Food Theory: The Best Milk That's NOT Milk!
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Theorists, I've already talked about the good and bad of dairy based milk on this channel... twice. So, for our vegetarian, vegan or lactose intolerant friends, I wanted to take a deep dive into alternative milks. From soy and oat, to pea and cashew, which alternative milk makes the BEST milk? Let's find out!
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Writers: Matthew Patrick and Justin Kuiper
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Let's Talk NOT Milk!
8:16 - Team Theorist Taste Test
11:35 - Which NOT Milk is BEST Milk?
18:06 - Thanks to our Sponsor! - Jak na to + styl
I can't believe how big He has gotten the giant companies like Geico will sponsor him. It's really cool to look back at how much he has grown as a creator.
yea the level of growth he's achieved is great
I was thinking the same thing. The inclusion was a bit jarring to me and I'm still not convinced that it's not a joke, but I love this channel coming so far to be able to quote everyones favorite gecko 😂
Probably Nestle and Monsanto will be next.
Well hes been doing this for a long time hasnt he.. Also hasn't he already been sponsored by GEICO once before..
@@Abhishek-ue6tj twice, in minecraft videos
New food theory idea: Is breakfast actually the most important meal?
It's a just fake thing lol, used to promote some cereal brand it not true
It’s important for adolescents, but if you’re an adult then you don’t have to eat breakfast if you don’t want to
As someone on an intermittent fasting diet, and can't eat until noon; and didn't eat breakfast as a teenager; I doubt it.
Actually that was one of the things that came up when I was looking at starting interment fasting. From a weight loss perspective, it doesn't seem to matter when you eat your food, either as one or two big meals or six small meals throughout the day, only matters how much you're eating throughout the day.
However, there are some advantages of restricting the time window of when you can eat. It improves insulin sensitivity, which can help decrease your risk of type 2 diabetes. You're also training your body not to eat during certain times so your body stops producing those hunger hormones when you are fast. Granted it does take about a month for your body to adjust, and it can be difficult those first few weeks.
Depends on what it's supposed to be important for.
Physical fitness?
Nutritional value?
Mental wellbeing?
Companies producing/selling cereal?
this is actually such a cool idea hype this up
Oat is my favorite, but it's a little weird with cereal cause it's like having cereal with your cereal lol
XDDD
Same with coconut, the flavor is overpowering.
It's the oat version of ice water
Yeah, when I use oat milk on oatmeal, I think I could just add water…
You want some liquid cereal with your cereal ?
As someone who is lactose intolerant this has been very helpful. I don't drink any kind of milk, that being cows milk or any other kind, just straight up. Usually I only have milk with cereal and it's usually almond milk because I personally like it and I have no objections for buying it.
i am lactose intolerant too but nothing beats the good ol moo juice
Same here. Well, I mean for the most part. I love dairy milk, but the idea of us humans drinking. It has kind of started to seem bizarre to me lmao the more I think about it. Regardless, though I love dairy byproducts like cheese and cream cheese. It’s harder to find those without lactose :(
As a fellow lactose intolerant, I can say with certainty, that I do not care and will chug the moo juice any day of the week.
I drink and use lactaid milk, fairlife, and almond milk
the best option to me has been lactose free milk which is just cow milk(moo juice) with lactose removed. It tastes exactly the same and the texture is also very similar without any of the bloating. It’s honestly been kinda life changing
Wow, I can't believe they went to all the trouble to hyper-realistically animate a figment of Mat's imagination. You love to see the work put in 👏
How do you have 404 and only 1 comet mine has more zi should be top comment
when is it?
oh my gosh I saw this comment before they showed up on camera and I was waiting for it and I was so excited!
@@epikjoe4189 in the theorist taste test part
Now they just need to double the budget and do the same for mirror matt xD
Personally, I don’t like coconut milk very much, but it is the best for ice cream and whipped cream in my experience.
I agree, I also like it in my smoothies.
In Southeast Asia people use coconut milk in cooking. Not for drinking.
@@himuka98 who the heck even drinks coconut milk?
@@thewatcher4044 I do. It is not liked by many because of the flavor and weird creaminess
@@himuka98 Here in Brazil as well. I didn't even know you could drink coconut milk, my mother always told me not to. But makes sense since it's too expensive for drinking.
I settled on oat milk as my favorite due to the good taste but more so because it has one of the lowest environmental impacts. I don’t need milk to fill nutritional gaps so that matters more to me. Thanks for the thorough research! 🙌🏻
I double up with mine I use chocolate oat milk in my oatmeal or oats overnight and it's so good
This entirely. Oat milk requires the least amount of water to produce out of all the alternative milks. And if you live in an area that grows grain, it's very local and requires minimal transportation.
The flavour, as seen in this video and in my opinion, is the most universally usable. I drink dairy alternatives by choice, and I don't go out of my way to convince others, but I hear the same story: "they all taste awful" I suggest oat milk and they come back saying it's great. I find it's the easiest one for dairy drinkers to transition to. Plus in my area, the oat milk is the same price as all the other alternatives.
Yeah, and nutritional value of milk isn't a big deal if you're just using small amounts for cooking or tea's
@@raviere22 yeah I’ve found a lot of people actually prefer oat milk as to dairy
@@raviere22 are you a vegan?
I would probably call pea milk 🥛"round green pebble milk"😆
Or vegetable milk.
You can really taste the pea-ness
@@starkravinglad8099😂😂😂
@@starkravinglad8099 the pea-ness of the pea milk makes it so creamy
@@Tetracontakaitetragonstop it
Another category I would have liked to have seen is how long each milk lasts before it spoils, both refrigerated and non-refrigerated. Milk alternatives might not be as econimic as dairy milk at the time of purchase, but if you're someone who doesnt actually use milk all that often, maybe having it last longer is better in the long run.
That's true!
