There's NO ALMONDS In Your Almond Milk - Here's The BEST Milk Alternatives

there's basically no almonds in the almond milk in your fridge right now wait what did you just say about my almond milk yeah there's no almonds it's just watery emulsifier see even art is shocked so if there's no almonds in my almond milk what's in there well it's mostly water emulsifiers gums and oils and that's a problem which we'll get to in a little bit but if you pour an eight ounce cup of almond milk like this there's about five almonds in that cup and in this whole carton it's only about two percent almonds and that's an issue so in this little expose we're gonna talk about the best almond milks the worst almond milks gonna give you a really good homemade almond milk recipe also gonna touch on oat milk and other alternative milks and tell you what the best non-dairy milks for toddlers are out there before we get rocking and rolling you know the drill like subscribe share my friends the only way this channel keeps growing is by you spreading that love there's also a bell icon 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afterwards my stomach would be killing that's because oat milk and especially barista additions are loaded with gums and oils to help it froth so that's problem number one but if you look at the nutrition nutrition ingredients of any almond milk there's going to be those emulsifiers see this one word right here there's always natural flavors in almost every even plain or flavored almond milk you guys know how i feel about natural flavors it's another word for artificial flavors there's nothing natural about it you don't want it the good ones that we're going to talk about in a second don't have that stuff and notice how they're always vitamin fortified there's calcium carbonate there's a vitamin a they want to mimic the nutritional profile of cow's milk the problem is they're using really cruddy uh synthetic vitamins and calcium carbonate actually doesn't even absorb into your body it's that cruddy so you don't want that and you'll notice the good ones they don't do that they just make really good almond milk and they're not trying to make it like a cow's milk and if you get one that's flavored check the amount of sugar on there it's always a crazy amount of sugar which is really really bad news so when you go almond milk or any kind of non-dairy milk plain unsweetened is the way to go so now that we know that and now that i don't use something like that what's the best almond milk on the market well it's probably these two i have right here this is the best almond milk on the market it's also art's favorite name ever it's milk reference to bart simpson and the simpsons this is great because if you look at the ingredients here it's three ingredients it's not a laundry list of ingredients and it's water organic sprouted almonds we'll come back to sprouted later and himalayan pink salt not refined table salt unrefined himalayan pink salt which is really good and it's cold pressed meaning it's minimally processed this is your top shelf milk right this is the kind of stuff you might want a cold glass of while having some netflix marathon or if you want milk and cookies this is what i pour a glass of and something like this i use for my smoothies now another great one is three trees which is actually kind of hard to find here in chicago for some reason but if you look at the ingredients this is the pistachio nut milk it's pistachios almonds almond extract and himalayan pink salt once again do you see any gums emulsifiers gels do you see any vitamin fortified no this one isn't sprouted which i'll get to in a minute but it's still fantastic the thrive market almond milk is one of the best economical ones this 34 ounce packet i believe is 249 and look at the ingredients it's water almonds sunflower lecithin is the only emulsifier and then salt so i'll make my smoothies with this because i'm not going to use top shelf for that think of this as like top shelf tequila like george clooney uh casa amiga style this is like that this is like your your well drink you go to the bar you get the cheap well drinks but this is actually a premium well drink so this is what you want to get and the price is great so when you try thrive market using my link down below definitely get this and the oat milk which i'll talk about and then elmhurst elmhorse makes a whole line of um milked almonds milked walnuts that is just two ingredients another great shelf-stable one that is really good for smoothies so these are the ones i would get for everyday use i would stay away from these now i said this one is sprouted see that word what does that mean milk is the only almond milk on the market that sprouted because the almond skin the brown almond skin has anti-nutrients or lectins and when you sprout or soak almonds you remove the anti-nutrient so your body is able to absorb the nutrients in the almonds or whatever you're eating with it no other one on the market is sprouted so this is why it's my favorite top shelf because it's sprouting purpose and even though this is organic even though the thrive market one is organic you don't have to buy organic almond milk it's not a dirty dozen member and it's a tree nut it's protected by its shells and even if they spray the trees which they usually do around the uh tree floor and the grass they actually don't spray the tree itself because when they shake the tree and all the almonds fall they don't want a bunch of weeds and stuff in the way when they're picking up the almonds but you don't have to buy organic and you might say what's the difference bobby between a refrigerated one like this or a refrigerator runs like this and shelf stable almond milks like this these are shelf stable uht ultra high temperature pasteurized these