Sunday, January 9, 2011

Milk: Soy vs. Almond vs. Rice

… and the winner is … rice.
Milk is a common beverage and an equally common ingredient, and although it may fit in a vegetarian’s refrigerator, it has no place in a vegan’s.
In comparing three milk alternatives, soy, almond and rice, rice may be the highest in calories, but it is also the lowest in sodium.
Here are the nutritional stats for one cup of each:
Rice Dream Enriched Refrigerated Original:  120 Cal / 80 mg Sodium
Silk Soy Milk Plain:  100 Cal / 120 mg Sodium
Silk Pure Almond Original Almondmilk:  60 Cal / 150 mg Sodium
Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Unsweetened Original:  40 Cal/ 180 mg Sodium

The rice milk is the only one of the mix that has less than one mg of sodium per calorie.

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