The final product was soya milk fortified with calcium and vitamins B2, B12 and D2. Arthur Ling became the chair, helping to create commercially viable plant milk. In the UK, the Plantmilk Society was founded in 1956 by Leslie Cross, vice-president of the Vegan Society.
His legal team argued that it wasn’t an imitation but a replacement – and won the case! An American entrepreneur, Bob Rich, developed the idea of soya milk further and in 1945 launched soya-based Whip Topping.Ī lawsuit by the dairy industry swiftly followed, accusing Rich of making an imitation dairy product which was illegal. In the 1920s, soya milk factories cropped up in the USA and China and soya milk production increased dramatically. He applied for and was granted the world’s first soya milk patent, titled ‘Vegetable milk and its derivatives’. In 1910, the first soya dairy factory was set up near Paris by Li Yu-Ying, a Chinese biologist and engineer. Interestingly, the article actually featured a table comparing the nutritional qualities of soya and cow’s milk! The term ‘soy-bean milk’ first appeared in a US publication in 1897. In 1866, soya milk was first discussed as a drink by Frenchman Paul Champion.Ĭhampion wrote about the Chinese taking their cups to tofu shops to get hot soya milk, which they drank for breakfast. Records from the 17th century describe its traditional use in Chinese cooking. The earliest mentions of soya milk in written text are Chinese, from 1365. Milk made from European soya beans is especially environmentally friendly (if you live in Europe, that is!) and usually non-GM. Soya beans come from China but thanks to their high nutritional value and relatively easy cultivation, they have been grown in the Americas and Europe since the 19th century. In many countries where it is a staple, people simply wouldn’t consume cow’s milk so coconut milk is ‘the milk’. Of all the plant milks, coconut has the longest tradition of use. It is the main ingredient in many traditional dishes and beverages and is sometimes used for ceremonial offerings. In many places, such as India, coconut milk has been used in cooking for millennia. It’s been one of the main ingredients in Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Caribbean and northern South America for centuries. People further contributed to the spread across the Atlantic and now coconut palms grow in virtually all subtropical coastal zones around the world.Ĭoconut milk is the liquid that comes from grated coconut meat and it can be very thick and creamy or thinner and more milk-like. But because they float, they were carried to coastlines all over the Pacific Ocean and successfully made their homes in all the subtropical places they could find. Coconut milk historyĬoconuts originally come from India and Southeast Asia.
Plant milk has actually been a staple part of many people’s diets around the world for many years.
In fact, there is nothing new or unusual about people consuming them. The truth is, you will find a long history of plant milks and other plant drinks made by different cultures across the world over millennia. Now they’re crying wolf over how many deficiencies we’ll possibly suffer if we ditch dairy. First they banned the use of the word ‘milk’ to describe a milky liquid that didn’t come from anyone’s mammary glands. T he dairy industry is up in arms about plant milks.
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