The dairy industry is up in arms about plant milks, first banning the use of the word ‘milk’ to describe a milky liquid that didn’t come from anyone’s mammary glands and now crying wolf over how many deficiencies we’ll possibly suffer if we ditch dairy.
The truth is, you will find a long history of plant milks and other plant drinks made by different cultures across the world over millennia and there is certainly nothing new or unusual about people consuming them.
Of all the plant milks, coconut has the longest tradition of use