To quote *doesitgobad* : Shelf-stable soy milk lasts for a few months past the printed date. Refrigerated soy milk, on the other hand, keeps only for about a week past its date. Once you open a bottle or carton, you should finish it within 5 to 10 days, no matter the type.
Definitely lasts longer than dairy milk
Oat milk seems to last 9 months or soon shelf
Another category that would have been pretty important to add imo would be environmental impact during growing and harvest, I've been told almonds take up a lot of water to grow, which is sad because it's the milk alternative that enjoy the most
Mat: "Pea Milk is an unfortunate sounding name"
Also Mat: *"Moo Juice"*
Lol-
What if you call eggs “Ca-caw juicy rocks”
I can't be the only one that heard B. Dylan Holis when I read that, right?
@@clownrock9558 no, you are not the only one
@@gemink7939 agreed
Beef fluid
I'm honestly surprised there wasn't even a comment on how long these alternatives last. I get oat milk SPECIFICALLY because of how much longer it lasts than dairy milk does. I cant finish a half gallon by myself of normal milk but i can with oat milk because where I'm at the best by date is ~3x longer.
That makes sense
Yeah. Milk says "once opened, consume within 3 days". There's no way the four of us can consume such a big bottle that fast. We probably could if we drank it rather than just using it in our cereal and on our tea, but we don't.
Meanwhile, Oatly milk says "once opened, consume within 5 days." Way longer. Plus, before you open it, Oatly milk can last months.
You know you made it when Geico is your sponsor lol
In parts of Asia, soy milk is actually cheaper than cow milk. It also tastes *much* richer and stronger than what you get in American grocery stores, which have been specifically processed to remove the "bean" taste.
Makes sense, lots of people in Asia are lactose intolerant, so milk must be less widespread and more expensive.
I come from Pakistan and that is true, in the shops, almost none sell cow milk
But the bean taste is the best part. It's quite hard to find traditional soy milk in the states.
However, Soy is also Terrible for men, since it contains phyto-estrogen, such as the burgers from McDonalds.
@@JamesLyda dude, soy-boy propaganda isn’t really something to be including in a more scientific setting. Go be an alpha male in the corner, and let us drink soy. I don’t even drink soy and I’m mad.
I would love to see a video discussing “lactose free” milk, dairy milks that take the lactose out of their products.
I second this!! I drink it everyday, but idk how good it is 😅
Here's an interesting piece of information I know. "Raw milk", that is unprocessed milk straight from the animal, don't cause discomfort for lactose intolerant people. If you're lactose intolerant, you can drink it no problem. The reason the milk you buy in stores is problematic has to do with the pasteurization process.
@@ferretzim8694 That is absolutely false. It is a bogus claim made by companies that sell raw milk and various "natural medicine" sites, but is demonstrably false. Studies by both the FDA and Stanford University of Medicine have found that there is literally no difference between raw milk and pasteurized milk when it comes to the impact they have on people with lactose intolerance, as they contain the same amount of lactose and the bacteria present in the raw milk do not aid in breaking it down in any meaningful way. At best, the claims made by raw milk sellers are backed by anecdotal claims by customers that either believed themselves to be lactose intolerant even though they aren't, or people that are lactose intolerant but are experiencing a placebo effect due to the claims made by the raw milk sellers.
Please stop spreading misinformation. It can legitimately cause harm.
@@ferretzim8694 fascinating, any source or reference on this?
@@ferretzim8694 id have to see some source on that to believe it. It just doesn’t make sense to me
I wonder what the shelf life is for milk alternatives because I take forever to finish even a quart of milk and sometimes even have some of it spoiled
I find its much longer than milk, depending on the brand. I've had one carton of provitamil oat open for I think 3 weeks and it was still good, I finished the whole thing. But oatly goes bad much faster, about 1.5 weeks in the fridge after opening
In the fridge after opened soy and oat for me have lasted over a month when left at other people's houses.
There's also almond, it's lasted me months and the expiration date hasn't even hit yet.
I hate all kinds of milk but i still drink it cause its has fats, i read the nutritional label on the back occasionally and it always bothered me how much grams of cholestorol it had, now that i drink cashew milk i hate the taste of milk even more, thank you matpat
You mean saturated fats, not cholesterol.
but isn't it the healthy sat fats?\
An important reason that a lot of people even choose to drink non dairy milk is it's environmental impact, which from what I've read Oat is the best and rice and almond are the worst due to how much water rice and almonds need to grow
i just wanted to grill
Rice is a staple food and 90% of it is grown and consumed in Asia and nearly third of it is being wasted. We can't change the amount of rice being grown, but we can use it in as many ways as possible to avoid that wastage
Milk harvesting literally has a minuscule environmental impact. Plants need way more water than a cow does
@@narcyz2134 we could just make sake /Soju/白酒 out of the rice
@@narcyz2134 You can also make rice flour, rice porridge, amazake etc. The possibilities are endless 😅😅
As someone who is both lactose intolerant and allergic to both soy and almonds, I can rest easy now knowing I've been making the best choice for myself all along with my oat milk purchases
oat milk #1 for me 😍
You are not allergic to soy
@@jojomojo508 what makes you say that?
thats such a rough combo, so many dairy-free things have soy in them
@@jojomojo508
You know people can be allergic to pretty much everything right? Also who are you to try to say what they are or are not allergic to when they are telling you others wise?
Finding this channel was a epiphany to me, love you energy, love the content! Keep it up Mat(e)
I love that the conclusion tallies with Good Mythical Morning's result with the milk alternative taste test
I think MatPat is the only CZcamsr that can run 4 channels and upload amazing content while uploading weekly.Keep up the amazing content MatPat!(with his team by he side helping make a amazing video)
Ok dont read my name,😑.
