How Do You 'Milk' an Almond? | Food Unwrapped

Kate heads to an American factory to help make sense of almond milk and how exactly someone can get milk from a dry old almond!

Food Unwrapped Season 6 Episode 16

Our team of intrepid presenters (Jimmy Doherty, Kate Quilton, Matt Tebbutt, Helen Lawal, Andi Oliver, Amanda Byram and Briony May Williams) travel the world uncovering unusual, intriguing and surprising secrets behind the food we eat.

[Torbikini]

See, I already have seen something about the production process, but I really love this show. It's oddly entertaining.

[pirotehs]

Hassner said, “Nuts are the most notorious culprit. California produces 80% of the world’s almonds — 2 billion pounds a year — at a staggering cost of 2, 000 gallons of water per pound of almonds. Ten percent of California’s water is guzzled up by almonds. That alone equals the volume of water used by all of California’s cities combined.” And that is BEFORE they use more water to make this "milk"

[MoritzvonSchweinitz]

This is all nice and well - if the almonds would be grown in any of the gadzillion areas around the world where water is abundant.

[Englandflick]

It’s more like Almond cold brew than Almond Soak 🛁.

[Enclave.]

Oat milk is far more sustainable and green than almond milk, it also has the bonus of having natural creamyness which is something you don't get from other milk alternatives.

[OM-bsof]

Its actually " Almond Juice" not milk. Milk is something that comes from animals

[MJorgy]

I still like moo juice. Honey roast them almonds.

[DaveDVideoMaker]

When I was watching almond milk recepts, they blended almonds with water.

[markjarrett]

I love your videos. I get a bee in my bonnet about calling products milks that are made from plants, seeds or nuts. They are not milk. Milk is a nutrient-rich liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. I have nothing against almond 'soak', but call things what they are and not what they are not.

[riezky]

That's not milk, almond don't lactate, that's almond juice

[disappearintothesea]

Almond milk may be a better alternative to cows milk but it uses so much water, oatmilk is the best alternative.

[rondeme]

So, the '"HEALTHY" alternative to milk is just another over processed product.

[wagwanbennydj]

Some say they milk the holy almond cow but who am I to say

[harukrentz]

Ive never tried almond milk, they cost bomb here in my country.

[silvahawk]

"..of the nuts family, almond is the number one..." I think he forgot a certain type of nut 🤔

[RZNC]

All you have to do is drive up the central valley to see just how many almond trees are being farmed. And drinking out of laboratory glassware is a big safety risk!

[arrived]

And I thought you used really small stools

[AeiSedai]

Gross. Pour me a big glass of good old 2% please

[glenncurry]

Almonds are one of the worst crops for water consumption growing needs. Then add more water and put it in plastic bottles? Almond Milk is one of the ecologically worst product to buy!

[keithyinger]

To each their own. I don't really care for "nut water" myself. I like almonds, and i like water, but mixing them together just ruins them both for me. Same way with nuts in things like cookies, or ice cream. The nuts just get a watered down, soggy type of taste to me. Eww :(