User:Nlima123/Almond milk

Commerce[edit]
In the United States, almond milk remained a niche health food item until the early 2000s, when its popularity began to increase. In 2011 alone, almond milk sales increased by 79%. In 2013, it surpassed soy milk as the most popular plant-based milk in the US. As of 2014 it comprised 60 percent of plant-milk sales and 4.1 percent of total milk sales in the US. Almond milk, according to the perimeters stated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), does not qualify for the category of milk, and therefore it is advocated that almond milk not be labeled with milk.

Within the Italian regions of Sicily, Apulia, Calabria, and Campania, almond milk is a protected traditional agricultural product.

Nutrition[edit]

 * 1) ^ Jump up to:a b c Commonly added to plant milks, which do not naturally contain significant levels of the nutrient. Added to all three plant milks presented in this table.
 * 2) ^ Vitamin A fortification is only required for skimmed milk in the US.
 * 3) ^ Vitamin D fortification for dairy milk is mandatory in the US.

If unfortified, almond milk has less vitamin D than fortified cows' milk; in North America, cows' milk must be fortified with vitamin D, but vitamins are added to plant milks on a voluntary basis. '''Vitamin E is released from the almonds and absorbed. The positive effects of the vitamin E includes strengthening the “cells from free radical damage,”''' Because of its low protein content, almond milk is not a suitable replacement for breast milk, cows' milk, or hydrolyzed formulas for children under two years of age.