4 actually, don’t forget gt live where he plays games live
this comment is riddled with bots
well he's far from working alone, he got a full time team working on these videos
Let's remember he has a whole team working with him! Let's not forget the amount of work and input they're putting :^)
You forgot environmental impact, like how much land and water is needed to grow, how long and hard to grow etc, but make it simple oat is probably the best based on enviromental
Yeah, I saw an article about that topic once. Oat and soy were the top two, IIRC. All plant-based milks did far better on environmental measures than cow milk.
I can't have oat milk though because it gives me reflux so I'll probably have no milk at all.
@@kane2742 yes the plowed fields requiring thousands of gallons of fuel, fertilizer and pesticides with excessive water usage are far better than pastures which arnt able to support crop farming (like half the country’s non mountainous land) along with the fact that unlike people cows can eat the whole plant which gives us access to far more of the energy each acre of crops yield.
Fun fact the farming operations in California use 80% of the water used by the entire state. Not to mention the fertilizer and pesticide runoff and the algae blooms those cause along with lasting effects on the environment.
Very interesting question but it's hard to find where to even start with this. As someone said below, farms need lots of water and pesticides. But at the same time, cows do need feed and that also affects the environment. Then there's the debate whether it's better to farm food or raise animals and exploit them, whether farming is good because of how it'll affect the land and air, etc. Really interesting topic.
@@walter3934 cows are able to live their entire life on pastures eating grass and while it’s not always feasible to keep them on pasture year round especially in colder climates it still offsets feed requirements but beyond that cattle and other ruminant mammals can extract energy from farming waste we can’t eat such as plant stalks or fruits/veggies that didn’t make it past quality control due to pest damage or other things.
The important thing to note here is that half the land in America isn’t suitable for sustainably farming crops but has no issues growing grass which you can then just cut and put in storage bunkers where it’s turned into silage which can make up the bulk of what cattle eat. That’s what a lot of dairy farmers do already.
Factory farming of animals is obviously worse for the animal but it’s hard to say if it’s significantly worse for the environment as yes now you require more feed to support your operation but you take up significantly less space and you get other offsets like tones of manure which can be used as a natural fertilizer or to produce energy. Personally I think that even if it ends up being better for the environment factory farming has moral issues that can’t be overcome chief among them being the animal deserves a decent life without the excessive suffering that comes with being locked up in a pen for its entire life.
There really isn’t an easy answer here as for what’s best for humans or the planet and no matter your views on eating meat short of foraging for berries it’s impossible to eat without the death of millions of animals be it cattle on ranches or rodents and birds killed by plows and pesticides.
Thank you so much for including foaming and baking
Whole Milk is easily my favourite beverage, I drink it with near enough every single meal just because I love the taste and texture, but when I eventually become old, decrepit, and unable to drink it, I can thank Mat for giving me Soy or Oat as a thought.
While milk is my guilty pleasure. 😂
@@TheKickshaws I do not feel guilty at all, I love it lmao
Of everything I was expecting to see in this video, an Ash face reveal was definitely not one of them! But I'm so happy to know that they now feel comfortable enough with the Theorist crew and fans to decide to show themselves on camera! I now really hope that we'll get to hear some Witty Banter about this experience on the next GTLive!
I just hope we get to see Mirror Matt soon!
+1
So happy for them!
Amogus
@@MysticaI_Orb betwixt y’all you mean
There is an important test missing that was mentioned early in the video: How well each milk pairs with cereal. My favourite of all of these for drinking is oat milk, but in my experience it is terrible for cereal - it just does not absorb well.
I eat a lot of granolas and porridge and hate the taste of cow milk. I love my oat milk because it blends in but does add more flavour and sweetness. I don't like most "desert for breakfast" cereals as I like to call them.
Milk made out of cereal does not mix well with cereal. Interesting.
Chobani Oat is the most amazing I’ve seen!! I eat cereal on an almost daily basis and when I started getting sick drinking cow milk I was scared to try alts bc of how they pair with cereal. I’ve tried three different brands of oat milk and chobani oat is the best in my personal experience. If you don’t mind the taste of Pea milk Thts okay too. But I hate the way it tastes.
I have had the same experience, the more creamy milk alternatives are worse for cereal than the lighter ones, like rice milk
Almond milk works great with cereal
My kids and I love using almond milk for our smoothies specifically BECAUSE it doesn't froth well lol we hate the foamy layer on top after we blend regular milk. Also, I can usually find almond milk on a good sale or rebate! I haven't tried oatmilk yet and it's been decades since I've had soymilk, so maybe we'll give those a go soon 😊 thanks for the awesome video, great research guys!
My family, a very dairy intolderant family, has 2-3 cartons of milk open at a time- almond for cooking, soy for frothing, and rice (sometimes oat) for cereal
as another dairy free family, we also have varieties, usually oat and soya. we never get rice milk in as we have a child and its not suitable for under 5yo, so not worth it for us atm
Bruh this editing, this is literally insane, the amount of work that goes into editing, researching, and writing on these episodes is insane, Kutos to yall
Sorry to be that guy but kudos
@@zeezus890 At least you were polite unlike some folks
Matpat is just so obsessed with finding data his Dad pat form has truly come out.
@YоuTubе 🅥 fake.
Who are you that is so high in the ways of IQ
@YоuTubе 🅥 Self promotion booo send him to prison
Lol 😂
It’s official. Matt has three forms:
- MatPat
- CrazyPat (from his FNaF theories)
- and DadPat
That's not true, if he was a fully formed Dad Pat he wouldn't have returned with the milk
*POINTS EXCITEDLY* ASH!!! OMG!!
Also amazing video! Always love how informative your whole team is!! 👍🏼Great job everyone!!
