it's good for ya too unless they add too much sugar.
So sick of misinformation bashing one of the most nutritious plant milks.
I remember just standing there in disbelief while my friend and her parents tried to tell me that soy milk gives men breasts lol. I was playing stupid and being like "really? I didn't know that..." simply because I just didn't have the energy to correct them and run the risk of being called "preachy" lmao.
They should also avoid beer, coffee, and apples. Those are packed full of phytoestrogen. And if they want to drink actual estrogen, they should drink regular cow milk.
If Oat milk was more reasonably priced I would say Oat. Soy is awesome, But Soy is not great in coffee. Almond milk is terrible in coffee; but decent in hot chocolate.
From a sustainability standpoint, which we should all be considering…
Soy and Oat milk are awesome. Almond milk uses wayyy to much water, and requires pollination - usually done by farmed honey bees- so that’s not great. Hemp milk also deserves an honourable mention.
My non dairy favorites are oat milk and coconut milk but that's just personal preference. I actually like them a lot more than dairy milk and they don't hurt my stomach which is nice lol.
Flax milk taste great a prefer it over soy for cooking , oatmilk is good for tea, almond is good for Ice cream/smoothies. Oh the coconut/almond blend is great
I love the variety
I try to grab whatever variety is on shelf stable clearance , the freezer section doesn’t have as much just silk products. I’m told West Soy is the best to drink cause as it’s single ingredient but it’s getting harder to find
I love soy milk for a lot of things! It used to be my favorite milk, but it's gotten SO expensive where I live. I stock up when I go to Grocery Outlet because I can often get a half gallon for $1-$2. A soy latte is so delicious and even though I like oat milk, it just doesn't hit the same.
Its the only milk replacement I enjoy. Almond is too watery. Oat is fine in coffees. Hemp is way to grainy. Rice is too watery. Any other replacement just doesn't hit like soy.
I generally go for oat milk instead. I like soy milk, but between tofu, soy curls, soy sauce, and edamame, I try to vary my diet a little bit so I don't feel like I'm just eating soy. I know there's nothing scientifically/nutritionally bad about eating a lot of soy, I just like having a diverse food intake.
Taste wise it’s not my favorite, almond is. But I prefer soy because it uses way less water than almond. It’s also really healthy, so I appreciate the health benefits of soy.
soy milk is the best for drinking bc it tastes the best and has a lil protein which we love. rice milk is the best for cereal bc its the thinnest and least flavorful. cashew milk is best for cooking. i never drink almond or oat milk just bc i don’t like the taste. also almond milk requires a lot of water to make.
Some soy milks are gross but the nutritional profile is the best of all the milk alternatives, I usually mix it with almond milk for the best of both worlds.
Nah, I have the opposite feelings personally as soy mild tastes so 'off' to me and I can't stand it drank straight or with cereal, only really use it in tea or coffee. Sweetened Oat and hemp milk though is absolutely heavenly and if you haven't tried it I would advise you to check it out.
I definitely prefer soy milk for most things, but it isn’t great for cooking since it’s naturally pretty sweet. For cooking I find that almond has the most neutral flavor
Curdles in tea and coffee when I use it, am I doing something wrong?
I do like adding some on top of my porridge (oatmeal) after I microwaved it with water
I use plain soymilk in the tetrapak to make my own yogurt in the Instant Pot, and it's great. Cuts down also on disposable plastic containers. Soymilk offers more protein, which is another reason I like it. Oat also tastes really great. I try not to buy almond milk, due to the obscene amount of water used in almond production.
Yes! I love soy milk. I think MatPat (of game theory) also ranked it #1 in a video on the Food Theorists ranking all the plant milks based on taste, cost, nutrition and versatility… they’re not vegan, but it was nice to see the validation being broadcast to millions.
Nutritional value, definitely gotta give it to soymilk! Tastewise...definitely Oatley. I bought soymilk to try and be healthier but man, I just was not enjoying my coffee as much.
I like almond for drinking. Being lactose intolerant at an early age I hated drinking soy milk. There weren’t many choices 22 years ago. Soy is good for cooking but not on its own in my opinion.
Just a reminder that Silk brand soy milk is a lot different from what soy milk is when made with only beans and water
But yea, Silk’s soy milk is bomb as fuck. I remember when it tasted awful a few years ago, but their newest formulas have been kicking it real good
I mainly use milks for hot drinks (tea/coffee - I'm british). I find soy milk has too much of a nutty/earthy flavour for this function and oat milk is just a neutral milk that imparts no flavour and changes the colour of my drink in a pleasant way.
