Amount of Fat in Almond Milk

[Guest guest]

For those of us who make our own almond milk, this is sort of a no-man's

land....When I 'googled', all the info I found was either for commercial

products, or for a recipe that was 885 calories per serving---4 cups

almonds, 4 cups water, a little honey, all blended together and served as

is!

 

My own recipe (which is now mostly used for my husband's cereals!) was 1 cup

almonds, soaked , blended in 6 cups water with 6 dates, and then strained

before using. So I really have no clue what the calories would be, or the

breakdown of nutrients, but I am positive it's nowhere near 885 calories per

serving! :-)

 

Peace, Valerie

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I suggested Google-ing for 2 reasons:

 

1. To encourage people to seek answers on their own. Many of the questions

asked in these boards are as easily answered by the asker as by the eventual

answerer.

 

2. To introduce precisely the problem Valerie has uncovered above. Sometimes

we have to dig and think and extrapolate to come up with approximate

" answers " to the questions people ask, they are not always cut-and-dried,

even for the " simplest " of questions.

 

Anyone could look up " almonds " and learn that 100 gm -- 3.5 ounces -- packs

a walloping 578 calories. And 3.5 ounces does not fill a cup!! The simple

fact is that almonds really do have that many calories -- and 73% of them

are from fat.

 

So now, Valerie and all, I encourage you to ask yourself a question...why,

in the face of data that clearly points you in one direction, would you

instead simply deny the data? Low-water, high-fat foods are VERY

high-calorie foods, there is little one can do about it.

 

Conclusion: almond milk -- all nut or seed milks -- are very high in both

calories and fat and are therefore treats, not foods in any regular sense.

 

Best to all,

Elchanan

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

You are right, Elchanan, and that's once of the reasons it remains a 'treat' for

me; but for my husband, who is still eating a basically SAD diet, it's one of

the things I've been able to introduce him to in order to help him wean of

dairy products, so it's still a regular item at our house.

 

Peace, Valerie

 

" INFO @ Vibrant Life " <VLinfo wrote:

So now, Valerie and all, I encourage you to ask yourself a question...why,

in the face of data that clearly points you in one direction, would you

instead simply deny the data? Low-water, high-fat foods are VERY

high-calorie foods, there is little one can do about it.

 

Conclusion: almond milk -- all nut or seed milks -- are very high in both

calories and fat and are therefore treats, not foods in any regular sense.

 

Best to all,

Elchanan

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

You are right, Elchanan, and that's once of the reasons it remains a 'treat'

for me; but for my husband, who is still eating a basically SAD diet, it's

one of the things I've been able to introduce him to in order to help him

wean of dairy products, so it's still a regular item at our house.

 

Peace, Valerie

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Ahhh, now that's a different application! Of course, any nut or seed milk

would be a good replacement for any animal milk. Thanks for the added

intention!

Elchanan