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½ Price Vitasoy Long Life Unsweetened Non-Dairy Non-Soy Milks $1.45 - $1.50 @ Woolworths

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½ Price Vitasoy Long Life Unsweetened Non-Dairy Non-Soy Milks $1.45 - $1.50 @ Woolworths
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zzymurgy on 25/09/2019 - 13:24 woolworths.com.au (1103 clicks)
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Selected Vitasoy long-life unsweetened non-dairy non-soy milks are half price at Woolworths. Time to stock up again.
No discount on soy milk this time around.

Vitasoy Almond Milk Unsweetened 1L $1.50 (Normally $3)
Vitasoy Rice Milk 1L $1.50 (Normally $3)
Vitasoy Unsweetened Coconut Milk 1L $1.50 (Normally $3)
Vitasoy Oat Milk 1L $1.45 (Normally $2.90)

I personally like the almond milk, even though it is only 3.8% almonds. Subtle taste, good for coffee, doesn't curdle. But they are all good.
Great for everyday use or stock up for prepping!

A limit of 36 litres per item per order applies.

Your questions:

Q. Doesn't almond milk use a lot of water to make?
A. Apparently it takes some 2,000 gallons of water to produce one gallon of cow milk, roughly twice as much as that required to produce a gallon of Almond Milk. So it's not ideal, but it's definitely an improvement.

Q. What is the best alternative milk for coffee frothing?
A. That would be Minor Figures Oat M*lk which is $7 per litre. You can also find Vitasoy for baristas, but not at Woolworths.

Q. Why isn't the almond milk 100% almonds?
A. That wouldn't make any sense. All milks are emulsion in water.

Q. Are they allowed to call this stuff milk when it's not from a cow?
A. See above.

Q. Which one of these is the best?
A. This is a great opportunity for you to try them and decide for yourself. Rice milk is pretty watery and oat and coconut milks can be really sweet. But nobody can tell you which one tastes best for you.

Q. Which one tastes most like cow's milk?
A. Almond Milk is very popular at the moment. It has a neutral taste.

Q. But humans are meant to drink cow's milk. It's good for us.
A. Humans have only been drinking cow's milk for 100 years, since pasteurisation and refrigeration made it safe to drink outside of a farm. Two-thirds of people on the planet are lactose intolerant. That may not include you if you're white, but don't you think drinking the breast milk of another animal is a little weird?

Q. But only weirdos and hipsters drink milk alternatives.
A. Nobody's forcing you to buy. Move along.

(Shamelessly stolen text from the last time I posted this deal)

Groceries Almond Milk Coconut Milk Oat Milk Rice Milk Vitasoy

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  • Turd on 25/09/2019 - 13:28
    +5

    Been having Vitasoy Almond milk and it's very good, compared to the other ones, doesnt have that raw nutty taste. They area also made from 99% Aussie ingreidents, some are 97% or lower.

    Used to have full cream milk etc but it's bad for me since I have high cholesterol, ~8.4.

    • Jabba the Hutt on 25/09/2019 - 19:26

      It's still too 'nutty' for my taste, but I found their Almond Milky variety had the most neutral flavour when I tried all the supermarket almond milks.

  • chiuy on 25/09/2019 - 13:34
    +5

    The plant based milk section is huuuuuge now.
    They're good fun to try.

    Most recently I tried Macadamia Nut Milk
    It's awful in coffee. Tolerable in tea.

    Still scared to crack open the pea protein milk.

    • wjojff on 25/09/2019 - 14:29
      +1

      I tried Oatly, which I find many people talked about it and some cafes using it as their only alternative milk,
      it tastes fine on it own but it's horrible in coffee

      • fantombloo on 25/09/2019 - 16:01
        +2

        I generally dislike oat milks but had it in instant a few times - loved it. Now my fave.

        First time I had it in a flat white I didn't care for it at all. Thought I'd give it another shot at another place - loved it. It may well be dependent on various factors.

        Love it with instant oats too - it's like oats squared.