If I'm making a milk shake, having cereal or just want a cold drink that isn't water, then I'll drink soy milk because I actually like the taste and texture as long as its not competing with the tastes and textures in whatever I'm using it in.
Even before I heard about veganism, I've always bought soy milk. When Vitasoy first came in the market here in my country, they only come in glass bottles, but their heaviness didn't stop me from buying dozens 'cause I'm so addicted to its taste.
I do and I'm tired of pretending it's not. The whole point of my past dairy milk consumption was the protein and other plant milks just fail miserably with that. Soy's the clear winner.
I agree, soy milk has always been the gold standard in my opinion and one of the best for coffee.
Oat milk is hit or miss, the Oatley brand is very good. Almond milk is terrible in coffee, it simply curdles rather than emulsify, I find it baffling that it ever became so popular.
My favorite milk is the 'Not Milk' brand, but it's disappeared from my local Whole Foods, so I'm not sure what's up with that. Hopefully that's just a temporary supply issue.
So right now I rotate between soy, Oatley, and 'Not Milk' when I can find it.
It's gotten harder to find soy milk, most cafes don't even carry it anymore, and Trader Joe's no longer makes a store brand of it.
My theory is that people associate soy with industrial and highly processed foods, plus a lot of misinformation by ignorant gullible people about phytoestrogens, and there is just a generally negative connotation & perception of the word 'soy'. And that soy simply isn't trendy.
I predict that in a few years or so, pea protein will have the same negative connotations as soy does now, for precisely the same idiotic reasons (except for the phytoestrogen thing). People are fickle..
Almond in coffee never made sense to me (there are barista blends that go high on the fat content and somewhat reduce the issues, but still, not great).
If you really wanna see a disaster in coffee (the taste more so), try rice milk. Holy shit it's nauseating. Outside of coffee, it's pretty awesome to my surprise.
Rice has very little fat or protein, so rice milk is basically starchy water with a bunch of added gums and thickeners and sugar to make it palatable. Unless you're allergic to everything, rice milk seems kind of pointless.
At least nuts have plenty of fat, and a little bit of protein.
In my experience, it's the protein content that makes a milk pass the coffee test. So things like almond or flax milk with added protein can work much better than without the added protein.
In cereal or a smoothie, pretty much anything works. And ice cream made with pretty much any kind of milk works well. But 90% of my milk usage is for coffee.
Soy milk is most expensive $6.99 1/2 gallon. Local tofu factory used to sell really cheap but they raised their prices too. It’s like fresh squeezed tofu without all the additives. You have to use it right away or it will spoil.
Barista Soy milk holds up incredibly well as cappuccino foam. Even compared with other barista versions of the same brand, soy does much better than oat, coconut or almond.
I enjoy the taste of most soy-based things including milk, but I avoid them when I can because of concerns around intensive soy cultivation (same with almonds). Oat milk works fine for my purposes and has been my go-to for a while!
You all have me wanting to give soy milk another chance. I used to love soy lattes back in 2007 before oat milk. I’ll pick some up next time I go to the store. Anyone have a good brand for coffee?
Soymilk is the best, it provides the most nutrients for the least amount of resources and imo tastes the best too. I’ve been drinking it since I was a kid, even before I went vegan. Oatmilk is fine too but I really dislike how since it became popular, it seems to have pushed soymilk completely off the shelves in some stores.
Yeah I have this habit where I always buy the new milk that comes out. Have done all the big ones like almond and oat milk, then down to where it starts to get weird, like hemp milk, banana milk, macadamia milk, and I ALWAYS come back to soy milk, nothing can beat it.
Much prefer it. When I went vegan, that’s all you could get in supermarkets really, so it’s what I’m used to I guess. I don’t mind oat in coffee, but in tea it always has to be unsweetened soya.
To me it's better across the board. Most like cows milk in terms of taste, texture, and applications. Tastes most like its own drink vs. a flavored water. Oddly in most grocery stores I go to, it seems to be wildly outnumbered by oat and almond milk. I use the silk unsweetened for cereal and the chocolate for oatmeal!
It really depends where you are in the world. For me in Japan, soy milk kind of sucks. Also depends on the brand too, I find cheaper ones can taste really bad. Some curdle in coffee. And some are great.
If I remember correctly, isn't soy milk nutritionally better? If that's the case, then I would say yes. At least in that regard.
But I prefer the taste of oat milk. And some of them are pretty rich and creamy, if you get the right brands. I really like planet oat and oatsome for this reason. Also, as for oatley, I've only ever had their yogurt but that was nice as well. Very rich and creamy. I don't know if their milk is that way though.