I recently developed lactose intolerance (or strengthening based on past theory’s) so thank you for making this video
Me too.... I have been trying milk alternatives for 2months now, trying to find one that tastes better because I love milk, I atleast had a cup daily my entire life
the face reveal of ash feels like when a book gets turned into a movie and the characters aren't how you pictured lol
Facts
Really? They look exactly how I thought they would 😅
I’m certain that she’s a robot matpat created to hide the fact that she’s a figment of his imagination
Ash had thick rimmed glasses and a baseball cap in my mind
@@eugeneadams7071 i thought they had glasses too!
When it comes to cost, dairy milk is heavily subsidized. If almond or soy milk was subsidized just as much, they'd probably be around the same cost or cheaper than what dairy is currently
Yep. If it wasn't for government subsidies, stuff like meat and dairy would be WAY more expensive than it is now.
@@tecnapurin can't be more than double the price
Soy is enormously subsidized. Like to ridiculous degrees.
However they're just as bad for the environment and take up more land so that would probably never happen.
Before you tell me it's not bad for the environment allow me to explain. The amount of trees needed to grow enough to supply the country, takes up so much water that is insane, and since they are primarily grown in California this is an issue. Add that to the over stress it puts on the bee population and you've got even bigger issues. Soy is also a massive water hog, and both take more acreage than any dairy farm every thought of needing.
@@dunhillsupramk3 it was 4-6 $ per gallon, but that was a long time ago, not in the dairy bus anymore.
As a person who has not been able to drink milk for a LONG time now due to discovering I have eoe (eosinophilic esophagitis) which makes my throat more sensitive to allergies (the eosinophilic part), this is pretty accurate depiction of fake milk.
Pro tip: Coconut milk goes great in your mashed potatoes!!!! I learned that the fun way 😋
Yeah. Coconut milk,while itsucks as a milk substitute, is an excelent seasoning and flavor tool!
& coffee too
I'm lactose intolerant, and I'll blankly state, Soy is my GO TO, for everything, 'cause its so much more like milk
I even realized that Lactose was my problem, because I went over to Soy, for the taste, and stopped having pains
I also think that it is very nice to drink as "milk". But for me without a little bit of sugar it tastes much worse than milk ^^'
As a fellow lactose intolerant. I ABSOLUTELY DESPISE ALL NON DAIRY MILK OPTIONS. THEY ALL TASTE TERRIBLE!
@Shorts From The Pit hahh don't have to :P I feel like it enhances the flavor of everything else its mixed with :P so I would actually rather have soy, which is nice when I need it XD
I’ve heard that soy milk affects testosterone production so it could have negative side effects especially for men
I’m milking this soy thing
As a person allergic to dairy, this was interesting. I had no idea there was cashew or pea milk. Never saw them here. Might be something to test. I guess they haven't gotten popular or big enough to get put in the grocery stores in smaller towns.
And NO not lactose intolerant... allergic, as in my tongue and throat burns, my lips get puffy and I have some difficulty breathing. The number of times I tried to ask if a dish had dairy getting told 'it's just a tummy hurt, they make pills for that' when trying to get something while I'm out is astounding.
I was allergic to dairy, yes was… I somehow grew out of it, growing up I always had the same problem as you with people thinking I meant intolerance and it was the most annoying thing ever, we always drank rice milk at my house and it wasn’t that bad, I actually prefer the taste of it to normal milk, what did you have growing up or what do you have now?
Back when I was in school, there was a boy in my class who was severely allergic to dairy. We all had to be super careful cause even getting a little bit of traces on him would make him go into allergic shock. Eating a cookie with milk in it could've killed him. Didn't know there was also less severe versions of dairy allergy like yours though.
Same, everyone assumes allergic only means intolerant. I've been to the ER 4 or 5 times now, I think I'd know if I were only lactose intolerant.
I too am allergic to milk. My lips swell up and the roof of my mouth gets all itchy and tender like it's also swollen but not at the same time.
We actually use pea milk for the coffee at my job. You can store it for long times in room temperature and even though it doesn't foam as well it foams good enough.
Is it milk protein allergy? Dairy allergy is such a bad term that is sometimes used for it, so confusing. Most people i know that have it says milk protein allergy since it makes it easier to understand.
i love the Almond-Oat combo available at my local grocery store best
My favorites: rice/hazelnut and rice/coconut. The rice adds sweetness and the nuts add creaminess and flavor. Luckily my local supermarket chain has their own house brand of these drinks so they are cheap and readily available. Score! BTW, these two drinks mix great with vodka if you like that kind of thing.
Rice+hazelnut is the best! Oat and soy next, but for different uses
As a lactose intolerant individual, cashew and coconut has always been my go to personally.
The man himself is lactose intolerant
Thank you Xavier, very cool!
I used to love Silk's cashew, when they first introduced it, it used to be extremely creamy. Up until recently, my area didn't have a supply of it, but their cashew milk now seems to be the same consistency as their almond. I was extremely disappointed about this change when I found it again, I wonder what happened, because that was my only reason for ever buying it in the first place.
I read personality
@@xaytana Inflation for 200,000 please; Dancing Hologram Alex Trebek.
my niece is lactose intolerance, so I've been experiencing with cooking and baking with different milks, and let me tell you there is more then just minor differences. texture, density, bake time, flavor changes.
it all makes a huge difference. I don't like cooking with almond milk as the almond flavor will come through real strong. oat is great for baking cookies and cakes. coconut milk is fun for coconut flavored things, but using it as a stock for soups and curry is the way to go.
if you want to make Alfredo sauce, I found the best is to use the Lactose free milk. it's real milk just the Lactae removed and it works so good for Mac n cheese and Alfredo. pair it with vegan parm and you are set
#oatisgoat
I love homemade oatmilk for my alfredo sauce. I wasnsuper delighted at how creamy it turned out. I like to blend my own oats for milk because it works out to be cheaper overall and I only make the am of oat juice that I need lol
Thanks for the advice.
