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zhurrick t1_itnayzr wrote

Reply to comment by Gen88 in Kraft Heinz announces a joint venture with food tech startup NotCo to develop plant-based alternatives for its products. NotCo's AI platform is capable of replicating animal products using plants alone. Their milk uses 74% less energy, 92% less water, and generates 74% less CO2 than regular milk. by cartoonzi

I have exclusively bought oat milk for the past few years and I no longer notice the difference. Especially with something like cereal that gets sweetened anyway.

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mirhagk t1_its2wir wrote

I mean oak milk is great, but I'm having trouble understanding what you're saying. Are you just saying you've grown used to it after 5 years? That makes sense, but you are probably still capable of noticing the difference, you just haven't compared (since you exclusively drink it).

I've found oak milk to be great in certain places, like cereal, but it's definitely noticeable drinking it straight. And the problem with all milk replacements is the pricing of milk itself. 4L of milk costs $6 here, 1L costs $3. If I halve my milk consumption I still pay the same price. And so I get the 4L of milk and 2L of oat milk and end up throwing out 2L of something.

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zhurrick t1_its9a4u wrote

I can imagine that's true, although I haven't drank a glass of milk straight since I was a kid. I think milk substitutes are easier if you don't drink a lot of milk as it is. I go through a carton about once every 1-2 weeks, and only use it for cereal and smoothies.

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mirhagk t1_its9qk3 wrote

Yeah definitely true, considering that's pretty much the only thing I want it for.

I'm curious what will come of this deal as I do use a lot of dairy, but I do dairy heavy dishes where both taste and texture are very noticeable. But I don't know if I'd notice if kraft dinner went plant based for their "cheese"

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