    • wongaubargins on 25/09/2019 - 16:51

      Still scared to crack open the pea protein milk.

      Same!! The only pea variety product was a pea protein and it was absolutely awful so I'm hesitant on the pea milk.

    • Thypeople on 25/09/2019 - 21:18

      I used to swear by Mac milk but now I'm an oat fan

  • ozhunter68 on 25/09/2019 - 13:52
    +9

    Gave you an Up-Vote just for the great write up.

  • EightImmortals on 25/09/2019 - 14:06
    +12

    The hardest part is getting up early each day to milk the almonds…. you city-slickers have no idea….

    • OZBMate8911 on 25/09/2019 - 20:54

      Don't forget to activate them the night before!

  • TEER3X on 25/09/2019 - 14:30
    +5

    A. Humans have only been drinking cow's milk for 100 years, since pasteurisation and refrigeration made it safe to drink outside of a farm…
    don't you think drinking the breast milk of another animal is a little weird?

    False, humans have been drinking cow's milk for thousands of years.

    Only as weird as it is to eat pork or beef ribs or crickets. Food is food. Milk is very nutritious and delicious (depending on tastes).

    I'm not against almond milk, I have it in smoothies, but let's not kid ourselves and call it a good milk alternative.

    • Turd on 25/09/2019 - 14:44
      +6

      Cows milk is bad for me, i'll die if I keep taking it.

    • fantombloo on 25/09/2019 - 16:06
      +1

      False, humans have been drinking cow's milk for thousands of years.

      Up to 10000 years, since the first agricultural revolution, in select parts of he world. Still a tiny blip in our evolutionary past.

      • TEER3X on 25/09/2019 - 16:49

        We are a tiny/irrelevant blip in the grand scheme of things

        • fantombloo on 25/09/2019 - 17:42
          +3

          Therefore consuming the milk of foreign species is a blip within a blip. Considering the violence involved a very sad one too.

      • mapax on 25/09/2019 - 16:50

        As our early ancestors did not waste any part of an animal that could be consumed it is highly likely that non-human milk consumption would have occurred long before this, but not on a regular basis.

        • fantombloo on 25/09/2019 - 17:36
          +1

          Our early ancestors were not agricultural - that is a recent (10000years ago) human invention. There is no way to obtain milk from cattle or other nonhuman animals outside of agriculture. Think about it.

          In fact there is good survivalist reason why particular agricultural groups would have resorted to milking animals rather than eating their flesh - these are the very groups that developed a tolerance to lactose and also incorporated lactating cattle into their lore. It is no surprise then that the majority of the world's human population is lactose intolerant - ie- normal. All humans were "normal" before agriculture; lactose tolerance is also a recent human invention.

          • mapax on 25/09/2019 - 18:26

            @fantombloo: Except I am talking about getting small amounts of milk from freshly killed wild animals, not modern cattle, hence the not on a regular basis. Sure, you're not getting copious amounts but it's still present and would still have been consumed.

            It's a moot point though considering the time periods we are talking and the way modern dairy treats ruminants.

    • WeePaulie on 25/09/2019 - 18:20
      +4

      Personally, I prefer my milk without pus and faeces ;)

      Love the post op!

      • idonotknowwhy on 25/09/2019 - 23:06

        I just want milk that tastes like real milk!

    • vindictus on 26/09/2019 - 06:15
      +3

      Society at large has not been drinking milk for thousands of years. Certain select populations and people have, but not society. It's a strange thing to consume even next to meat, which we did adapt to eating. Humans are not meant to consume any mammal milk after childhood, cows especially given we can die if we don't pasteurise it.

      Also it's just weird to drink baby cow milk, on top of being cruel to the cows and awful for the environment.

      • TEER3X on 27/09/2019 - 19:45

        |Humans are not meant to consume any mammal milk after childhood, cows especially given we can die if we don't pasteurise it.

