So I’ve gotten really bored this last week. Oddly enough it’s lockdown finishing that’s turned up the dullness and got me staring blankly at my computer screen. It’s also had me looking around at new milks to shake up my, erm, Huel shake.
Anyway, I’ve ended up throwing a website together around plant based milks. Bit rough at the moment but it’s got promise, might even help you find and try some new brands.
Give it a look if your boredom level is approaching mine 
looking good so farTristan!
That looks good; I’mma gonna share it on some vegan pages for ya.
Mylk tout their product as the best thing for coffee…it isn’t it curdles so badly…and in tea too, which is less common. Also tastes gross. Worst plant based milk I’ve tried in 20 years.
That’s great @Tristan. Very useful indeed 
Thanks all 
I quite like building websites when I’m bored, keeps me creative.
Maybe I need to add a comments/reviews system to it @hunzas, get the info out but avoid getting told off by any brands ha.
And maybe right at the bottom you could add a link for people who want to make their own:
I am asked quite frequently, probably a couple or more times a month which plant based milk taste best/I recommend for coffee/cereal etc. but it is difficult as they do all have a unique taste and other properties, as I guess do full fat skimmed and semi-skimmed dairy milks. I grew up as vegan with just soya and nothing else for many years, and before that I grew up from a dairy farming background and so only drank raw fresh milk, and only pasteurised when at friends, cafe etc.
Now I still only drink soya in tea, or barista oat if I have no soya; barista pea or oat in coffee (although I generally drink coffee black), and regular oat or hemp on cereal; I used to drink rice in smoothies and cereal but it’s sweet and insipid.
With regards to soya milk, I used to prefer Alpro, but they changed the recipe about 5 years ago and I hate it. Tesco and Morrisons own brand unsweetened are the best for tea in my opinion and non-vegans visiting me get that in their tea too, and only one of my mates complains about it.
Great idea! I’ve got a guide for almond I can repurpose over here, wish I’d took pictures 
Oatly original for me. I used to use barista edition but I found original was fine in tea or even steamed for coffee.
Hi John I remember Alpro changing their soya milk to the “new improved” version and I disliked it too. I wrote to them and was told it was better tasting! Like you I was not fond and just could not get used to this new improved.
I now use oatly barista (grey carton) and its so much nicer.
However, plant milks have certainly improved over the years when I think back to Plamil which was about all that was available many many years ago and it was so disgusting.
Whenever I find a milk I really like the recipe always ends up getting altered and not always for the better.
Plant milks are definitely a personal taste and its trial and error till you get what suits you. 
I can never understand why recipes get changed all the time when a product is already good. Is it to save money? If so, how does that work if people don’t like it as much and switch to another brand?
[Not talking about Huel here]
Hi @Bee, I completely agree. As the old saying goes if it’s not broke why fix it. It’s so annoying when you enjoy a product for it to change.
I started huel at the tail end of last year on the lower version but did not notice a difference so could not have been using it long enough.
I have tried many protein shakes over the years and hated them all. I was so reluctant to try Huel but it was the best thing I ever did. I am still working my way through all the flavours but coffee is my favourite even when I dont drink coffee. 
There are lots of reasons a brand may change their ingredients in their products such as for commercial reasons (including keeping pace with competitor developments), better nutrition, supply constraints, allergen removal, manufacturing rationalisation etc.
A lot of depends on their long term goals and strategies and many companies do this in a ‘stealth health’ way where they don’t actually let anyone know they are doing it and hope no one notices.
Huel have always been very transparent in both the changes they make and why they have done them – this is always a high risk move as it invariably creates some sort of backlash as we have all seen here countless times – but personally I prefer the transparency over stealth. As their main focus is nutrition first and taste second, it seems almost inevitable that changes to improve nutrition are not always going to sit well with some existing customers.
Yes, hence my note about not including Huel. I too value transparency over stealth.
Hi @Phil_C, I was referring my comments more to the milk changes.
I have seen a lot if the comments about Huel version changes but that had not effected me personally as I did not try too many bags of the older version. I purchased some of the older version recently so to me it will be interesting to see if I detect any difference. However, I have no complaints and I love my Huel products so far.
There was also White Wave that was far worse than Plamil; sandy cardboard. And another one which I cannot remember. Plamil even did one in a can that you added water to. And carob chocolate. I can’t believe they are still with us. But I’m glad they are cos they are quite an ethical company.
Hi @hunzas, if you remember the wee magazine Vegan Views they have a very interesting article about the history of Plamil. Think it’s is veganviews 37. I remember the cartons which you diluted with water but not the cans. I🙂
i havent bought a plant milk for a little while… expensive 
I do remember it, but haven’t seen it for ages, and issue 37 must be quite an old one; there are several new vegan magazines around these days. a whole bunch launched around the same time.
It’s really interesting (for sad people like me!) trying out different plant mills in different context’s but ultimately it will always come down to personal preference.
For example, personally I can’t stand the taste of unflavoured soya based products but some people absolutely swear by brands like Bonsoy which have a really strong soy taste.
What’s nice is that, with plant milks, you have such a variety that you can use a different product for each recipe. Currently I’m happy with Oatly in coffee, cashew milk when I fancy a straight drink and various flavours of Alpro yoghurt when I have cereal.