Synthetic milk offers dairy milk without the concerns such as methane emissions or animal welfare. But is it the whey forward?
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Look out for products fortified with important vitamins and minerals.
Potato milk may not be the most nutritious plant-based alternative – but it still has some benefits.
Who gets to decide what we call the things we eat? Increasingly, wealthy plant-based food moguls.
Dairy has the biggest environmental footprint, but some plant-based alternatives come with a number of environmental issues, too.
Margarine makers once had to colour their product pink. Calls to restrict the use of the word milk are similarly protectionist.
New Zealand’s dairy industry is arguing consumers are being misled if the term “milk” is used for plant-based products such as almond or coconut milk, but consumers are savvier than that.
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Professor of History and Philosophy, and Deputy Dean Research (Faculty of Arts), University of Adelaide
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Lecturer in Science Communication, The University of Western Australia
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Lead for Evidence-Based Medicine and Nutrition, Aston Medical School, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Waikato
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Visiting Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Co-editor International Journal of Wellbeing, University of Waikato
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PhD Candidate, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor in Human Nutrition, University of Reading
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Research associate, Curtin University