        Why exactly aren't humans supposed to consume mammal milk after childhood?
        Is it because it's delicious and nutritious? Same goes for all other dairy like yoghurt and cheese.

        |Also it's just weird to drink baby cow milk, on top of being cruel to the cows and awful for the environment
        You must think many people are weird then. No different to any other animal raised as livestock.

        If you're vegan, great, good for you for doing your part. You using a computer is awful for the environment. Have you ever been on a flight, driven a car, gone to the supermarket, used electricity?

        • vindictus on 01/10/2019 - 05:46
          -1

          Do you realise how many people in the population are lactose intolerant? It's like 25% of the total population, some select populations have closer to 90% lactose intolerance (like east asian/south asian peoples).

          Many people are weird. Cheese is cow lactate that's gone off. Yoghurt the same. Milk often contains blood and pus as a result of the cows constant lactation. The whole concept of milking another creature for us to consume is just bizarre and only takes place people it's normalised and people don't think about it.

          And finally, a common false equivalence. I'm aware most of our modern lives aren't sustainable, for that reason I don't fly, my power is green and my transport is predomindantly via bicycle. But this is all irrelevant because it's stupid to throw your hands up and say oh well guess I better choose the worst option when I can very easily not pick dairy products up. The biggest easist change we can make to reduce our daily footprint is to eschew animal products, not doing so means you don't care.

  • eciuj on 25/09/2019 - 15:55

    Which of these is best with coffee? Almond milk?

    I use Vitasoy soy milk for coffee and it's pretty good. Froths well and nice taste.

    • fantombloo on 25/09/2019 - 16:04
      +2

      I don't like any of them that much (prefer soy) but almond milk in a hot chocolate tastes like almond chocolate = awesome. (Also super good with hazelnut milk).

    • zuslab on 25/09/2019 - 16:29

      Try bonsoy! you will love it :)

  • droctagon on 25/09/2019 - 16:17
    +2

    I am a non dairy milk drinker, But preeeeetty sure tribes such as Maasai and nomadic Mongolian herdsman and the like have been around for more than a 100 years and their diet is mainly meat, fat, blood, milk of animals. Don't confuse modern pasteurized milk with raw milk, not even close.

  • Ohgg on 25/09/2019 - 16:40
    +2

    No soy specials for this boi :(

  • hidalgo on 25/09/2019 - 17:09
    +3

    What's happened to the Vitasoy Protein Plus? It appears to disappearing.

    • WhyAmICommenting on 25/09/2019 - 19:47
      +1

      No! That's my favourite! It's amazing in coffee too.

  • OZBMate8911 on 25/09/2019 - 17:24

    What's the typical expiry on these long life milks? Thinking of getting max of almond and oat but worried they'll go off before we get to them (go through one a week each)

    • spaceflight on 25/09/2019 - 19:19
      +2

      I think they are only best before, not expiry.

      • OZBMate8911 on 25/09/2019 - 20:57
        +1

        Thanks, you are correct - just went and had a look at Coles anyway and they had a BB of 15/08/20. So I think it's safe to say the BB on these will be 12 months from production

  • Flurogreen on 25/09/2019 - 18:19
    +1

    Quality Post zzymurgy, I loved the Q&A!

  • LikeMike on 25/09/2019 - 18:36
    +4

    I'd say another pro is that you're not contributing to having a calf taken away from it's mum straight after birth. Seriously, try and youtube about that. It's just heartbreaking seeing the mother calling for its calf for hours afterwards. Don't know how any farmer can do that.

    • fantombloo on 25/09/2019 - 19:18
      +2

      Farmers are like the high priests of Australia, performing the sacrifices people demand, venerated by society, sanctioned by the government.

  • suchis on 25/09/2019 - 18:55
    +1

    I phoned up Vitasoy to ask about the difference between the tall one litre cartoons on the fridge and the ‘normal’ ones in the isle? They muttered something about pasteurised. When I tried to phone them back the line was dead!!!! Makes me wonder what they are up to…..