I have noticed rice milk produces very similar texture but a lighter sweeter taste so if you like that I reccomend it especially in baking. same with rice flour. my friend is gluten free and the biggest difference between regular flour and brown rice flouur is it's grainier and holds moisture better so the combination of it with rice or regular milk makes really good cakes
I’m lactose intolerant and love baking & cooking and i just always use lactose free. Unless it say butter milk & idk a good alternative but it doesn’t effect me really so might not have the find one. The only option of these in the video i use to drink is almond since the rest is either bad taste or weird texture. Especially soy & oat. And flavored milk besides chocolate 😡😡
I tried many types of milk as a coffee additive. Currently almond, oat and soy milks are out due to their strong flavor taking over the coffee's presense. Diluted coconut milks are the best, but still not on-par with cow milk.
My favorite “milk” is pistachio milk. I also love cashew milk. When it comes to drinking it, that is, and to use in things to drink
I've typically used coconut milk for thai and other southeast-asian dishes - its flavor (while not like milk at all) typically suites that flavor profile quite well. It might not serve as a milk ALTERNATIVE, but it does function just fine when used in the right context.
What they used in the video is not the same thing as the cooking coconut milk that is used in Asia. There are 2 types of coconut milk. 100% Coconut milk that is meant for cooking and coconut milk drink or beverage which is diluted coconut milk so that you can drink it.
For me, nothing beats the taste of freshly made soy milk. Having fresh soy milk for the first time, especially if you've only had the supermarket stuff in the past, is like having some really good, freshly made coffee for the first time after only having tried bad instant coffee. The taste is indescribably good.
How do you make yours? For some reason I’m not allergic to soy, but I am allergic to all soy milk found at the store. I think it could be a preservative issue since I do have a lot of allergies but soy itself is not one of them. I think making soy milk at home might be fun to try!
@@honeybloom8533 I make soy milk every week and it’s super easy! I got a soy milk maker years ago from Amazon. All I do is soak 1 cup of dried soybeans overnight in some water, then the next morning I drain them, put them in the maker, fill with water to the line, push the button, and in less than an hour I have fresh, piping hot soy milk! :) It’s dirt cheap, tastes amazing, has no preservatives, and lasts about a week in a bottle or jar in the fridge! Not that it ever sits around that long before I drink it all. 😊
Just be sure to clean it properly 💯💯
Being on a diet I am all for this! I love milk but I'm so over how many calories are in it.
Yay! I’ve been buying soy and oat forever! I use soy for nutrition, and oat for flavor. So soy goes into savory dishes and smoothies, and oat goes into cereal and hot chocolate.
I want to thank Team Theorist. I've been using almond milk for years, but thanks to this vid, I tried soy milk and it is SO much better. I only used almond to cook, but I can actually drink soy.
Something just to keep in mind is that kids shouldn’t drink soy milk because it gives a lot of estrogen and can cause hormone imbalances
Tiny tip for soy: buy your soy milk from Asian grocers if you're not already doing that. Trust me, you will not regret it
@@adlirez As a person who has an Asian room mate who buys these. I 100% agree
Agreed
The number 3 spot is not bad! For the longest time before I was drinking soy milk. Then years on down the line when almond milk became more readily available I started using it for my breakfast shakes, frappes etc. Still drink regular milk on occasion and prefer using it for baking/cooking.
It's been a long time since I've last drank soy milk. But it's still really good in my book. Especially Silk's soy eggnog come the holidays! Which I really miss because for some reason my Wal-Mart doesn't carry it anymore for years now 😭!
Remember everyone, if geico sponsors your channel you know your doing well.
I was personally taken aback by the sponsor, genuinely thought it was a honey sponsor until the mention geico\
It feels like boomers are watching this channel, but it's millennials who are supposed to be their clients now, feels weird that millennials are supposed to be the super consumers now.
Hot Ones here we come!
Plenty of people have the numbers this channel does but with more "risky" content. So it's less about doing well and more about being a safe option for advertising.
honestly i didnt really know what geico what until matpat was being sponsored by them. not american lol
The intro is just perfect 👌
Watching your channels makes me feel a bit smarter with every episode. Now my daughter watches with me too! And She finds your cutouts funny.
Food theory is my comfort channel, whenever I'm having a bad day I watch these videos, and they're just so ridiculous I cant help but laugh
And the best part is he learns ya somethin at the same time.
I do that too and play it at work if need be because yeah, it helps me mood ✨🙌✨👍💗❤️✨🙌
@YоuTubе 🅥 stop it
@YоuTubе 🅥 shut up we didn’t ask
Same
The amount of research that is put to make these videos is just amazing to me
@YоuTubе 🅥 What even was that?
@@beaweeng282 its a bot, ignore it
13:26 as someone who works in the agronomy industry, I can also tell you that soy milk is going to be cheap because a lot of soy is produced. I mean a lot of soy. Not only does soy have a lot of applications, it's also a good companion crop to re- enrich the soil for growing corn so you have a lot of farmers alternating between soybeans and corn. We end up making a lot more soy than the market would really call for as part of corn production which has a ton of applications. Remember soy and corn are used for things other than food. With corn, you have ethanol. With soy, you have biodiesel. Also a ton of animal feed and silage is made from soy So yeah, soybeans are easy to grow, grown in abundance and really maximized through bioscience so it does not surprise me at all that soy milk is cheap.
fun fact! i am actually allergic to casein. as a toddler i would drink about a gallon of milk a day and around 8 years old i developed really intense stomach pain. i was tested for celiac, lactose intolerance and many other things all coming back negative. i was diagnosed with stomach migraines after 5 years of doctors visits. didn’t find out until i was 15 that it was casein causing the problem
SO, I'm curious how these would stack up against a lactose-free dairy milk like Lactaid. That has been my go to since becoming more lactose intolerant, and I gotta say, for the milk taste alone, it beats all the other alternatives I've tried.