are high temperature short time htst pasteurized which is why in general i like to buy the cold ones because it's not nuked at a super high temperature so it still has some living nutrients in there but once again i'll buy this for my top shelf and i want to have these on hand because i like to have a lot of them to use for my smoothies so that's really important so that's my breakdown of almond milk and what to buy what to avoid but a lot of people like to buy and drink oat milk oatmeal could actually have even more emulsifiers in there so make sure you get ones that have minimal to none malk makes a great one but look at the thrive market organic one two ingredients water and oats this is fantastic for making your smoothies or whipping into your latte for a weekend uh oat milk latte the thing is organic is a must whereas almond milk isn't why we've talked about this many times if it's not organic oats it scores high in glyphosate the active ingredient in roundup so you have to get in my opinion organic oats and um oatly is a very popular one on the market it's not organic but i did my research i looked on their website and uh it is glyphosate free they do get a check for that but you have to get the low fat version of oat leaves it's probably the only time in the world i've recommended low fat because the full fat doesn't have fat it has like fat from oats obviously because there's not in there it has sunflower oil and you don't want that the low-fat one has none but still it has emulsifiers and it has uh added synthetic vitamins so i wouldn't get that i would stick with the malk version of that or once again the thrive market one's great we don't drink soybean oil because uh high omega-6s and it's usually uh what's up you want to drink soybean oil do what i said yeah we don't drink soy milk thank you art i was paying attention we don't drink soy milk because of the high omega-6 ratio and if it's not organic it's none it's a gmo soybeans rice milk really has no nutrition it's very starchy and very sugary and pea milk you have to be careful because peas can oftentimes score high in uh heavy metals like arsenic so you really want to avoid that unless you know that it's like california rice milk so that's what i would do for that you can also make your own almond milk i know a lot of people are watching this right now saying why are you buying these well you can make your own we have a recipe in our cookbook for that three ways chocolate cinnamon and strawberry and on our blog i'll leave the link down below it's super easy and you can sprout your almonds and remove the anti-nutrients and a lot of moms and dads ask me what's the best non-dairy milk to give your toddlers if you don't want to give them cow's milk the answer is hemp milk hemp milk will have the closest nutritional profile to cow's milk the thing is most of them on the market have natural flavors and emulsifiers and i think it's very important with kids not to be adding those gums and emulsifiers to their gut because you could be setting them up for problems uh down the road so make your own you could basically just not even soak them blend them up with water add some coconut cream a little bit of maple syrup and vanilla extract you'll have something so much better than anything at the grocery store so definitely check that out i'll try to find a recipe online and post it in the description box because it's super easy and you can buy a big bag of uh hemp hearts that are loaded with uh omega-3s and uh protein and iron it's fantastic so i almost did the video are without talking about our favorite or your point that's why i was pointing art and i we love that we love and we hate this so this is muallah so many people have asked me about this and i never see it a whole foods but i saw it at jewel oscar in chicago number one is the most confusing product on the market it's mu allah with a picture of a koala so i don't understand that because it's not a cow but i do understand this look at the ingredients it's water bananas sunflower seeds a little bit of emulsifier and then organic it's delicious oh my god i've been using this for my smoothies i gave it to roasty and she loves it the only thing is if you think the name and that is really weird what gets even weirder at her art the story read this story this is a moala pronounced like koala mu allah he has spots like a cow but lives in a tree in fact he is almost like a regular koala except he picks nuts seeds and fruit from his favorite trees blends them into delicious organic plant-based beverages in a secret moala factory shh he then leaves bottles at your favorite grocery store hides and waits for you to pick them up sometimes he follows you home and everyone lived happily ever after okay super creepy reminds me of a chris hanson to catch a predator episode but he makes a great banana milk don't get the flavored ones because they have added sugar and natural flavors the og banana milk is really good once you ignore the rest of the stuff on the bottle there so um that's it you guys i hope you guys found this video very very helpful check out thrive market using my promo link down below score the best in class shelf stable almond and oat milk for your lattes and your uh and your protein smoothies and get that free gift just for flavor city fans thrive market is the bomb uh like subscribe share the only way this channel keeps growing is by you spreading that love and the only way we help people put the best quality stuff in their body is by you spreading that flavor city love uh but for arthur t almacey iii and myself we leave you like we always do hashtag keep on cooking mad love and peace later

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Length: 12min 43sec (763 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 24 2020