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John Elder

Plant-based milks are less nutritious but better for environment

Almond milk better for you than cow's milk? Pull the udder one. Photo: Getty

The milk wars continue, with plant-based beverages gaining a snooty reputation for being a healthier alternative to dairy milk. Science has a problem with that idea.

In December, CSIRO scientist Dr Brad Riddout published a paper that compared milk from cows – low fat, full cream or chocolate milk – and found all three had greater nutritional value than trendy oat milk (unfortified or fortified with calcium).

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