Sugar-free soya milk?

[GoldPlatedNineDoors]

DNeice reacts to cows milk and didnt seem to handle formula milk well, but SIL can only find soya milk with sugar in.....anyone know if there are sugar free brands?

[vodkaanddietirnbru]

what age is she? If she is under 1 then she needs formula of some sort, whether it is soya or one of the other dairy free formulas. If she is over 1 then she can have soya milk or one of the other dairy free milks you can get e.g. oat milk. I doubt there are sugar free brands - they probably need the sugar for flavouring plus cows milk itself has sugar in it (lactose is the milk sugar). Better to have sugar than artificial sweeteners anyway.

[GoldPlatedNineDoors]

I agree re: sweetneners.

She is 1.1

[vodkaanddietirnbru]

alpro soya do a 1+ soya milk for children. If she is still young she will need plenty of calories and using sugar free drinks will mean she gets less calories than she needs.

[Wheresmycaffeinedrip]

Soya milk is also sweetened with apple juice concentrate I believe. But is available as sweetened and unsweatebed. Your local holland snd barrat should stock this. As do many supermarkets. As said above under one she will need a formula but alpro 1+ is suitable for ages 1-3 and my dd2 loves it. Kara coconut milk is also a good substitute. Oatly really doesn't contain enough fat or calories to be a drink suitable for a toddler and rice milk not safe under four :)

[Pascha]

DS likes Alpro 1+. He's not so great on unsweetened soya milk. The 1+ has more calories and more calcium in it.

[scampidoodle]

You can get unsweetened or sweetened soya milk at the main supermarkets and all seem to do their own cheap (Basics/Everyday or whatever they're called ranges). They don't seem to be any different from the standard ranges in taste or calcium/added nutrient content. Holland and Barrett are very expensive for soya milk. Unsweetened soya milk is pretty awful though - we used to give DS, who has a dairy allergy, a mixture of half and half sweetened and unsweetened for a drink but use unsweetened on cereal and in cooking.
He now has Alpro almond milk for a drink (and soya on/in food) but I've just read the carton and it says it can be given from 1 year but shouldn't be the main milk drink before age 3.