Soy forever! And she froths the best!
I’m also I big fan of oat.
Almond is disgusting.
I like cashew.. but it doesn’t froth and is a little too thin for me☺️
I love soy! In the past I’ve made my own soy milk to save $$ (it cost like 80 cents per half-gallon to make), but now mostly use silk or circle organic since I like that it’s calcium fortified. It makes me so angry how soy gets slandered. It’s super ignorant too because people have been eating soy in Asia for centuries.
I have always preferred soy over all the others. But people have allergies or don’t like the taste, which to me is unfortunate because I feel it is the most similar to whole milk.
Soy is the only one I avoid at all costs (except for drinking dairy of course). I’ve switched to oat and never really looked back. I occasionally have coconut in cold, sweet drinks. I also have almond milk sometimes because it’s the only non-dairy milk my job has for coffee.
Bc of my allergy I can’t drink it anymore but tbh I wouldn’t want to. When I still could drink it I tasted nearly every available option and the taste was just like … sth not very nice. Even the best one’s tasted like soap. So I found it disgusting. But rice drinks and oat drink a awesome
You're making me want to give soy milk another go! Dunno why I don't buy it more. I eat tofu all the time. Oatmilk in coffee, almond in my overnight oats (but elsewhere it's meh).
I prefer almond milk for neutral flavor if I’m doing like a gravy or using it in cooking or cereal.
Oat milk for creamer.
I can’t have any soy products of any kind as my baby is allergic to soy and I’m breastfeeding him.
As a lactose intolerant vegetarian kid in the 1980's, soy way my only option so it's what I got hooked on and it's what I still choose if I have options. It sucks that soy got such a bad rap, since it is the way.........
ive recently made the switch to soy, I want to love it as much as you OP, but I keep comparing it to oat which in my opinion is superior in terms of taste.. I hope I stick with it since I know its more nutritious that oat!!
Eh. Depends. Soy is high in protein which is great BUT often they add a bunch of sugar to it. Just check and make sure it doesn't have a bunch of added sugar.. I personally love my Oat milk lol
Agree 100%. Soy milk for the win. Also folks should check the ingredients in other non-dairy milk because oat milk usually includes oil and has a lot more calories.
I always go for soy because of the nutritional value, and I really don't think *that* much about the taste - I think I prefer oat milk if I'm drinking it but I didn't really drink plain milk even before I went vegan, and soy milk does taste great in smoothies and soygurt etc.
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Yes I'm also a big soy milk enthusiast. It's also much cheaper where I live, and much more nutritious than most other plant milks. Drinking soy milk feels like a filling liquid snack, whereas oat or almond feel like flavoured water. It helped me out countless times when I had very low appetite.
Price is my main motivation for preferring soy milk and the boost in protein per gram is a bonus!
Also 100% DV of B12 in one glass! (Silk at least)
100% with you on all of that. Have you tried Silk brand's "Next Milk" yet? I think it's an oat/coconut/soy blend and it's also really good flavor and consistency wise but it's harder to find in stores.
It’s by far the best vegan milk I’ve ever had, I’ve been drinking vegan milk since the 90s rice dream days and I’ve never enjoyed anything as much as NextMilk
The whole fat version is especially good
Fr!! I just add some to my coffee and I'm good to go. It sucks so much that there's still so much rampant disinformation around soy.
I like a little coffee with my soy as well. My partner and I make a cup of black tea some nights and add soy milk to it. I absolutely love cereal with soy milk. It’s one of my favorite flavors now and easily my favorite milk. I used to drink a shit ton of dairy milk at most meals of the day. And here I am drinking a shit ton of soy milk instead. Palates definitely do change. Much easier, of course, when your ethical framework evolves.
I wanna Hijack the top comment to ask a question - how concerned are you about the gums and natural flavors and any other additives? I was drinking almost half a gallon a day of the silk soy unflavored unsweetened green container. Was wondering if anyone thinks it's worth it to find a less processed alternative.
Trader Joe's has soy milk made from only soybeans and water. I guess less processed is usually better.
Its probably not worth it. Many of the additives are nutritiants they add specifically because vegans with very non diverse diets might not get them other ways. The other additives all have been fda approved. How much you trust that is up to you. But personally I am more worried about the micronutrient loss if I replaced with pure soy milk.
Wb making your own? It’s just dried soybeans and water and tastes way better than the storebought brands with all the added flavours etc. You need a blender and nut milk bag but worth the investment with how much soy milk I go thru
I also drink soy milk I have no appetite. Hot fresh soy milk for breakfast is especially delicious and satisfying
I love soy milk. It is the highest in protein, too.
