If you were around in the 1980s you might remember the ad with the break-dancing milk bottles: full cream, homogenised, low-fat and cream, each with a different-coloured foil lid. Yes, those were the days when we just had four types of milk. Now there’s an overwhelming range of milks available to us, with plant-based options made from crops like soy, rice, oats, coconut and almonds vastly outnumbering the cow variety as we seek out non-dairy options for environmental, dietary and lifestyle reasons. Countdown reports that sales of plant milk have grown by more than 25 percent in the last year, with oat milk sales growing by more than 70 percent. There is even an international plant milk day on August 22.
What is a plant milk?
A plant milk is basically made by soaking a nut, grain or legume in
