Market research firm Circana reports that the overall milk category, comprising refrigerated milk, refrigerated alternative milk, “all other” refrigerated milk, and non-dairy refrigerated milk, notched $19.6 billion in dollar sales at a slight 1.2% decrease over the prior year. 

In the 1967 musical “Doctor Doolittle,” Rex Harrison in the title role sings about being a “reluctant but sincere vegetarian,” as he hears piglet Gub-Gub’s squeals as sausage and bacon sizzle over an open flame.

Made with the few, finest ingredients, milkadamia’s first USDA organic offering, Organic Artisan,  delivers the brand’s signature smooth taste and milky creaminess, and serves up the simplicity of homemade nut milk in a convenient ready-to-drink format, the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based company says.

Made from a special blend of pea, chickpea, and fava bean protein, Califia Farms Complete is available now at Target, Walmart, and other retailers nationwide with a suggested retail price of $6.69.

The 1971 song by Harry Nilsson states “You put de lime in de coconut, you drank ‘em bottom up.” However, when it comes to the dairy industry, consumers are putting de lime in the milk and drinking it up.

The global dairy alternatives market was valued at $23 billion in 2021 and is estimated to reach $65.33 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.3%, according to Pune, India-based Straits Research. 

Rather than sales or special deals, Kiki Milk, the first all-organic plant-based kid's milk on the market, is giving away its recipes, the company says. In an effort to slow down the holiday pace and celebrate spending time with loved ones, the brand is releasing the recipe for its top-seller Kiki Chocolate milk on Black Friday.

Broomfield, Colo.- and White Plains, N.Y.-based Danone North America says it created plant-based “milk” that doesn’t taste like plants. 

At least nine different plants are used to make milk alternatives, including almond, cashew, coconut, flax, hemp, macadamia nut, oat, rice and soy. And the category is exploding.