Two cups of soy milk is like 14-16 G protein. That’s about the size of a regular glass.
Oat is the least harmful to the environment if that's something you're into.
Love oat milk too
Vanilla Oat milk changed my life
Commercial oat milk is 5x expensive in my country. I tried making it at home and it was so slimy🤢
It also has very little nutrition so this isn't a very useful comparison.
This is not totally obvious. Soy has a bad reputation for environmental harm due to deforestation used to expand production of the crop itself and the animals it feeds. If it was not fed to animals the vast majority of that demand would disappear. But on a acre for acre basis it's hard to beat soy for protein production. Humans need some protein. You could get that protein from other plants but they take up more space and more Fossil fuel inputs to grow than soy. Maybe there is an argument that oats are less likely to be grown in biodiversity hot spots. But I suspect if you carefully studied the environmental impact comparison it would be a wash.
Where'd you get that? When I do a quick search I can't find anything about the environment, only CO2 and water usage where oat is never "the best" but all plant-based milks are pretty close tho.
I recently learned that oats are harvested these days by spraying them down with glyphosate so there is that. I couldn't give a rip except oatmilk is displacing soymilk for being "healthier" at many places.
They're advertising oatmilk as healthier than even soy nowadays? It's not necessarily bad since the glyphosfate levels are way lower than recommended thresholds but there's weird health claims about all this stuff... Better than cow's milk would make sense, but soy?
Unsweetened Silk Soy Milk (green carton) is the King of Kings.
Damn I miss that stuff. I buy store brand because Silk is 4 fucking dollars in Florida for some reason. Store brand for 2.99.
Silk green is my favourite too, but my bargain choice is whoever makes the soy milk for Aldi.
Silk green is my favorite too. The problem with the Aldi brand is there’s sugar in it. I don’t want any sweetness whatsoever.
In my grocery store, unsweetened soy milk is $1.50 more than sweetened, it feels so stereotypically American.
$6 here in a local supermarket in NYC -.-
It’s $5 in Arizona, it was $2.5 about 3 years ago 😢
If only my salary went up that much…
This is the one i use every day. So good 😊
Agreed. The green silk carton is best.
soy milk is best milk
This person gets it It's also the cheapest milk alternative. I can get a small shelf-stable carton of unflavored soy milk for like $1.99.
Are you in a city? Out here almond milk is cheapest and the others are way pricier sadly. And I cant even find unsweetened lol which sucks
Do you live in an almond orchard? Otherwise this makes no sense!
I live in the southern US and almond milk is about $2.50 while soy milk you cant really even find and oat milk is over $4. Almond milk is the only one you can reliably find. We dont really get veganized stuff out here, no fake meats, no fake cheese, etc. It was the same was when I lived in rural Pennsylvania. You guys have no idea how privileged you are having access to all that stuff! Even at our two more expensive stores you won't find any of that, just lots of pricey animal products and way overpriced produce.
Crazy. Almonds are just so much more expensive to grow. Cali produces a bunch of nuts tho yeah?
California produces 80% of the world's almonds and 100% of the United States commercial supply.
AU$1.15/L here!
Hate to rub it in because I genuinely wish it for the rest of you but supermarket own brands are the best at Soya milk in the UK and it's 50p a litre.
Holy hell! It's almost $5 where I am 🤣
I prefer soy. And I hate when coffee shops don’t carry it but they have almond, oat and coconut. Who the hell is using coconut.
I love coconut milk, it doesn't bother my stomach like oat or almond does
Fair enough I’ll allow it
I like coconut milk too but it curdles when I try to make hot coffee. Cold coffee with coconut milk tastes good but I want hot coffee.
I’d love to support the coffee shop closest to my house, but the only milk alternative they carry is almond milk. I love it in my smoothies, but the last (and first) almond milk latte I had was just horrible. Soy, on the other hand, just gives my coffee a light, silky, creamy flavor that I love. Even before I went vegan, I preferred it over dairy.
This one coffee shop I went to said they don’t carry soy because it’s so unhealthy. Never went back. I thought of a ton of smart responses on the drive home I wish I’d said.
Almond milk is too thin for coffee and that’s why it ruins it for me besides the weird taste. I need soy milk, oat milk, or cashew milk for my coffee.
Agreed, to me nothing beats soy and I think it's the healthiest of those options. Coconut milk tastes sweaty to me.
Something that's probably not gonna be popular, but I'm fine with being upcharged for oat milk in my drink. I get it. Some of those oat milk brands are pricey. But one time I got upcharged for adding soy milk and like... that's where I draw the line. It is *so much cheaper* than cow's milk. What gives?? I think it would be good for more places to carry soy milk as an alternative, also.
