Are alternatives to dairy milk like oat milk and Almond processed foods?
Technically most products on shelves are processed. There’s processed and then highly processed.
According to the Department of Agriculture, processed food are any raw agricultural commodities that have been washed, cleaned, milled, cut, chopped, heated, pasteurized, blanched, cooked, canned, frozen, dried, dehydrated, mixed or packaged — anything done to them that alters their natural state. This may include adding preservatives, flavors, nutrients and other food additives, or substances approved for use in food products, such as salt, sugars and fats.
Yes, it is. And it is not the Word “Processed” that matters, but the chemicals, additives, heat, degree of processing and specific effect on the body that matters. To say that everything is processed & therefore much the same is a false argument. I looked at commercial nut milks & didn’t like what I saw. Being man made food is a terrible starting place. I would rather eat naturally occurring less than ideal “famine foods”.
Yes. It’s processed. The amount of calcium in it does not occur in oats and almond naturally. It’s added.
Processing food is a misnomer. It’s how far you’re away from the fresh state that it becomes bad for you. You want a balance.
Processed doesn’t mean bad.
Processing food allows us to have a whole lot more food for more people at an acceptable reduction in nutrient and price. It’s a major milestone of a developed world.
You can make oat milk at home by running it in a blender with cold water and then straining it. There are a lot of recipes online. This is less “processed” than making regular oatmeal.
Stuff on the shelves probably has a lot more done to it, but I couldn’t speak to whether or not that is harmful.
Simply Almond is just almonds and water. I’d get that.
A lot of these alternative milks have gum and oil and sugars, they’re not great for you, but not horrible either, probably on a par with regular cow milk
If the ingredients are clean and there’s only like 2 or 3 it’s still clean. Like if your oatmilk is just literally oats and water its fine. You can also make it yourself if you like but finding a clean version of it at the store imo is fine. Just look at the ingredients list for everything and if it’s all natural and you can pronounce everything and there’s just a few it’s fine. Imo