Almond Breeze Dairy Free Almondmilk, Unsweetened Original, 32 Ounce (Pack of 12)

A pack of 12 allows you to save on the usual price at the store. I use it a lot so it has lasted me about 4 months.

I started using almond milk with my entire family when I learned that my children both have allergies to casein, the protein found in all milk that comes from the bodies of mammals. Soy milk is tasty, but contains phytoestrogens (which mimic female hormones), so we try to avoid soy as much as possible. My youngest son is allergic to coconut (and coconut milk is incredibly sweet too, which can make cooking mashed potatoes and other “bland” foods difficult), and my experience with Rice
milk is that it tends to be incredibly runny, and is difficult to properly cook and bake with.
Almond milk is thicker, and the original unsweetened variety is easily translated to a variety of recipes, can be used in cereal, and is thicker in consistency, closer to that of cow’s milk than other options.
Almond milk is also fortified with vitamins, making it even MORE nutritious than cow’s
Milk! It has vitamin E, and many other vitamins that cows milk lacks. It has as much (sometimes more) calcium and vitamin d as cows milk. It does not have cholesterol as cows milk does…and is far easier to digest. Human beings are not meant to drink the breastmilk of another animal…and America is one of the only countries that use the milk of another animal as a dietary staple. It makes sense that so many people would be sensitive to cows milk when trying to digest it. I myself am extremely lactose intolerant.
The cost isn’t much more than cow’s milk, it’s healthier, and has a much longer shelf
Life (it does not need to be refrigerated right away, until it is opened). It is an easily stored, easily digestible, nutritious alternative to cows milk, and wasn’t difficult at all to switch to. We purchase the Vanilla and chocolate too, to switch things up, and the kids love it!

Healthy doesn’t always have to taste bad.
Sometimes what makes your body feel great is also pleasing to the palate as well. 🙂

Tasty

I took a major risk on this product. Growing up, I was lactose intolerant. It turned me against milk. I have been using protein supplements for years and always mixed them in water. People would always say, "Eww, water with a protein shake?" It’s not that bad, people. I had noticed that I have been getting worse about snacking on sweet foods. I honestly don’t like sweet foods. But I was eating M&Ms, Almond Joy, Mounds, cake and was worried that I was letting myself get too into sweet foods. So, my daughter, who isn’t lactose intolerant, loves almond milk. I tried some of hers with one of my protein shakes. I even let the shake sit in the freezer to make kind of a chocolate protein milkshake. It was good! It also didn’t hurt me. For those people who try to convince lactose intolerant people of "it won’t hurt you", please, understand that we’ve had hard lives! You all eat your ice cream and we paid triple for some frozen yogurt. We were even scared to eat macaroni and cheese. Milk to a lactose intolerant person is like poison. No offense to Almond Breeze. I have now drank two entire cases of this. I even got creative (bad idea) and tried the coconut almond with my chocolate protein shake, it was okay, but the unsweetened Almond Breeze is perfect in my Naked Nutrition chocolate protein shake. Oh and by the way, keep it away from the teenagers. They have no courtesy. They will drink a whole container and not put another one in the fridge. Probably the best compliment possible was from my son who is 13, he said, "This milk is so good. It’s my new favorite because I can drink the whole container." No clue that us parents pay for this stuff. Thinks I’ve got an almond cow outside. Seriously, really good product, I like the shelf-sustainability. We have a lot of food and drinks and everything else in the fridge, so I can just grab one and get it cold and make my 2 shakes for the day.

Honestly, why haven’t I been stocking up in bulk on shelf stable milk my whole life?