![]() ![]() Water-wasting and now potentially deceptive, if you needed one more reason to lay off the almond milk, here it is.īy signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners. While Blue Diamond Growers doesn’t label how much of a percentage of its milk is made from almonds, plaintiffs Tracy Albert and Dimitrios Malaxianis say the company is misleading consumers by its claim on the front of the package that it is “made from real almonds.” The class action lawsuit, filed by two unhappy almond milk drinkers in the US District Court in New York earlier this month, seeks $5 million in damages from the products’ distributor, Blue Diamond Growers. Almond Breeze is among the top five milk substitute brands in the country. Why? Because of the bad news: you are likely getting duped.Īccording to a new lawsuit, Almond Breeze products only contain 2 percent of almonds and mostly consist of water, sugar, sunflower lecithin, and carrageenan, the blog Food Navigator reports. ![]() Still chugging almond milk, despite everything we’ve told you this past year? There’s some good news: you may not be destroying the environment as much as you’ve continued to not care about. Like this? Sign up for our newsletters to receive similar content to your inbox.Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Luckily, it is surprisingly quick and easy and we have a handy guide for you on how to make your own almond milk here. ![]() Kim recommends Provamel almond milk which contains 7% almonds and additionally only water and sea salt.īoth Gabriela and Kim agree though that the best way to ensure you get a high quantity of almonds in your almond milk is to make it yourself. However, if you want to drink almond milk, what are your options? Nutritionist Kim Pearson suggests the first thing to look out for is, “Unsweetened almond milks, and avoid those with added sugar or agave syrup and opt for products with the fewest, most simple ingredients possible”. While almond milk is one of best alternatives for people avoiding dairy, Gabriela highlights that if you remove cows milk from your diet entirely you have to be careful to make up for the calcium lost, and suggests eating calcium-rich foods such as “green vegetables, especially broccoli, sesame seeds and tofu”. Gabriela confirms that in fact the main source of nutrients in almond milks from brands such as Blue Diamond and Alpro comes from fortification, the process of artificially adding vitamins (in this case A & D), which is itself a debatable process. So, in terms of nutritional value are these almond drinks worth your time? Having spoken to Gabriela Peacock, Nutritional Therapist and Founder of GP Nutrition, the verdict is that almond milk containing such a small amount of almonds has a nutritional worth that is “pretty low” and contains “considerably less protein, calcium and fat”. While it was always expected that almond milk would contain a high percentage of water (otherwise it would be almond butter), the lawsuit argues that customers would expect a product with ‘almond’ in the title to contain more than 2% of the supposed main ingredient.Īlthough here in the UK Blue Diamond’s almond milk isn't such big business, quick research (read: googling) reveals that popular almond milk choices such as Alpro’s Unsweetened Almond Milk are just as watery, and similarly to their American rival contain just 2% almonds. The lawsuit in question highlights that Blue Diamond’s Almond Breeze contains just 2% almonds and is in fact predominantly just water with the addition of sugar, carrageenan, and sunflower lecithin (yep, we were shocked too). Almond milk, the ultimate litmus test for cool coffee shop status, has come under fire as the US’s biggest supplier of the dairy alternative has been served a lawsuit for false advertising. ![]()
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