The future milk coffee may not even have a drop of real milk!

It is believed that many friends who have just come into contact with coffee start with milky coffee, and the sweetness of milk in milk coffee makes people linger, but for those who are lactose intolerant or allergic to milk, this is delicious poison. The use of plant-based milk makes more friends feel the happiness of milk coffee.

Recently, Xi Cha's call for the use of real milk in the industry has aroused public concern, and people require the use of real fresh milk for milk tea. However, in the face of milk coffee, the demand for dairy substitutes is growing.

People began to drink plant milk as early as hundreds of years ago. Because of religious beliefs, people had to look for alternatives to dairy products and found all kinds of nut milk, including almonds, pistachios and hazelnuts.

In addition, the Chinese also have a history of drinking vegetable milk. It is said that Liu an, king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty, grinded soybeans into soy milk for his mother to drink more than 1900 years ago, and soon recovered. Subsequently, soymilk spread outside China and appeared in Vietnam, Japan and other Asian countries. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that soy milk began to be produced commercially, and soy milk could be seen in the markets of the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia in the 1980s.

Until recent years, plant milk companies have successfully stepped on the points of "health", "morality" and "environmental protection" among generation Z young people focusing on "environmental protection" and "health". Vegetable milk leads the trend when buyers and sellers hit it off. With the popularity of dairy substitutes, vegetable milk is used more frequently.

According to Australian ABC media reports, plant milk may soon account for half of all drinks in Australian cafes, with oat milk taking the lead.

In China, oatmeal milk seems to be bundled with coffee. It is not difficult to see oatmeal milk when you walk into a cafe at will. However, in some world coffee events, such as WBC, it is explicitly stipulated that only full-fat milk (cow's milk) can be used.

In an interview with ABC, a barista said that over the past two years working in a cafe, they have witnessed the arrival and popularity of oatmeal milk.

The Guardian reported in December 2021 that more than 1/3 of people in the UK were interested in becoming a vegetarian. The number of searches for the word "vegan" in Google's search engine has doubled since 2015, and has tripled in countries such as Australia, France and Spain.

The demand for plant milk is growing, and more and more cafes offer plant milk as an option. A survey of more than 900 Australian cafes found that 1/4 of Australian coffee consumers chose plant milk in 2021, with almond milk being the most popular, followed by soy milk and oatmeal milk.

Sean Edwards, a coffee market analyst, said in an interview that plant milk is expected to account for half of the coffee beverage market in the next few years. Oatmeal milk, which accounted for 0.2% of the market two years ago, now accounts for 20% of the market. Oatmeal milk is likely to replace almond milk as the best-selling dairy substitute in the next six months to a year.

Although plant milk consumption has increased by 43% in the past three years, milk consumption remains relatively stable, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. According to the American Plant-based Food Association, sales of plant-based milk grew by 5% between 2019 and 2020. Although milk is still dominant, sales of milk are basically stagnant, growing by only 0.1% over the same period.

The rapid growth of plant milk consumption does not pose a threat to dairy sales, but dairy products still lose part of the market share.

From a nutritional point of view, oat milk, which is popular on the market today, contains about 1.0 grams of protein per 100 milliliters. The protein content of fresh milk is about 3.4 grams per 100 ml. Two cups of coffee of the same volume and formula, made from fresh milk, contain about three times as much protein as oatmeal milk.

In addition, the protein in plant milk belongs to plant protein, which contains less comprehensive amino acids than animal protein, lack of immunoglobulin, and is not as good as animal protein in digestion, absorption and human utilization. Protein is an important part of human bones and muscles, and in terms of content, oatmeal milk alone is not enough.

In terms of carbohydrates, oatmeal milk is also higher than milk, so it may be a bit dangerous to rely on oatmeal milk to lose weight. In terms of calcium content, some popular oat milk on the market actually adds additional calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate, which has a relatively low absorption rate compared to the calcium contained in the milk itself. Therefore, assuming that the milk is not bothered by lactose intolerance, milk is the most nutritious.

Every time the code clerk looked at the oatmeal milk marked with 48 yuan per box on the shelf, and then looked at the fresh milk marked with 10 yuan or so in the refrigerator, he could only shake his head meaningfully and pulled out his wallet to pay.

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