Why are plant milks so expensive?
The article below attempts to answer that question.
This article barely mentions Soy milk. but from my own experience in the supermarket, Soy milk cost more that oat milk which costs more than almond milk. Also the article should have been updated to include products like Next Milk and Not Milk.
I've been buying Next Milk because its sometimes cheaper and also sometimes the store is out of soy milk
And like the survey said, I've cut down on my non-dairy purchase because of inflation. Twenty- five to thirty-three percent less now. But some of that is not just the cost but the availability.
Some choice quotes
on average, plant milks now cost twice as much as good, old-fashioned cow’s milk,
Bon Appétit found that the cheapest whole dairy milk at supermarkets was two cents an ounce at Walmart, while almond milk cost four cents and oat six cents.
surely it doesn’t cost nearly as much to raise an oat as it does a cow.
in times of inflation, 56% of dairy drinkers claimed they would continue to buy the same amount of milk, while just 36% of soy milk drinkers and 32% of other plant milk drinkers said the same – perhaps because those milks were more expensive to begin with.
Plant-based milk has seen a surge in popularity in the past decade. But the high prices are driving some back to dairy
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