Well Lactaid isn’t a milk alternative. It’s just milk.
this is what we give my 15-month-old son. He can still get whole milk, without the issue of lactose, and I'm uncomfortable giving him so much soy because of the high estrogen amounts.
@@chloe5555 Now that's a responsible parent
Huh... I guess we never had to look past dairy milk after all.
If anyone is up for it, I recommend watching a video on CZcams called "Dairy is Scary" by Erin Janus. It's only 5 minutes long and it might give some info about dairy. Wishing everyone agreat day
Another factor you didn’t consider: environmental impact. From what I’ve heard almond milk is horrible due to how much water is needed. Cow milk also has a lot of overhead & resources. I wonder what the best pick is in that regard. Give Chidi an option so he doesn’t go to the bad place ;)
Yeah honestly surprised froth was up there but not environmental impact. I’m guessing that would have taken too much time as that would be material for a video itself.
Thanks for this... Both chidi and environmental impact needed to be mentioned
Dairy farmers have been failing as he said so while almond milk takes more water than other alternatives it is nowhere near the amount of water animal milk uses.
The cows need to drink water we all know that but one overlooked factor is the plants the animal is eating. If your dairy cows are grass fed which less than 5% are than this would still be an issue since it’s more convenient to grow your own grass as a farmer than pick up surrounding grass.
Don’t take my word on that 5% but I’m talking about dairy cows I know cows raised for meat alone have 10% be grass fed.
While almond requires more water in its production than other milk alternatives, it uses WAY less water than the production of cow milk.
I’m pretty sure it’s oat milk is best regarding water usage
Not lactose intolerant I just voluntarily choose non-dairy milk. There are some brands that are better than others, but I highly recommend oat milk if oats are a common crop to your area. Oat milk uses a very small amount of water even compared to coconut and especially almond and soy. To my experience it's the most mild and actually enjoyable of the alternatives as well as being very eco friendly.
Today marks the day I switch from almond milk to soy milk, especially in coffee! Thanks, Team Theorist!!
This makes me respect even more for my dad and his ongoing search for the best milk over the past 13 years ❤
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I buy mine from a farm down the road.. fresh from the tank, sometimes it's still warm. It's rich and creamy and goes good a a supplement for my diet and workout routine. 👍
For price, milk likely has a foot up because a LOT of grocery stores will sell milk for a loss to bring customers in to shop. Milk wars have occurred, where places like Wal-mart will drop their milk prices to bring in customers. A lot of people will shop where milk is cheapest, especially during the school season where lots of cereal is eaten. Milk alternatives are seldom, if ever, sold at a loss. Next time you walk into wal-mart, ask the dairy clerk to scan a jug of milk and see how much of a loss that jug is selling for. I htink it was somewhere around 30% when I last worked there. This is also why convenient stores sell milk for almost double the price, but alternatives are around the same price. They can not afford the several dollars loss on the sale.
I mean making dairy milk is just way easier than any plant milk. So of course it gonna be cheaper.
@@dieptrieu6564 good job ignoring the entire comment
@@dieptrieu6564 The only part harder about making plant milk is the conversion of raw material into milk. For cow milk, you have to take care of cattle, feed them (and grow that food), and milk each cow individually. The only other reason cow milk is cheaper is due to the economics of scale since dairy is a large established industry compared to alternative milks.
@@dieptrieu6564 well "easy" as in there's less human involvement, sure; but I'd argue raising and milking cattle while also keeping them all producing milk is pretty difficult and expensive. it's cheaper in stores bc of what OP has stated from their experience with supermarkets, and also because the industry has been around way longer and has had the time and resources to find cost effective work arounds (which often involves further abuse and exploitation of the animals & employees) like MatPat mentioned with soy & oat milk being cheaper than pea milk
or cuz milk alternatives are just over priced like most of these alternative stuff that are not great nutriently. Just buy normal milk, just looking at this video should be enough to show that normal milk is cheaper and healther.
I was so happy to see Ash's face for the first time she was always just a voice but not any more!
The song that plays around 15 minutes is a total bop
I would have liked a category for 'most environmentally friendly'
Almonds need a lot of water for example but I'm sure theres more differences
This^^^
Yes!!!
yes
Too bad soy milk contains estrogen to the point of being unhealthy; oat milk and cashew milk are hands down the best substitutes.
@@ramonandrajo6348 too much of anything can be unhealthy
I know this has nothing to do with milk but I adore Ash’s whole look! They are iconic honestly, also their mushroom earrings are so cute!! :D
same! ash looks lovely
simp
When my lactose intolerance got so bad that I had to cut out dairy milk (until lactose free dairy milk came along), I tried all the alternative milks to work out which was the best - but, being British, my test was based on which mixed best in a cup of tea. To which, soya milk ran away with the prize; it was the only alternative milk to mix well in tea at all! All the other alternative milks broke down and became powdery. So, OK, I wasn't mad about the taste of soya milk, but it did what I wanted the best and I got used to the taste so it *is* the best alternative milk, to go in a cup of tea, at least.
Oatly Barista edition also works in tea because it has an acidity regulator. But most oat milk doesn't have that.
My personal favorite taste wise is the almond coconut blend. This post was written before watching the full video, and will be updated after the conclusion
Ash was a figment of mats imagination, these theories have all been a cover for him being able to create them so he can prove people wrong
Social identity theory
I think Ash just conjured up a physical form
Mat has truly figured out how to use AI to make his own imaginary people become real… honestly quite scary…
MatPat created a friend. Stanley must've been a good teacher!
wait there's actual subtitles, why is nobody surprised by this
Did anyone else notice how, “the definitive guide to the best milk alternatives on the market,” (at 17:48) put oat milk in first place?
I thought that was an odd error.
I was about to comment the same!
I was looking for this comment. Like did anyone else catch that?
