Suggestions for Milk Alternative

northdubgal

Hi everyone,

I need to find a milk alternative that is basically free of protein.

I have been using Rice Dream and I like that but I need to find another alternative due to the content of arsenic.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

El_Dangeroso

Watered-down coconut milk? That's really low protein (<2g per 100ml)

northdubgal

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

Watered-down coconut milk? That's really low protein (<2g per 100ml)

Cool I'll check it out.

Any other suggestions?

moon.light

Hi. You may try oat milk (Oatly). It's quite tasty and also low in protein (1g per 100ml).

northdubgal

moon.light wrote: »

Hi. You may try oat milk (Oatly). It's quite tasty and also low in protein (1g per 100ml).

Where do you get this? I've never seen it before and it would be perfect!

moon.light

Try in healthfood shops or some supermarkets. I'm from Galway so I only know places here..

metamorphosis

Iv seen oatmilk in nearly all healthfoos shops, small ones and chain ones like holland and barrett. its nice too.

foxylady5160

Try Dunnes Health food section can you use soya milk??

metamorphosis

Since the OP is looking for something very low in protein, soy milk would be out.

In dunnes though i have seen cartonned coconut milk - just watered down, same consistancy as the rice and oat milks. 1.25 or something for a litre of it.

northdubgal

Thanks guys!

I'll have to take a proper look over the weekend.

I'm not crazy on the idea of coconut milk for some reason but I'll definitely give it a try I wasn't crazy about Rice milk to begin with but I'm devastated that it contains arsenic :eek:

ir555

Oatmilk available in Tesco Galway - so would presume nationwide!

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northdubgal

Thanks everyone for your suggestions, I'm loving the Oat milk, much nicer than Rice milk! I'll have to keep an eye out for it in Tesco as I've been getting it in Holland & Barrett.

Will be trying it in my porridge tomorrow morning, fx it's nice!

postgrad23

Out of curiosity, why do you want a low protein milk substitute?

northdubgal

Cos I'm on a low protein diet.

smiles302

How come you are on a low protein diet?

postgrad23

Oats have protein too, that's why I eat them for breakfast! Did the doctor tell you to go on a low protein diet?

metamorphosis

I fail to see the relevance of examining the OPs diet in a thread looking for alternatives high protein milk and milk like products (soy, almond).

The protein content of oats is also quite low, around 10,11gms per 100gms. That's very low protein content for 100gms.

Anyway - OP, ya I quite enjoy the oat milk myself too, there's a chocolate version i occasionally have sometimes. Nice.

postgrad23

metamorphosis wrote: »

I fail to see the relevance of examining the OPs diet in a thread looking for alternatives high protein milk and milk like products (soy, almond).

The protein content of oats is also quite low, around 10,11gms per 100gms. That's very low protein content for 100gms.

Anyway - OP, ya I quite enjoy the oat milk myself too, there's a chocolate version i occasionally have sometimes. Nice.

Purely curiosity, I'm very sorry if I've offended anyone.

I think 10% protein is quite high for a cereal, considering other breakfast cereals are about 2%.

metamorphosis

postgrad23 wrote: »

Purely curiosity, I'm very sorry if I've offended anyone.

I think 10% protein is quite high for a cereal, considering other breakfast cereals are about 2%.

ah ya, no bothers, I just thought it might have turned into something telling the OP that she needs more protein in her diet or something.

Yeah, while oats are higher than most boxed cereals but - think of it like this. The average serving of porridge in the morning will be what - 30 or 40gms? So, really you'd only be getting about 4 - 5 gms protein. That's not much to make a dent on your day protein wise at all considering you would still get more protein from one small egg. Having milk would bump up the protein alright, just depends on how much milk you're putting in as well seeing as milk would have about 3.5gms protein per 100mls.

EDIT: Just to say that i love porridge and have it for brekkie a lot and it's by far one of the better things to have for brekkie, just that when you think of it it's not really high in protein at all.

northdubgal

I have a metabolic condition called PKU where I don't have the enzyme to break down phenylalanine. This means I'm on a protein restricted diet - 14g of protein a day.

I have 30g of porridge with water and less than 80mls of oat milk so in total I have 4.2g of protein for my breakfast.

I LOVE porridge in the mornings and would eat it all year long - it's the only breakfast so far that actually fills me up. Since I'm on a low protein diet, that doesn't happen very often!