Soy Milk vs Cow's Milk
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User:riverajessica @timeAndDate(1304962196)
You've got to love the dairy aisle of your local supermarket. High fat next to low fat, sweet next to savorymilk'>soy milk and, really, that's to your advantage. More options are always welcome, right? But how to choose between them? Cow's milk is familiar and has a lot of health advantages, but so does soy milk, and it also has its own environmental advantages. A look at the ways soy milk and cow's milk compete is in order, so let's get started!
Taste
Cooking
Both soy milk and cow's milk have potential problems when it comes to food preparation. Whole milk is treated as a cooking default; if a recipe calls for milk, it's almost certainly asking for the full-fat kind. Its flavor, texture and fat content is not easily duplicated, even by reduced fat or skim milk. All the same, some people would rather not have that much fat in their food if they can help it.
As for soy milk users, there's some question about whether or not they can use soy milk as a substitute in their cooking and yield similar results. The answer is yes, sometimes. Sometimes other substitutes like rice or almond milk would be more suitable; the best solution in that case is to keep experimenting. If a quart of soy milk doesn't do the job as well as you'd like, try almond milk or rice milk instead. This makes soy less convenient at times: where one form of milk would normally do, now you may need two or three different types in your fridge, which take up space and money.
Here are some cookbook suggestions for those who'd like to pick up more soy milk-friendly recipes.
Nutrition and Health
Here's where we can see some clear differences between soy milk and regular milk.
Origins and Process
For some people, where milk comes from is just as important as what's in it or how it tastes. Soy milk and cow's milk have vastly different origins that may change how you think of each of them.
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