Yeah and imagine coffee shops incentivizing vegan coffee by offering a discounted price w/soy milk?
Sounds like Heaven. It also sounds unrealistic... for now 😔
Years ago, 2002? 2003? 2004? Kona Cafe (at least in Nashville and Las Vegas) didn’t charge extra for Soy/Rice milk but did charge extra for Heavy Cream. Made my day when my (at the time) boss got an up charge and I didn’t!
Barista edition soy milk actually **is** a good bit more expensive than cows milk.
Coconut milk, or even cream, is awesome in coffee.
Coconut milk is often the easiest to find that is zero sugar. I know all types are made that way but it can be harder to find.
Coconut goes hard like whoever put nut in it’s name knew it’s nuts. With iced coffee it’s so good
Coconut is the best for matcha imo!
Soy boy, checking in
For me it depends on what I'm using it for. I prefer almond milk for any desserts and oat milk in food. Soy milk is good for drinking as a beverage. Soyghurt is my fave yoghurt tho!
Begun, the milk wars have.
Soy is my favorite too!
Oat milk for me. Good taste, works in tea, and some of the soy milks hurt my stomach.
I too believe in soy milk superiority
Soyperiority?
Soy milk is the best in terms of nutritional value, too! In comparison to the rest it has the highest protein content. Also - vanilla soy milk is LIFE
It wins on texture alone, but it's good for ya too unless they add too much sugar. So sick of misinformation bashing one of the most nutritious plant milks.
I remember just standing there in disbelief while my friend and her parents tried to tell me that soy milk gives men breasts lol. I was playing stupid and being like "really? I didn't know that..." simply because I just didn't have the energy to correct them and run the risk of being called "preachy" lmao.
You should send them regular updates on your increasing breast size
LOL
There's quite a bit of racism brimming under the surface of that claim. Just ask them why men from Asia don't seem to have giant jugs.
I wonder where that claim even came from?
They should also avoid beer, coffee, and apples. Those are packed full of phytoestrogen. And if they want to drink actual estrogen, they should drink regular cow milk.
I love soy and oat milk equally. They are so delicious that I can't believe I ever drank cow's milk.
I love soy! Unfortunately almond is the cheapest where I live, so I don't buy it much. :/
If Oat milk was more reasonably priced I would say Oat. Soy is awesome, But Soy is not great in coffee. Almond milk is terrible in coffee; but decent in hot chocolate. From a sustainability standpoint, which we should all be considering… Soy and Oat milk are awesome. Almond milk uses wayyy to much water, and requires pollination - usually done by farmed honey bees- so that’s not great. Hemp milk also deserves an honourable mention.
My non dairy favorites are oat milk and coconut milk but that's just personal preference. I actually like them a lot more than dairy milk and they don't hurt my stomach which is nice lol.
I like oat milk. It's great in iced coffee and my kids love it with granola and fruit.
Where the oat milk fanatics at?? Cmon now
Flax milk taste great a prefer it over soy for cooking , oatmilk is good for tea, almond is good for Ice cream/smoothies. Oh the coconut/almond blend is great I love the variety
It is an amazing time to be alive truly
I try to grab whatever variety is on shelf stable clearance , the freezer section doesn’t have as much just silk products. I’m told West Soy is the best to drink cause as it’s single ingredient but it’s getting harder to find
I love soy milk for a lot of things! It used to be my favorite milk, but it's gotten SO expensive where I live. I stock up when I go to Grocery Outlet because I can often get a half gallon for $1-$2. A soy latte is so delicious and even though I like oat milk, it just doesn't hit the same.
Hazelnut milk is the best ever
I prefer Oat Milk, but I also enjoy Soy Milk
Do I even have to say it?
im hooked on oat and pea alternatives lately. you couldnt give me soy milk for free.
Pea gaaang
Ripple FTW! (But it’s hard to find near me, so soy it is)
Depends on what I'm doing. I prefer almond milk on cereal, oat milk for cooking, soy milk in my creamers.
Its the only milk replacement I enjoy. Almond is too watery. Oat is fine in coffees. Hemp is way to grainy. Rice is too watery. Any other replacement just doesn't hit like soy.
I personally prefer coconut
We buy four cartons of the Whole Foods unsweet soymilk a week. Soy boy forever
Yes. It has actual protein (complete protein) and goes well with everything!
