Hemp Milk Review

papersadmin on Aug 9th 2008 at 7:48 am food, main, meals

I finally had a chance to get some hemp milk. It was a pain finding some locally. I wanted to try it before I ordered it from Amazon on their auto ship feature to be sure I actually liked it. Even though I could have cancelled the auto ship if I didn’t like it, I wanted to check it out beforehand mostly so I could read the ingredients and other nutrition information.

The natural foods co-op had 2 brands, both from Canada (of course) - the Living Harvest as well as the Manitoba Harvest - and both came in plain, vanilla and chocolate. I bought both in vanilla. I haven’t tried the Manitoba Harvest yet, but the Living Harvest is delicious! It’s very smooth and flavorful. I think I like it better than the almond milk, even. And I definitely like both the hemp and almond milks better than soy. Neither of them seem to cause gas which is a nice bonus.

Smoothies are incredible with the hemp milk as are protein shakes. I do plan plan to try the other flavors - well, the chocolate, anyway. Probably not the plain. I also plan to start using it in place of regular milk when cooking and see if the kids notice a difference. Actually, in that case, maybe I will get the plain. Macaroni and cheese with vanilla flavoring might taste a bit odd.

The final conclusion is that if you’re looking for an alternative to soy, try hemp. Technically, hemp is a seed (like sunflower seed) so those with allergies to tree nuts might be ok with it. Be sure to check with your doctor if you do have such allergies to be on the safe side before you try it, though.

What do you use instead of regular milk? Do you have a favorite? Please share!

Talk to you next time!