Yeah it's weird!
yeah
I believe that's because oat milk is by far the best in terms of water usage and other environmental factors, making ut the most sustainable
11:55 Frothing oat milk depends on the brand you buy. Oatly Barista edition and Oatly Whole, Semi and Light contain an acidity regulator which helps with that.
Also, how oaty Oat Milk tastes also depends on the brand. Oatly tastes like milk but without the sour aftertaste, whereas Hiper Dino tasted like oats mixed with water.
Food theory idea! What is the best protein powder
Now that we know Ash isn't just a figment of MatPat's imagination, we need a Mirror Matt reveal lol
I feel like if Mirror Matt WANTED to be on camera, he would have been by now.
it would be interesting to know wich of them is the most "environment frienly", because i had been told that soy needs a lot of land and clean water to produce than perhaps, oat
Almond and soy are both extremely wasteful when it comes to resources. They use loads of land and water.
I kinda of remember him making a video about that topic as well. Maybe you would find it if you go through his videos.
I have heard otherwise from soy milk but I will be researching for it ;) At the end of the day dairy milk is the environentally worst if we were to compare it and aslong as you pick a milk alternative it would be better off
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Isn't soy a legume, though? I thought those were supposed to be really good for farmland, in terms of not wearing the land out.
I have seen some other video from ASAP science saying that Oat milk would the most environmentally friendly.. I'm sure a lot has changed by now, but it can still be a good source of info
Here's the link to the video: czcams.com/video/8ZiD2W8vSXE/video.html
I’m wondering which brands you used, It would be cool if you did another taste test with Homemade
5:02 to any one who thought plant based dairy alternatives were as nutritional as cows milk then need I remind you that milk is used to super grow young mammals. There’s a reason cattle grow quick.
While I don't disagree with this analysis, isn't cow's milk heavily subsidized too? Also, for water usage (to make a gallon of milk) I think pea/oat are the best, which is important for future water conservation and even overall environmental impact.
Oat milk has by far the lowest water and land usage of any of the plant milks, which easily pushes it into first place in my opinion.
@@Disharm0ny That's my major consideration for milk alternatives as well. I really liked the taste of oat milk, but the one time I bought a carton of it, it had a noticeable grittiness to it, like the fibre hadn't been properly filtered out.
@@Levian-Durai try a different brand maybe, i have no issues with Planet Oat, i do get the extra creamy one though.
@@Disharm0ny That's a great point, though possibly the pea milks have the better protein to water usage ratio, I wonder if someone has done an analysis
yeah, I wish they had actually cover that in this video. Like, my personal favorite non-dairy milk is almond, but I don't really drink it anymore because so much water is wasted when actually even growing the almonds themselves...
That song that started playing at 14:38…I can never pay attention to what he’s saying once that banger comes on
Same
What is it's name? I can't find it
I was so nervous for this because I’m allergic to dairy along with every single milk substitute except oat. I’m so happy abt this video
I find it funny because my whole family can drink a carton per person per week. I only started drinking nondairy drinks due to stomach pains, but I love the stuff
Crazy seeing Ash in person but also super exciting!
They've quickly become a favourite team member of mine since they joined and I really hope we get to see more of them 💜
Edited for pronouns
they use they/them pronouns.
@@Lisa-Marie-xw6ek i believe theyve said they go by they/she ? something i heard but not entirely sure since matt usually says she on gtlive and mirror matt mainly uses they
@@thepurpleones Yeah, Ash confirmed her pronouns were She/They on Reddit. (Maybe on Twitter to, but I know for a fact on Reddit.)
I knew it when I saw them I just new that ash was enby but still wasn’t completely sure.
@@thepurpleones Thanks, I didn't know.
I'm drinking and baking with plant-based milks since I'm a little child. Because my mom lives vegan, and yeah, even now my dad and I only use soy, rice and oat milks and it is just as good for baking, or making a coffee in my dad's case.
Nice seeing this beeg research and all of ma favorite YT team test it. Very cool video.
Actually, my dad's friend only likes cow milk so sometimes we have that at home, but we always get rid of it as fast as we can before it spoils. xD
Soy isn't healthy. Messes with hormones. I'd avoid it if I where anything other than a post menopausal women.... Especially if you've been living off of it for years like that... Just some friendly advice.
I've noticed that my almond milk can last WAY longer than my family's 2%
when i was 8 years old it was discovered that i was allergic to milk proteins, so i've been consuming non-dairy milk and products for the past two decades. the non-dairy market has changed A LOT since then
@@GeeklingNo1 months you can buy stockpiles of the stuff plus mine doesn't really have much of a taste so it feels like a good alternative
@@newbienoobframebyframe4108 I've been drinking it rarely compared to oak and rice. And I didn't had it in like 5 years.
Never heard of that hormone thing tho
Anyone else find the background music that kicks in at 15:00 jarring? Seems to happen on the latter part of every food theory video.
I have STRUGGLED finding a good milk alternative and have somehow never considered trying soy milk before today. Definitely gonna go out and get some
“Hello everyone, my name is Ash. I have a face, that’s crazy.”
I love them.
I was actually having an arguement about nutrition with a vegan who seemed to think that all plant based proteins we're superior for some reason. Thanks for this MatPat.
Ther is unfortunately a lot of bias in diet and a lot of opinion largely because rigourous testing isnt actually a good thing to sell to your voters. A lot of lobbying also happens by big businesses to poke their noses where it shouldn't be. none of those people care about our health at all, just whether or not thy benefit from us having their backs or not.
At the end of the day eating plants with animal based protein is the best option. Animal based protein helps complete the protein of plants and plants have quite a lot of protein. So having cows milk in your porridge makes the oats itself higher in protein essentially. Same with chicken. Chicken and Milk are probably the healthiest animal foods and red meat like beef should be kept in moderation.