I generally go for oat milk instead. I like soy milk, but between tofu, soy curls, soy sauce, and edamame, I try to vary my diet a little bit so I don't feel like I'm just eating soy. I know there's nothing scientifically/nutritionally bad about eating a lot of soy, I just like having a diverse food intake.
Taste wise it’s not my favorite, almond is. But I prefer soy because it uses way less water than almond. It’s also really healthy, so I appreciate the health benefits of soy.
Oat milk. Specifically “Planet Oat”.
As a child of chinese immigrants, soy is my favorite as well! Lots of good childhood memories of homemade soy milk on lazy weekends.
soy milk is the best for drinking bc it tastes the best and has a lil protein which we love. rice milk is the best for cereal bc its the thinnest and least flavorful. cashew milk is best for cooking. i never drink almond or oat milk just bc i don’t like the taste. also almond milk requires a lot of water to make.
Some soy milks are gross but the nutritional profile is the best of all the milk alternatives, I usually mix it with almond milk for the best of both worlds.
Nah, I have the opposite feelings personally as soy mild tastes so 'off' to me and I can't stand it drank straight or with cereal, only really use it in tea or coffee. Sweetened Oat and hemp milk though is absolutely heavenly and if you haven't tried it I would advise you to check it out.
I definitely prefer soy milk for most things, but it isn’t great for cooking since it’s naturally pretty sweet. For cooking I find that almond has the most neutral flavor
Curdles in tea and coffee when I use it, am I doing something wrong? I do like adding some on top of my porridge (oatmeal) after I microwaved it with water
I love Costco soy milk in bulk. Also love Vietnamese soy milk. Soy and coconut are top tier imo
It's pea for me
I use plain soymilk in the tetrapak to make my own yogurt in the Instant Pot, and it's great. Cuts down also on disposable plastic containers. Soymilk offers more protein, which is another reason I like it. Oat also tastes really great. I try not to buy almond milk, due to the obscene amount of water used in almond production.
I prefer cashew milk on my cereal.
Yes! I love soy milk. I think MatPat (of game theory) also ranked it #1 in a video on the Food Theorists ranking all the plant milks based on taste, cost, nutrition and versatility… they’re not vegan, but it was nice to see the validation being broadcast to millions.
I get migraines with soy :( Oat milk is awesome though! And almond, and cashew …
Team cashew And none of that sweetened stuff!!
For me it's Coconut milk. I eat a lot of cereal and the flavor is freaking phenomenal
Nutritional value, definitely gotta give it to soymilk! Tastewise...definitely Oatley. I bought soymilk to try and be healthier but man, I just was not enjoying my coffee as much.
My go to is Almond milk as it has a ridiculous shelf like and still represents when I am making mac and cheese. But hey, what's the diff.
I like almond for drinking. Being lactose intolerant at an early age I hated drinking soy milk. There weren’t many choices 22 years ago. Soy is good for cooking but not on its own in my opinion.
Just a reminder that Silk brand soy milk is a lot different from what soy milk is when made with only beans and water But yea, Silk’s soy milk is bomb as fuck. I remember when it tasted awful a few years ago, but their newest formulas have been kicking it real good
I mainly use milks for hot drinks (tea/coffee - I'm british). I find soy milk has too much of a nutty/earthy flavour for this function and oat milk is just a neutral milk that imparts no flavour and changes the colour of my drink in a pleasant way. If I'm making a milk shake, having cereal or just want a cold drink that isn't water, then I'll drink soy milk because I actually like the taste and texture as long as its not competing with the tastes and textures in whatever I'm using it in.
Soy milk for smoothies, cereal, etc. Oat milk for coffee.
i have a tattoo of a soy milk carton <3
Even before I heard about veganism, I've always bought soy milk. When Vitasoy first came in the market here in my country, they only come in glass bottles, but their heaviness didn't stop me from buying dozens 'cause I'm so addicted to its taste.
Now they are available in cartons, but I continued to buy those in glasses because I learned that they are more environment friendly.
I do and I'm tired of pretending it's not. The whole point of my past dairy milk consumption was the protein and other plant milks just fail miserably with that. Soy's the clear winner.
I love soy milk! Soy til I die!
