Plant-based/vegan milk alternatives - anyone make their own?

[NaePasaran]

My local grocery store only stocks Oatly or Oatly and its now about £2.50 a litre - which seems a tad overpriced for some blended oats and water.

Seen some people make their own by blending oats in a nutribullet then straining through a cloth and now seen google ads offering up various vegan milk makers from 60 quid to over 200.

Anyone tried? Unfortunately don't have either bit of kit to give it a go.

[Silvanus]

NaePasaran said:

My local grocery store only stocks Oatly or Oatly and its now about £2.50 a litre - which seems a tad overpriced for some blended oats and water.

Seen some people make their own by blending oats in a nutribullet then straining through a cloth and now seen google ads offering up various vegan milk makers from 60 quid to over 200.

Anyone tried? Unfortunately don't have either bit of kit to give it a go.

I've not done oat milk but I've made various nut milk using a blender and a fine sieve. It's very easy and a pint costs pennies. Very easy to mess around with ingredients to get a milk just how you like it.

[Mobile Chicane]

The key with oat milk is the stirring and soaking.

Tip your oats in water, give it a good old stir until you can see the water starting to look 'milky', then soak overnight.

Stir again (a lot) and drain then squeeze through a muslin cloth. Boots sell these in packs for babies, however a blue J cloth will be perfectly fine.

[21TonyK]

Reading this I just realised how much of this "Oatly" stuff there is in the kitchen I am in this week. Probably best part of 50 quids worth in one fridge alone.

I'll have a go at making some tomorrow. 1 litre water, 100g oats. Blend with 30g oil, I reckon about 5mg of xanthan gum and 1g of salt.

Will report back if I get a chance.


INGREDIENTS
Water, OATS 10%, rapeseed oil, acidity regulator (dipotassium phosphate), minerals (calcium carbonate, potassium iodide), salt, vitamins (D2, riboflavin, B12).
NUTRITIONAL VALUE
Nutrition information per 100 ml:

Nutritional value -
Energy 248 kJ/59 kcal
Fat 2.8 g
of which saturates 0.3 g
Carbohydrate 7.0 g
of which sugars 3.4 g*
Fibre 0.8 g
Protein 1.1 g
Salt 0.10 g
Vitamin D 1.1 μg (22%**)
Riboflavin 0.21 mg (15%**)
Vitamin B12 0.38 μg (15%**)
Calcium 120 mg (15%**)
Iodine 22.5 μg (15%**)

• Natural sugars from oats.

• Of the Nutrient Reference Values

[baconsarney]

Apologies in advance for being off topic but I saw this while shopping earlier and had to buy it…

[ScotHill]

baconsarney said:

Apologies in advance for being off topic but I saw this while shopping earlier and had to buy it…

^^^ this. And also, this: ^^^

It's like their Alpro yogurts but two thirds of the price, and if in a hurry you can squeeze it straight into your mouth.

I too am starting to baulk at paying four times the price of dairy milk for oat milk, but the good stuff (possibly Oatly Barista?) makes fantastic hot chocolates without instantly sending me to sleep, and even foams up like ordinary milk, whereas the non-barista is more like oat water.

Based on what I've read the ingredients list above sounds about right, but a good tip seems to be not to squeeze too much, or at all, when you strain it, can make it greasy/slimy.

Not tried making any yet but will give it a shot and feed back.

Curious as to what to do with the solids once they milk has drained out, guessing it won't make a palatable porridge anymore....