Blue Diamond Almond Milk

Considering all the good reasons to avoid dairy, most health conscious shoppers are happy to see the preponderance of new types of alternatives hit the health food store market these days. Blue Diamond Almond Milk is a good choice, and very tasty. Almond milk brings us nutrition, without the questionable properties of the more common alternatives, soy and rice milks.

Blue Diamond Growers is the largest nut company in the world, and it makes almonds California's largest food export. It is Sacramento, California, and has been going since 1910. They employ multiple pasteurizations on their almonds to avoid Salmonella. Almonds are a wonderful source of nutrition, and Blue Diamond Almond Milk provides calcium, and vitamins D, A, and E. The vitamin E gives us 50 percent of our daily requirement. It has no saturated fat, and its sodium content is outweighed by its potassium content. Still, those strictly avoiding salt must beware, as it does have 150 mg. per serving in the Vanilla kind, for example. People avoiding sugar should note it also contains 15 grams of sugar, in the form of evaporated cane juice, with 16 grams of carbohydrates overall. (However, the Original type only has 8 grams of carbs.) It is made with filtered water, and has 25 percent fewer calories than the most common soy beverage, as Blue Diamond Vanilla Almond Milk weighs in at 90 calories. It is gluten and lactose free, containing no common allergens.