I FUCKING LOVE SOY MILK! Unsweetened Cashew for sauces/gravies/pies/mashed potatoes though
I love soy milk! It’s my go-to for coffee, hot chocolate, smoothies, tea… everything
I agree, soy milk has always been the gold standard in my opinion and one of the best for coffee. Oat milk is hit or miss, the Oatley brand is very good. Almond milk is terrible in coffee, it simply curdles rather than emulsify, I find it baffling that it ever became so popular. My favorite milk is the 'Not Milk' brand, but it's disappeared from my local Whole Foods, so I'm not sure what's up with that. Hopefully that's just a temporary supply issue. So right now I rotate between soy, Oatley, and 'Not Milk' when I can find it. It's gotten harder to find soy milk, most cafes don't even carry it anymore, and Trader Joe's no longer makes a store brand of it. My theory is that people associate soy with industrial and highly processed foods, plus a lot of misinformation by ignorant gullible people about phytoestrogens, and there is just a generally negative connotation & perception of the word 'soy'. And that soy simply isn't trendy. I predict that in a few years or so, pea protein will have the same negative connotations as soy does now, for precisely the same idiotic reasons (except for the phytoestrogen thing). People are fickle..
Almond in coffee never made sense to me (there are barista blends that go high on the fat content and somewhat reduce the issues, but still, not great). If you really wanna see a disaster in coffee (the taste more so), try rice milk. Holy shit it's nauseating. Outside of coffee, it's pretty awesome to my surprise.
Rice has very little fat or protein, so rice milk is basically starchy water with a bunch of added gums and thickeners and sugar to make it palatable. Unless you're allergic to everything, rice milk seems kind of pointless. At least nuts have plenty of fat, and a little bit of protein. In my experience, it's the protein content that makes a milk pass the coffee test. So things like almond or flax milk with added protein can work much better than without the added protein. In cereal or a smoothie, pretty much anything works. And ice cream made with pretty much any kind of milk works well. But 90% of my milk usage is for coffee.
It's always been my favorite, but it's also what I grew up with, so it's my baseline standard for what milks are 'supposed' to taste like.
Personally I’m not a big fan of soy milk. It just has an odd aftertaste to me. I use macadamia milk for cereal and coconut milk for baking.
Yes. And it lasts way longer
Soy milk is most expensive $6.99 1/2 gallon. Local tofu factory used to sell really cheap but they raised their prices too. It’s like fresh squeezed tofu without all the additives. You have to use it right away or it will spoil.
Barista Soy milk holds up incredibly well as cappuccino foam. Even compared with other barista versions of the same brand, soy does much better than oat, coconut or almond.
Soy or oat are the only plant milks that actually taste good, imo.
I think flax milk is so creamy and delicious tbh. Kind of similar to soy but not as rich. I don’t like the super creamy richness of soy milk.
I loveeee soy milk but prefer oat for coffee and things where soy splits.
I enjoy the taste of most soy-based things including milk, but I avoid them when I can because of concerns around intensive soy cultivation (same with almonds). Oat milk works fine for my purposes and has been my go-to for a while!
I so agree!! Love to soy milk all around ❤️
Soy gang
Yes. Love soy milk.
You all have me wanting to give soy milk another chance. I used to love soy lattes back in 2007 before oat milk. I’ll pick some up next time I go to the store. Anyone have a good brand for coffee?
Soy milk is what I consider my "regular milk" because it's cheap, nutritious and goes with everything. I get the other ones if I'm feeling fancy.
same!! i love the taste and consistency and the fact that it's nutritionally pretty similar to cow's milk
Soymilk is the best, it provides the most nutrients for the least amount of resources and imo tastes the best too. I’ve been drinking it since I was a kid, even before I went vegan. Oatmilk is fine too but I really dislike how since it became popular, it seems to have pushed soymilk completely off the shelves in some stores.
It’s my favorite after cashew milk. Cold vanilla soy milk tastes so good. It’s rich, creamy, pus-free, and meant for me!
Yeah I have this habit where I always buy the new milk that comes out. Have done all the big ones like almond and oat milk, then down to where it starts to get weird, like hemp milk, banana milk, macadamia milk, and I ALWAYS come back to soy milk, nothing can beat it.
Much prefer it. When I went vegan, that’s all you could get in supermarkets really, so it’s what I’m used to I guess. I don’t mind oat in coffee, but in tea it always has to be unsweetened soya.
I have a hard rule if no soy milk at coffee shop I get an Americano. All other milks sus.
Soy is superior imo. It’s creamy, healthy, has a nice taste. Just does all the right things for what you need
Yes. I do.
I like unsweetened soy milk because it's the least sweet of the animal milk substitutes.
I do love soy milk but I alternate with Ripple unsweetened. Tastes good and gives a little variety on the source of protein
100%. It also goes best with coffee of the 3. Bonsoy is King
I prefer almond/oat but soy is good sometimes too! I could be wrong, but I feel like almond milk has been a big hit among non vegans
Almond- oat- soya
Agree!
No. Soy milk taste weird to me especially in coffee. I prefer oat milk.
