Milk Atlernatives Put to the Test- Which 1 Tastes Best?
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Rachelle Wood
Rachelle Wood, RHN is an honors graduate of CSNN Halifax 2002. After working a few years in the industry, Rachelle started her own company in 2005 that specializes in weight management. She has 2 office locations and has helped PEI lose over 75,000 pounds! She is the author of the See Results Holistic Weight Loss program and the Positively Charged Holistic Detoxification program. Rachelle teaches Business Mastery for CSNN Moncton, and is the CSNN Alumni Board Maritime Representative on the Board of Directors. In 2009 Rachelle won the PEI Business Women's Association Emerging Business of the Year award.In 2010 she was nominated for the Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Health Care award. Check out her company website, rachellewood.ca and nutrition blog.rachellewood.ca or lose weight online with her seeresults.rachellewood.ca.
In 2010 Rachelle launched, See Results, an online weight loss program and client management tool. With the help of See Results, Rachelle is now able to work with clients nation wide online. See Results provides clients with: customized meal plans, healthy recipes, holistic education, interactive tracking tools, charts/graphs, journals and homework questions to submit. It is easy to use for the client and nutritionist. The system was designed and developed over 2 years and based on Rachelle's successful in office program. To find out how See Results can help to grow your existing or start-up nutritional consulting business, please email us at info@seeresults.ca
By Rachelle Wood
Published on 02/14/2010
In this blog post Rachelle puts 3 milk alternatives to the test using her in-office clients. A must read if you choose to eat dairy free.
As a consumer I’m overwhelmed by the selection of milk alternatives on grocery store shelves. They can be made from: soy, rice, oats, almonds or hempseeds. You can even buy one that combine rice and soy. So how do you know which one is best for you? Perhaps by comparing labels and taste. This sounds like a great experiment for my in office clients!
For this experiment I'm comparing the taste, price and nutritional information for 3 milk alternatives: soymilk, oatmilk, and almond milk. I picked these 3 products because soy is what I drink daily and I had never tried the other 2 before. The method of taste testing involved sampeling of all 3 lactose free products in small mouthful amounts. Participants did not know which milk was made from what and were asked to guess after tasting all 3 varieties. Let me tell you, I was plesently surprised by the end results.
In the taste test (to my surprise) most participants favored the oat milk, then the soy, then the almond. The oat milk had a lot of flavor, the soy tasted more like cows milk, and the almond had a funny aftertaste.
As for cost, the milk alternatives were comparable in price which ranged from $1.99 for the soy to $2.69 for the almond milk. All in all, these alternatives are pretty much the same price as cows milk.
All in all, the winner of the milk alternative taste test is oatmilk; however when it comes to nutritional information the soymilk wins. Participants thought the almond milk had a funny aftertaste and were surprised that it didn't smell like almonds at all. I would like to thank all my in office clients for helping me gather the data for this in office experiment.
Do you have another healthy food experiment you'd like us to evaluate? If so email your suggestions to us at Rachelle Wood Nutrition.
For this experiment I'm comparing the taste, price and nutritional information for 3 milk alternatives: soymilk, oatmilk, and almond milk. I picked these 3 products because soy is what I drink daily and I had never tried the other 2 before. The method of taste testing involved sampeling of all 3 lactose free products in small mouthful amounts. Participants did not know which milk was made from what and were asked to guess after tasting all 3 varieties. Let me tell you, I was plesently surprised by the end results.
In the taste test (to my surprise) most participants favored the oat milk, then the soy, then the almond. The oat milk had a lot of flavor, the soy tasted more like cows milk, and the almond had a funny aftertaste.
As for cost, the milk alternatives were comparable in price which ranged from $1.99 for the soy to $2.69 for the almond milk. All in all, these alternatives are pretty much the same price as cows milk.
All in all, the winner of the milk alternative taste test is oatmilk; however when it comes to nutritional information the soymilk wins. Participants thought the almond milk had a funny aftertaste and were surprised that it didn't smell like almonds at all. I would like to thank all my in office clients for helping me gather the data for this in office experiment.
Do you have another healthy food experiment you'd like us to evaluate? If so email your suggestions to us at Rachelle Wood Nutrition.