Best dairy free milk

[Helen01]

What in your opinion is the best dairy free milk substitute? I'm also trying to get my youngest to not have cows milk on his cereals as he seems to permanently have a blocked nose but he is 12 and very stubborn!

I have tried Ecomil Quinoa drink - ok on cereals but quite sweet
Rice dream - a bit watery and some of them aren't gluten free I think
Alpro - not bad but curdles in coffee

I'm coeliac too so I can't have Oatly :(

[Copper]

I used to like the chilled soya milk until I developed a soya intolerance. It did curdle in my coffee - yuk.

I now have Oatly milk.

I guess you just have to taste more until you find something you like. It could get expensive.

[Dianne]

I use provomil rice milk in the purple box - the stuff in the green box is a bit weak but I can drink it by the glass and use it on my cerial too... I have black coffee so not sure if it works in hot drinks

[Helen01]

I think I'll give that a try then, thanks Dianne.

[wala]

I'm a rice dream lover ! Their website says it is gluten free but then it also says it isn't !

http://www.tastethedream.eu/en/consumers/frequently_asked_questions.html

[Dianne]

helen... ive just re read my post and it makes no sense what-so-ever. the stuff in the purple box is what i think is the nice stuff - the stuff in the green box is the weaker tasting one

phew.... that was difficult on the old brain box :headbang:

[Helen01]

It's ok Dianne I realised what you meant!!

[curlywurlysqurly]

Yea I agree, provamel (purple box) is nicer than rice dream. Rice dream has barley in, so it has gluten in, unless you get the organic one i think. I prefer provamel in my porridge as its less watery.

[Rae]

I have found little difference in most of the soya milks - so I get the UHT store's own brand unsweetened one, as long as it has added Ca and vitamins. I used to drink Alpro but fail to see the point of paying 30p per litre more when I can't tell the difference... Having said that the new Tesco unsweetened UHT is almost always sold out when I get there. Sainsburys seem to have a better stock:demand ratio and I can usually get hold of some.

It took a while to get used the taste of soya milk and I switched from corn flakes to bran flakes as the bran taste covered the soya taste more. I tried Oatly for a while, but couldn't get used to its taste on my breakfast - if I wanted to eat porrage for breakfast, I would ;)

To be honest, it might be easier to stick to one type for while so your son can try get used to the taste (and then if he still doesn't like it, try something else). But if you keep swapping, then the single change from milk to dairy-free alternative become several changes and even more daunting.

Rae