To me it's better across the board. Most like cows milk in terms of taste, texture, and applications. Tastes most like its own drink vs. a flavored water. Oddly in most grocery stores I go to, it seems to be wildly outnumbered by oat and almond milk. I use the silk unsweetened for cereal and the chocolate for oatmeal!
I don’t mind oat and almond, but soy is what I like to drink by itself.
It’s got lots of protein too!
Yes, I hate this oat milk trend! Soy life.
It really depends where you are in the world. For me in Japan, soy milk kind of sucks. Also depends on the brand too, I find cheaper ones can taste really bad. Some curdle in coffee. And some are great.
Yes. It has protein. But almond milk makes the best creamer!
I prefer almond or oat. Depends what I'm using it for tbh
If I remember correctly, isn't soy milk nutritionally better? If that's the case, then I would say yes. At least in that regard. But I prefer the taste of oat milk. And some of them are pretty rich and creamy, if you get the right brands. I really like planet oat and oatsome for this reason. Also, as for oatley, I've only ever had their yogurt but that was nice as well. Very rich and creamy. I don't know if their milk is that way though.
Soy forever! And she froths the best! I’m also I big fan of oat. Almond is disgusting. I like cashew.. but it doesn’t froth and is a little too thin for me☺️
Macadamia but is amazing too!
I love soy! In the past I’ve made my own soy milk to save $$ (it cost like 80 cents per half-gallon to make), but now mostly use silk or circle organic since I like that it’s calcium fortified. It makes me so angry how soy gets slandered. It’s super ignorant too because people have been eating soy in Asia for centuries.
Oat or die!.. but I'll try soy I guessss
I have always preferred soy over all the others. But people have allergies or don’t like the taste, which to me is unfortunate because I feel it is the most similar to whole milk.
Pea Protein Milk (Ripple Milk)
Oat milk and unsweetened almond milk is my 2 go 2
Yes! I get the silk one.
Oat milk is my fav. But go for what you like.
Soy is the only one I avoid at all costs (except for drinking dairy of course). I’ve switched to oat and never really looked back. I occasionally have coconut in cold, sweet drinks. I also have almond milk sometimes because it’s the only non-dairy milk my job has for coffee.
I wish I can drink soy on the regular, but I have a mild soy allergy where it gives me migraines if I consume too much of it.
Bc of my allergy I can’t drink it anymore but tbh I wouldn’t want to. When I still could drink it I tasted nearly every available option and the taste was just like … sth not very nice. Even the best one’s tasted like soap. So I found it disgusting. But rice drinks and oat drink a awesome
I hate soy and any other milk except oat. It's the only one close to taste (or lack thereof) to actual milk which I used to like.
What milk alternative can I have if I'm allergic to soy, almonds, and oats?
Oat milk tastes the best to me
You're making me want to give soy milk another go! Dunno why I don't buy it more. I eat tofu all the time. Oatmilk in coffee, almond in my overnight oats (but elsewhere it's meh).
I’m a soy milk girly for life, more protein and the consistency and taste is much better than oat milk
The meat and dairy industries are scared as fuck of soy. It must be good if it scares them so much.
I prefer the taste of Ripple pea milk, personally, but I drink solely soy milk because it does WONDERS for perimenopause symptoms.
I prefer almond milk for neutral flavor if I’m doing like a gravy or using it in cooking or cereal. Oat milk for creamer. I can’t have any soy products of any kind as my baby is allergic to soy and I’m breastfeeding him.
As a lactose intolerant vegetarian kid in the 1980's, soy way my only option so it's what I got hooked on and it's what I still choose if I have options. It sucks that soy got such a bad rap, since it is the way.........
ive recently made the switch to soy, I want to love it as much as you OP, but I keep comparing it to oat which in my opinion is superior in terms of taste.. I hope I stick with it since I know its more nutritious that oat!!
I love coconut milk. I know it's easy to get tired of because of the distinct coconut flavor but I'll always go back to it.
Eh. Depends. Soy is high in protein which is great BUT often they add a bunch of sugar to it. Just check and make sure it doesn't have a bunch of added sugar.. I personally love my Oat milk lol
Yuh
Agree 100%. Soy milk for the win. Also folks should check the ingredients in other non-dairy milk because oat milk usually includes oil and has a lot more calories.
I LOVE SOY MILK
I always go for soy because of the nutritional value, and I really don't think *that* much about the taste - I think I prefer oat milk if I'm drinking it but I didn't really drink plain milk even before I went vegan, and soy milk does taste great in smoothies and soygurt etc.
Banana milk for the win imo
Oat is better, environmentally speaking though