Trying to find a nicer tasting non dairy alternative

jenniewb

OK so after many years of deliberating, I finally cut out dairy from my diet.

I have so many digestion issues and on a recent cutting out of all dairy I found my stomach went down in volume- I now have a waist that goes in instead of looking 6 months pregnant! (This is amazing to me).

I had been drinking the lactose free stuff but someone suggested cutting that out and having something non dairy as I do still have some symptoms which could be attributed to dairy and not just the lactose. I want to test this out but I am having trouble finding a nice tasting alternative.

I am currently drinking "so good" and really cannot stand it! Its got an odd creamy/silicon after taste which I do not like, Rice Milk was not creamy enough (just like water infact)...
Please someone tell me there are better options out there!

MrsBartolozzi

I have cut out most dairy form my diet. I was finding that the mucogenic properties of milk gave me sinusitis for most of the year, not fun. I drink rice milk, but the taste varies greatly. I really don't like provamel for instance, but love Rice Dream. Maybe give a couple of kinds a try before dismissing?
Oatly is ok too, it tastes of oats unsurprisingly, but makes porridge lovely and creamy so I use it for that (not so great on cereals).
I don't drink tea or coffee so couldn't recommend any for that purpose.

JenniO

There is non-dairy creamer in powder form for coffee and teas. Or just drink herbal tea black.

I believe there are also non dairy yoghurts available...

Kirri

I use Morrisons fresh soya milk which is currently on offer for about 68p ish - but I don't drink it on it's own only mixed in with things, ie protein shakes etc. But I can't taste any noticeable 'taste' like this (I didn't like milk anyway). It seems to work as well as milk did in cooking.

In what way will you be using it?

vicki+1

I went vegan for a while when i was a teenager, i used to eat some icewcream called swedish glace i think, it was very yummy (and very expensive!!!) but i think you can still get it in tesco

plainsie

I use Asdas own make long life soya milk costs 63p and I like it on cereal and for making porridge and also seems alright in my tea but curdled in my coffee.

Kirri

vicki+1 wrote: »

I went vegan for a while when i was a teenager, i used to eat some icewcream called swedish glace i think, it was very yummy (and very expensive!!!) but i think you can still get it in tesco

Can still get it, I had some last week - better than dairy ice cream!
Though Morrisons and Sainsburys have stopped stocking the chocolate version. I think it's quite cheap though compared to dairy ice cream, £1.99 at the moment (though was only £1.70 ish last year).

plainsie

I'm dying for some dairy/wheat free chocolate that doesn't cost nearly a quid for a small bar.

elfen

alpro soya yogurts are brilliant...taste like the flavour they say they are. Soya chocolate milk is good and a brilliant alternative to chocolate.

chalkysoil

these are yummy

£1.42
(28.4p / 100g)
Alpro Soya Dark Chocolate Dessert (4x125g)
92 cal / 100g

littlejaffa

chalkysoil wrote: »

these are yummy

£1.42
(28.4p / 100g)
Alpro Soya Dark Chocolate Dessert (4x125g)
92 cal / 100g

these are sooo yummy and often offered as samples - well worth contacting the company and telling them your looking for alternaitves i'm sure they'll send you some goodies

i drink soya milk - for moral not strictly health reasons and really do find a difference in taste between the brands, it's trial and error usually, the sweetened stuff tastes like sweetex (foul!) to me so i avoid it