Those are primarily just using the same the packing as they due to places that prohibit using the term “milk”. The dairy industry has lobbied quite hard for those bans across the world at all levels of government. Under the belief that “oat drink” or the like sounds less appealing that “oat milk”
They have a lot of money but I doubt they’ll be able to change this. It’d have to happen in different countries and imagine how idiotic this would look. Trying to ban people from using certain words, a global crusade against oat milk. Just crazy.
The goal isn’t necessarily to change how people speak (though they would if they could), but more to make the product name on the stores shelves look less appealing to reduce sales
I don’t think it’d work since so many have already discovered the miracle of oat milk but I guess large companies will try anything just because they can.
That’s been the term of choice in English for the past 800+ years
In English, the word “milk” has been used to refer to “milk-like plant juices” since 1200 CE.[11]
Plant milks go back much further than most people realize
Almond milk spread throughout Europe during the Middle Ages and was popular in parts of the Middle East. Recipes for almond milk in the Middle East date back to around the 13th century as it was mentioned in Muhammad bin Hasan al-Baghdadi’s cookbook Kitāb al-Ṭabīḫ (كتاب الطبيخ; The Book of Dishes), written in 1226. It was especially popular during Lent.[12][13][14][15] Soy was a plant milk used in China during the 14th century.[3][16] Soy milk use in China is first recorded in 1365.[17] In medieval England, almond milk was used in dishes such as ris alkere (a type of rice pudding)[18] and appears in the recipe collection The Forme of Cury.[19] Coconut milk (and coconut cream) are traditional ingredients in many cuisines such as in South and Southeast Asia, and are often used in curries.[20]
Is there a word (that’s not milk) for vegetable based milk alternatives?
Some of them are sold as “<plant name> drink”, though these seem to contain quite a bit more sugar than milk alternatives branded as “<plant> milk”.
Those are primarily just using the same the packing as they due to places that prohibit using the term “milk”. The dairy industry has lobbied quite hard for those bans across the world at all levels of government. Under the belief that “oat drink” or the like sounds less appealing that “oat milk”
They have a lot of money but I doubt they’ll be able to change this. It’d have to happen in different countries and imagine how idiotic this would look. Trying to ban people from using certain words, a global crusade against oat milk. Just crazy.
The goal isn’t necessarily to change how people speak (though they would if they could), but more to make the product name on the stores shelves look less appealing to reduce sales
I don’t think it’d work since so many have already discovered the miracle of oat milk but I guess large companies will try anything just because they can.
That’s been the term of choice in English for the past 800+ years
Plant milks go back much further than most people realize
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_milk