To tell you all that oat milk is actually lovely?

[JesusInTheCabbageVan]

Speaking as a non-veggie. I'd been uneasy about the amount of milk we get through for a while, but skeptical about alternatives. Tried oat milk at someone's house over Xmas, and it's amazing! Basically like creamy, comforting liquid porridge. Goes fine in coffee, makes the most amazing horlicks, and if anything is nicer than cow milk. (Long time poster, don't have shares in oat milk, promise)

I really like oat milk too. I like the alpro one best, followed by provitamil.

Everyone seems to rave about oatly but I think its the worst one, but its still OK

YANBU. I love oatmilk. My DS4 loves almond milk. So if anyone wants to reduce their cow milk consumption for any reason, there are amazing alternatives these days

Another one for Oatley barista here. Tried for years to like non-dairy in tea. Now I finally do!!

I hate oatly for pretending to be began

Nice product but I can't get past the twee self satisfied marketing "all wow, no cow"

Except for the bone meal they fertilize with. which tbf might have come from horses

It probably does taste good, most processed food with a long ingredient list does. I tend not to eat processed food so I guess I'll never know.

It’s disgusting

Great in porridge/cereals and coffee but not tea. I alternate Oatly with cow's milk in a bid to reduce my cow's milk.

Except for the bone meal they fertilize with. Which tbf might have come from horses

I'm curious about this. It's my understanding that most if not all food crops are fertilized with animal byproducts or waste products. I can see why as a vegan one might be upset about that, but I don't think that there's really much alternative if you're not growing it all yourself?

(Genuine curiosity and willingness to learn, easyandy. I'm gradually moving towards being more plant based)

Oat milk in tea is genuinely lovely, without it I think I'd have bowed out of Veganuary within 3 days.

I think cow's milk tastes disgusting and it doesn't agree with me so tried all the alternatives.

I was using soya for a while but hate the fact that it separates in tea and coffee and looks so horrible.

I then found oat milk and have used it ever since. I think it is great in tea and coffee and also use it for yorkshire puddings, pancakes, sauces etc. It's lovely in porridge

DH is fussy and didn't like rice, coconut, almond, soya or hemp milk. He really likes oat milk though and now that is all both of us use.

I had a friend round recently and used it in her tea and she didn't even realise

I also like the fact that keeps far longer than cow's milk. I drink loads of tea but only have a small amount of milk in it and a carton can last me 2 weeks sometimes

It's not the bonemeal that bothers me it's specifically their marketing

All organic crops in the eu are grown with bone meal, it's one of the only organic approved fertilizers available

They use it, I don't have an issue with their use of it, just specifically that they market themselves in such a self congratulatory fashion "post milk generation, all wow no cow" etc and make much of their vegan credentials

In my old store, which had a large focus on free from, vegan and health foods, alot of our vegan customers moved away from it for the same reason and started making their own.

Apologies if this has been asked but how can there be fat in oat milk? I was looking at how to make it and it's just oats and water.

The one I looked at had rapeseed oil in it. It had a list of 10 ingredients.

I like the Oatly one but my god their packaging annoys me with all that cutesy crap on the carton.

I'm not in some sort of oat milk drinking 'club', I don't want to be 'included' in some sort of silly attempt at in jokes and I'm not 8 years old. I'm an adult buying a product that makes my porridge taste the way I like it.

You see this more and more on products that are being marketed as 'right on' and good for the environment and it really irritates me.

@GoldenSyrupLion

Because the homemade oats and water separates out when it settles, doesn't foam like the advertised Oatly Barista when making posh coffees, and probably spent have a stable shelf life without added stuff

Apologies if this has been asked but how can there be fat in oat milk? I was looking at how to make it and it's just oats and water.

Because oats contain fat. 5.5g per 100g according to my packet of oats.

The brown carton of Oatly is organic and only has three ingredients, oats, water and salt.

Some oat milk also has palm oil in it.

I had a friend round recently and used it in her tea and she didn't even realise

This is my biggest concern about the push of plant milks - that people don't think it needs mentioning before giving it to people.

Don’t spread the word about Oatly Barista - hard enough to source as it is! Was v pissed off at their huge ads all over London when it was impossible to find before Christmas! Love it in tea and coffee and so pleased it is more widely available in coffee shops now. We use the normal blue one for cooking and porridge etc as it’s cheaper and always available.

soulrider, it is the only milk we have in the house and we have got so used to it I didn't even think about mentioning it to my friend.

She said she didn't realise it wasn't cow's milk and is now going to buy it

I'm going to start quizzing people before accepting drinks i think. The issue with oat milk is despite it sometimes not being gluten free in the UK, people don't realise as a) it is gf in other countries and b) it doesn't mention gluten as an allergen on the packaging.

Don’t spread the word about Oatly Barista - hard enough to source as it is! Was v pissed off at their huge ads all over London when it was impossible to find before Christmas!

(Looks in cupboard. 14 cartons )

Thsnks Chakira. I'm shocked. I thought I was nutritionally savvy. My oats are 7% fat. Have started eating them again too, for the fibre. Ah well.