I’f you go to the supermarket these days, you’re bound to see a whole variety of milk products on sale. And that is what we should call them: milk products. The industry has transformed so dramatically that not only the offerings have changed, but so have the prices. You’ve got regular cow milk, organic cow milk, soy milk, specialty milks like goat and sheep… the list goes on. But just how good is this stuff for you? Some people argue that mammary milk should but be consumed, that it is an old practice with no basis for necessity in current times. They claim the nutritional value in milk can be found in greater abundance in other products. Let’s see just how true that is.

We went to several supermarkets and had a look at the labels and did a comparison of the nutritional values for the following products:

Whole milk (non-organic)
Organic whole milk
Ultra-Pasteurized whole milk
Vanilla soy milk
Sheeps milk
Almond milk

But before we get to the results of this comparison, it is important that we make a distinction on what these alternative “milks” are. Milk by definition should come from an animal with mammary glands. What soy and almond based creations are is a milk product or milk drink, in the same vein of real cheese versus cheese product. And perhaps technically and on the books, these products may be represented as such. For marketing purposes though, it’s milk.