Coconuts' natural creaminess is seen by some as the best way to imitate dairy, and
nondairy ice cream makers now are scrambling to find alternatives.
The biggest users of
nondairy milk are 16-24-year-old's, but plant based milks still only make up 4% of the overall milk market, with 96% of sales in 2018 being cows' milk.
"There's high demand for
nondairy milk, especially for the Oatly and Alpro products: we do all their skus.
A mini spray dryer (Model B-290, Buchi Labortechnik AG, Postfach, Flawil, Switzerland) was used to spray-dry the
nondairy creamer analogs/mimics.
With new product introductions catering to consumers in search of cleaner ingredients, free-from labels,
nondairy offerings and other alternatives to traditional ice cream, mousse and novelties, shoppers are rediscovering the aisle with renewed gusto.
Also, be sure to consume some
nondairy foods that contain calcium, to prevent a calcium deficiency.
Plant-based milks and
nondairy beverages remain a hotbed of innovation.
If you're interested in making vegan mayonnaise, 'oyster' sauce, 'fish' sauce, no-anchovy Worcestershire sauce,
nondairy milks, flax seed meringue, vegan cheeses, tofu, tempeh, other meat alternatives, and much more, this book is for you!
A cup of most unsweetened
nondairy milks has no more than 1 gram of naturally occurring sugar.
"Coconut milk is in really short supply worldwide," said Tom Gleason, whose company Oregon Ice Cream uses coconut milk for a line of Julie's Organic
nondairy frozen treats.
From Oven Beef Stew to "Cream" of Vegetable or Mushroom soups (which use milk/lactose-free
nondairy creamer instead of milk) to Rhubarb Custard Pie (which uses
nondairy milk and butter substitutes) and much more, Cooking Without Milk is extremely user-friendly to cooks of all skill and experience levels.
VegNews, America's premier vegetarian lifestyle magazine, has announced Purely Decadent as the 2008 Veggie Award Winner for
nondairy ice cream.