Nils-Gerrit Wunsch
Research expert covering foods trends in North America, Europe, and the global food system
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Plant-based milk comes in a dazzling variety of products. In the United Kingdom, coconut, oat, and almond milk are the most likely substitutes to be included in consumers’ diets. Women are even more likely to include these three types than men. On the flip side, male consumers are more likely to incorporate plant-based milk from hemp or walnut into their diets. The most well-known oat milk brand in the United Kingdom is Alpro, followed by Innocent. Overall consumption of plant-based milk in the United Kingdom has been growing and is forecast to continue to grow, as is per-capita consumption.Beyond milk substitutes
However far other plant-based dairy substitutes have come, only comparatively small parts of the population have recently eaten items such as plant-based yogurt, cheese, or egg alternatives. About one consumer out of ten has eaten plant-based eggs in the last three months. Butter and cheese substitutes got slightly more traction, with 13 percent of consumers each. Plant-based yogurt had an even higher reach and was consumed by 16 percent in the last three months, still seven percent behind plant-based milk. The regular consumption of replacement products for dairy is much lower than that of dairy products, which are regularly consumed by 69 percent of the population in the United Kingdom compared to 23 percent for plant-based dairy substitutes.