  • peterpeterpumpkin on 25/09/2019 - 19:12
    +3

    I've made my opinion of Almond Milk (aka white water) known in the past, but does it feel like Vitasoy really has so much more almond than every one else? It's hard to tell consistency when you have gellan etc as an additive, but I don't remember if I tried this brand before I worked out almond milk percentages were all a scam and my taste buds knew what they were thinking. Just reading the protein content, it's barely more than the 2.5% competition (and definitely not 3.8/2.5 times more if you round down the worst contenders and round up the best - it's closer to 3%). So someone's overestimating, underestimating or the additives are quite significant percentage-wise (wouldn't be hard when the active ingredient is 2.5%…).

    I just came here to launch my usual tirade since someone always mentions one of the biggest scammers of the lot - Pureharvest Almond Milk Unsweteened 1l - as having 7% almonds…when the 7% refers to "activated almonds" that seem to have mostly water weight.

    I said good day.

  • spaceflight on 25/09/2019 - 19:23
    -1

    Apparently it takes some 2,000 gallons of water to produce one gallon of cow milk, roughly twice as much as that required to produce a gallon of Almond Milk.(greenoptimistic.com) So it's not ideal, but it's definitely an improvement.

    If that was an issue for somebody then they would make their own.

    It's easy to do and avoids transporting water in trucks and generating waste.

    If you are looking at American data

    After fossil fuel costs were calculated for the longer distance to market and longer refrigeration time, both soy and almond drinks had a higher global warming potential than the dairy, according to researcher Courtney Grant.
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-02-23/milk-choices-…

    • zzymurgy on 26/09/2019 - 13:37

      Interesting read. The same article says

      Now, this is one very specific study and is not representative of all markets and market parameters.

      …if you grab a carton of dairy, almond and soy milk at random off the shelf in Australia, chances are the latter will have significantly smaller carbon footprints than the cow juice.

      • spaceflight on 26/09/2019 - 22:24

        Interesting read. The same article says

        Now, this is one very specific study and is not representative of all markets and market parameters.

        I know, I read it.

        It's exactly the same as your article that says

        Apparently it takes some 2,000 gallons of water to produce one gallon of cow milk, roughly twice as much as that required to produce a gallon of Almond Milk.

        You are looking at American data just like the study I linked to.

        That's why I said

        If you are looking at American data

        We are in Australia so will have different consumption levels.

        You are also assuming that we are not importing almonds, oats, rice and other ingredients from other countries to make these milks. If we are the article is just as relevant because of the transportation.

        • zzymurgy on 27/09/2019 - 12:17

          That hurt my head to read.

          I'm no expert, just an enthusiast. I can tell you the rice, almonds, and oats are grown in Australia and processed in Wodonga. The coconut is obviously imported.

  • Thypeople on 25/09/2019 - 21:14
    +2

    +1 for the oat milk. Sweet and creamy. I find it easier on the gut compared to nut milks and has natural pre biotic fibre.

    Keeps well and does not separate when added to tea or coffee.

  • CoreJava on 25/09/2019 - 21:23

    How can these milk last for so long?

    • spaceflight on 25/09/2019 - 22:57
      +1

      Pasteurisation and storage in a sealed container.

  • idonotknowwhy on 25/09/2019 - 23:05
    -2

    I heard this shit gives you selenium poisoning

    • Turd on 26/09/2019 - 16:47
      +1

      I heard this shit doesnt give you selenium poisoning.

    • mapax on 26/09/2019 - 18:02

      You're probably thinking of Brazil nuts, from memory a serve of 8-10 Brazil nuts everyday can potentially cause issues for some people.

      • OZBMate8911 on 27/09/2019 - 12:56
        +1

        Do you think they just call them nuts in Brazil?

  • UrMumsOnlyFan on 28/09/2019 - 20:32

    Coles has puppy milk for $0.50 (reduced from $3.60).

    🐶 = 🥛🥛🥛

    • UrMumsOnlyFan on 28/09/2019 - 21:57
      +1

      nvm, just checked and it's milk for puppies

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