@@EndoftheBeginning17 Yeah I seriously doubt milk has anything to do with lobbying. You actually just politicised plant and meat cells bruh no wonder people can't take vegans seriously. Since when was rigorous testing a BAD thing? Literally everyone wants to know what their consuming if they care and if the people voting don't want to know what their actually consuming on a day to day basis then I simply don't think they have a place to vote. That doesn't even really make much sense as to want to vote for someone who will straight up lie to you, that and the fact that the people putting them on the shelves aren't even the ones testing these products for proof. As far as I'm concerned the whole concept of lobbying is pure corruption and nothing else.
@@lachlanB323 at the end of the day its not that funny is it
@@lachlanB323 This, they were meant to (for humans at least). We as humans are not herbivores nor carnivores. I agree, many plants have equally and sometimes MORE protein than meat, but it's the compounds of those meat and plant proteins that makes the most difference. It's never (although it plays a factor) about quantity but quality.
I really wish you talked about which choice was more sustainable.
16:34
*Confetti appears*
*Video quality gets destroyed instantly*
*Suddenly remembers that one Tom Scott video*
First of all, Love the video, love pretty much all the videos from your channels
But I did want to point out your chart from ~ 17:49 swapped the soy milk and oat milk's places
Making oat take first over soy, differing from what was said in the video
And again, Love your stuff, hope all of Team Theorist is doing great=D
I was just about to comment the same thing, you beat me to it!
Same, it really bugged me to see the results being swapped so I was about to comment but saw this, I hope they fix it, gonna provide mom with soy milk now because of her heart problems or almond if she wants to cut some cals.
8:38 I was really expecting us looking into MatPats brain to see Ash’s face that he made up
There's probably one more variant that consumers rate highly if moooving away from dairy milk, and that would be environmental impact in comparison (eg land and water use, or CO²/volume). Would be interested to see how that impacts on rankings, cow dairy included.
I'm pretty sure soy and pea milk win there.
Thanks I’m allergic to dairy so this really helps.
Since I am Lactose intolerant, I had to find a cheap af alternative to the 'moo juice'. I chose Soy overall because of its cheap pricing- but now I know that it has all this great facts about it I feel more confident about my choice :D I really rooted for Soy Milk this episode and so glad it came on top 💪😏
moo juice lol
I alsorooted for soy
@@cga7701 Yeah same, idk why but something about Soy milk just stuck out to me and I rooted for it despite not only never trying it but never trying any milk alternatives, it's kinda like how so many Jedi betrayed the order to follow Revan into the Mandalorian wars despite Revan going completely against the order and it's code
Me too but soy milk gives me a lot of gas? I knew it would be the best buy i was curious to see what would be second best.
Look into A2 milk. Many, many people who felt they were lactose-intolerant have reported being able to drink A2 milk and not experience the same problems.
I’m Irish and statistically I’m not lactose intolerant but even I feel its weird how much milk as a stand alone product is pushed. It seems more like an ingredient. It would be like pushing flour as an important part of your breakfast.
Too bad soy milk contains estrogen to the point of being unhealthy; oat milk and cashew milk are hands down the best substitutes.
The estrogen thing is actually false by the way
I mean, it is, given that some foods eaten for breakfast use flour.
Nah hemp milk is. Because the water used to grow it is way less. And hemp also has omegas.
Because milk tastes good and raw flour does not
It looks like the final part (at 17:48) showing how they all ranked is wrong. You flipped the Soy and Oat ranking.
I'm not sure if someone else called that out before me, but regardless, this was a great episode.
I’ve been experimenting with different milks and what I’ve found is that soy milk is the best for coffee drinks, coconut milk makes the best ice cream, almond milk is good as its own drink but the flavor is just too strong to work as a milk substitute. The best milk for cereal and to have just a glass of is lactose free milk. I haven’t found a cheese I like yet and there are other combinations of things I have yet to try, this is just what I’ve found works best for me so far :)
The info I really want (especially when comparing prices) is how long the milk will last in the fridge after opening. I switched from dairy to oat milk because dairy would always go bad before I can use it. Oat, on the other hand, will last in the fridge for almost double the amount of time as dairy. This makes it a lot less expensive overall because I don't have to pour half of the tub out and buy a new one every time I decide to bake a cake on a whim
Have you tried changing your eating habits or maybe buying smaller containers?
@@TharzZzDunN some people just dont use enough milk, and/or live by themselves. I could go out and buy a single quart of milk and it will absolutely go bad before i use it all, its just too much milk for how short the shelf life is after you open it. If you dont religiously eat cereal or live with multiple people then you can easily struggle to use up milk before it goes bad.
in an ideal world an opened jug of milk would last an entire month before it sours, this is not an ideal world.
@@Draganot1 or just drink milk
@@Draganot1 it's such a pain. I know I would go between 2 and 4 pints since some weeks I used up the 4 pints and sometimes I wouldn't finish the 2 pints. Getting rid of milk is rid6
Just drink it for a few meals a week
Chocolate versions of these are super different to their plain counterparts.a friend of mine threw a milk party once and it was a lot of different experiences
That's a good party :)
What the heck is a milk party?
I'm sorry a milk party
can I be friends with that person too
Fr, the Silk brand of chocolate almond milk tastes like chocolate pudding and not at all like almond!
Sounds unhealthy. Must add extra sugar too because cocoa would be bitter. Just try different brands for taste and try to figure out how watered down they are from the label to not just have expensive water.
I like how in the Geico sponsorship ad Mat said “14-year old car” while showing a picture of a car from the 1950s and he also says he “bought a replacement” which I doubt is the 1970 Dodge Challenger that was shown. If he actually got the Challenger he’s a legend, just kidding of course, he already is a legend.
15:27 - That's very different in my country. Almond is one of the most expensive nuts in Europe and oat and cashew are of the cheapest types of milk. So I guess I'll just have to ignore the price factor of this video, cause it's made with American bias in mind.