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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Alexandra Parren

Ditching oat milk? These are the best alternatives, from pea to potato milks

Something is brewing — and it’s not just your oat latte. Once the golden child of baristas everywhere, oat milk — the gloriously frothy plant-based alternative — is experiencing an unexpected fall from grace.

The dairy-free cow’s milk alternative has been coming under fire on social media in recent months, with viral videos and posts denouncing it for causing blood sugar spikes and being ultra-processed. Many of these claims are unsubstantiated, but it hasn’t stopped people from rethinking their choice.

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