Australian and NZ farmers have long argued only cow’s milk should be sold as ‘milk’, in line with UK and European laws. This is what our current rules allow.
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Synthetic milk offers dairy milk without the concerns such as methane emissions or animal welfare. But is it the whey forward?
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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