Post #343149 by The Gnomon on Sat, Nov 10, 2007 10:32 AM

On 2007-11-08 13:40, Scottes wrote:
How about an ingredient comparison in an attempt to identify what's been changed?

In my local stores I have seen 3 or 4 different brands of Almond Milk. Maybe one of these is till good?

Thought I brought that with me yesterday, but left it at home. The ingredients of the new product are indicative of a better product, just not for orgeat. I'm sure the addition of evaporatd cane juice (definite improvement) is a major contributor to its maintaining the suspension of microparticles.

Anyway, here are the ingredients lists:

Old Product

almond base (filtered water, almonds)
brown rice sweetener (filtered water, brown rice)
natural almond flavor
tricalcium phosphate
sea salt
guar gum
xantham gum
carrageenan
carob bean gum
riboflavin (B2)
Vitamin A Palmitate
Vitamin D2

New Product

filtered water
evaporated cane juice
almonds
tricalcium phosphate
sea salt
potassium citrate
carrageenan
soy lecithin
riboflavin (B2)
Vitamin A Palmitate
Vitamin D2

"Made on equipment that also processes cashew nuts"

Here's the list of nutritional information and daily requirement % that is not zero:

Old Product

Total Fat: 2.5g 4%
Sodium: 105mg 4%
Total Carbs: 11g 4%
—
Calories: 80
Caloroes from Fat: 20

New Product

Total Fat: 3g 5%
Sodium: 140mg 6%
Potassium: 140mg 4%
Total Carbs: 9g 3%
Dietary Fiber: 1g 4%
Protein: 1g
—
Calories: 70
Caloroes from Fat: 25

I'm stopping by stores of chains that I know carry Pacific almond milk but might not sell a lot to see if I can find the old product (sell by date is in 2008). I've only found 4 cartons, but I'm hoping to amass enough old product to tide me over until I can find a suitable replacement (which might be getting off my ass and go back to making my own, untainted almond milk).