Dairy Alternatives

Starbucks just announced that it will finally remove the upcharge for its vegan milk substitutes at locations across the United Kingdom beginning January 5. The decision closely follows the press release prank conducted by Switch4Good that told news outlets everywhere that the company decided to move the upcharge to dairy-based milk instead. Now...

As consumers become more concerned with sustainability and ethical food production, the dairy industry faces more criticism worldwide. The Urgent Company – the consumer packaged goods brand from the food-tech company Perfect Day – just announced that it acquired the ice cream brand Coolhaus. The announ...

New food tech company Future of Cheese just released a vegan Ripened Brie that sold out within 24 hours of its pre-sale launch. The Canadian company developed a cashew-based brie alternative that accurately replicates the taste and texture of the beloved soft cheese...

Vegan cheese giant Daiya Foods just announced that it will redesign its plant-based cheese recipe to better the taste, texture, and nutritional value of its signature product. The plant-based cheese brand plans to distribute a reformulated recipe of its vegan cheese, now including oats and chickpeas meant to maximize the creaminess and taste of the company’s cheese blocks. The ...

San Francisco chocolate brand TCHO just announced that it will transition to be an entirely vegan company by 2023. The fair-trade chocolatier decided to change all its retail chocolate products to plant-based recipes, removing dairy from all its production facilities. The comp...

Walk into any grocery store and find the overwhelming amount of plant-based milk on the shelf. As people continue to ditch dairy and look to non-dairy, vegan milk, an ongoing discussion about which plant-based milk is the healthiest carries on...

The vegan cheese market is quickly closing in on the dairy industry, as companies trade animal-based products for plant-based alternatives. General Mills just unveiled its first vegan cheese brand entitled Bold Cultr that will use animal-free whey to create a dairy-identical cheese product. The company boasts that...

Cornered by plant-based demand, the dairy industry and its food giants have no choice but to adapt. International dairy giant Danone just announced that it will convert a French dairy factory into an oat milk plant as demand for plant-based milk rapidly increases worldwide. The mult...

Oatly is gearing up to bring the world another rich oat milk-based product, but this vegan treat won't be served in a pint. The Swedish oat milk giant announced that it will introduce its first vegan ice cream bar line featuring four flavors: Strawberry Swirl, Vanilla, Chocolate Fudge, and Salted Caramel which will land at more than 3,000 retailers in the United States. The oat mi...

Grammy Award-winning producer Jermaine Dupri – who has worked with stars like Mariah Carey and Usher – is about to make the world even sweeter by selling his new line of vegan ice creams at Walmart. Dupri announced his JD’s Vegan line last summer to his fans, a collaboration of his own vision for a vegan frozen dessert, produced by ice cream expert Malcolm Stogo and Big Innovations Group Inc. The