Plant-based milks don’t need to be ‘equivalent’ to dairy milk

By Emily Angus2025-07-24T13:58:00

A recent government report has led to headlines claiming plant milks are a ‘poor nutritional equivalent’ to cows milk, says Emily Angus, senior dietitian at The Vegan Society

If you read only the headlines in mainstream press coverage of the recent government nutrition report on plant milks, you’d be left thinking the entire non-dairy milk sector was a poor nutritional alternative to cows milk.

Plant-based milks don’t need to be ‘equivalent’ to dairy milk

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