Cereal milk
Cereal milk is a drink made from fermented grain or flour . The term "milk" is colloquial here, but food law provides for other names: Beverages made from grain (and not listed as a traditionally established exception) may generally not be marketed as milk within the EU . B. "Oat drink" and the like.
Grain milk can be used as a milk substitute , especially for lactose-free or vegan diets . Grain milk is made from rice (see rice milk ), oats (see oat milk ), spelled , millet , rye or einkorn . There are also products made from pseudograins , e.g. B. Buckwheat . To improve the taste, enzymes can be added to pre-digest the starch.
Cereal milk is similar to cow's milk in appearance and consistency. The nutritional value depends on the type of grain used and can be compared to that of cow's milk in terms of vitamins and minerals , contains less protein , less fat and more carbohydrates. Some manufacturers add calcium or cobalamin to their products in order to obtain values comparable to those of cow's milk. Cereal milk is low in saturated fat and contains no lactose ; it can therefore be drunk if you are lactose intolerant .
A similar product is Kokkoh , a rice-based pulpy milk substitute.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Maike Wenndorf - A dream in rice? published in UGB Edition 3, 2003 PDF copy , accessed on December 23, 2019
- ↑ Regulation (EU) No. 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 17, 2013 (Annex VII) , accessed on November 21, 2019 .