The worst brands of vegetable milk; they only contain water, according to Profeco

The Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco) began the removal and immobilization of at least 15 presentations of vegan and vegetable milks of different brands because They only contain water and deceive the consumer.

According to the study, 100 milliliters of almond drink only contain on average 2 pieces of this seed and one liter, there are practically 15 pieces.

In 2019 the Profeco He did a study on this type of drinks, from that year to date the number of brands increased and the same thing was found as five years ago. “they basically contain water”, said David Aguilar Romero, head of the institution.

He explained that the study of vegetable drinks was evaluated 43 products of almonds, oats, coconut and soy, around the commercial information, net content, as well as four Mexican Official Standards (NOMs) for packaging, labeling, non-alcoholic beverages with vegetable content and composition, results that will be published in the Consumer Magazine of July of the Attorney General’s Office.

Vegan milk brands that are fake, according to Profeco

To begin with, Profeco distinguishesand types of products: las “drinks with” vegetables that contain more than 10% rice, almond, oat, coconut or soy and those that have less than 10% are called “flavored drinks”.

Immobilization occurs because the presentations contain fewer ingredients of which they declare, they boast legends that they do not prove, they have a incorrect name or are missing warning labels. These 15 products highlighted by Profeco are:

1. Silk. Oat-flavored drink with 5.6 percent unsweetened oats.
2. NATURE’S HEART. Oat Drink.
3. NATURE’S HEART. Coconut flavored drink.
4. Silk. Coconut flavored drink.
5. Heartbeat. Amaranth-flavored drink.
6. NATURE’S HEART. Drink with 12 percent rice.
7. Silk. Almond and vanilla flavored drink.
8. BLUE DIAMOND ALMONDS. Almond-flavored drink.
9. BLUE DIAMOND ALMONDS. Almond-chocolate flavored drink.
10. Real Natural ORGANICS. Oat and almond flavored drink.
11. NOT MILK ZERO. Dairy-flavored drink with 5 percent fruits and vegetables.
12. Great Value. Soy-flavored drink.
13. Calahua/Coconut Milk. Drink made with coconut pulp.
14. Calahua/Coconut Milk. Drink made with coconut pulp and almond extract.
15. Ades vanilla-flavored soy drink.

Why did Profeco withdraw vegan and vegetable milks?

According to the head of Profeco, these brands of vegetable or vegan milk lie and deceive the consumer in their labeling and content, for example:

• Ades “It claims to be a drink with 75% soy, when in fact it has 16.5%. It is a drink with soy because it is more than 10%, but that is not true,” said the Attorney General.
• Blue Diamond, almond breezehas 101 milligrams of calcium per 100 milliliters, but milk has up to 132 milligrams of calcium than cow’s milk, although it claims to have 50% more calcium, it doesn’t even have what cow’s milk has.
• Silk almond presentation which has only 163 milligrams of seeds and in the sugar-free vanilla presentation it has 197 milligrams.
• Silk bye bye Muuflavored drink with 4.6% vegetables, is like a mix, it has only 138 milligrams, “It’s nothing, and yet they put the phrase 50% more calcium than milk, they’re ripping you off”.

There are other reasons why some brands will have to be immobilized or have already been immobilized, and that is because they present legends that do not prove what they promise, for example, this Yours truly which claims to prevent inflammation, “This drink contains 3% pea protein and 0.3% amaranth, it’s nothing, it’s just water, which is probably why it doesn’t cause inflammation.”

Real Natural organic, Oatmeal, with the legend “delicious flavor, creamy texture” up to three times more oats than others, is immobilized because its name is incorrect and does not indicate the vegetable content.

Valley Foodson its label it says sweetened almond and almond milk, then, “this product is called in two ways and one of them is incorrect, it should not be called liquid food”

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