• That Dutch guy@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Here it’s not just that.

    The raw resources and production costs of oat milk is like, €0.30 per 2 liter.

    They sell it at €2.40.

    Healthy is capitalism here.

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        Oat milk is just oats blended in water. The research is minimal. The marketing is where they put most of their money.

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          Most retail nut milk is actually mixed with a variety of gums and other texture enhancers.

          Fresh, homemade oat milk is actually really easy to make by that process, but store-bought oat milk needs to have consistent flavor and texture/mouth-feel. So there is a bit more that goes into it.

          This is also true of other non-dairy milks. That’s why I only use Trader Joe’s or Westsoy shelf-stable soy milk for making yogurt. No gums.

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            These are industry standard additives, that are trivial to develop recipes for. The research involved is minimal, and wouldn’t represent a significant portion of the business.

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          I think there is a huge difference in the thing you are describing and e.g the oatly barista.

          There are a lot of oat milks that taste very different or not at all. To get the right taste and consistency, you need some research.

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            You’re the only one talking about niche/specialty products though. Not denying that those products require extensive research, but I doubt that those products alone are responsible for the considerable markup on the typical alternative milk products, which truly are closer to “oats blended in water”, and probably make up a majority of sales.

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          1 year ago

          Plus vegans will pay anything in order to imagine themselves as being better than meat eaters.

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      1 year ago

      Doesn’t production of not milk use a ton of water and have am environmental impact

      One of the trends I have noticed with vegan users online is that they neglect to mention the environmental impacts of their own alternative products