Different Brands of Milk

[Chantora]

Which is better: Silk or Almond Breeze Milk or Both?

[Paxiled]

Keep in mind the calcium added is not well absorbed by most people.  Better to get your calcium from green leafy vegetables, well balanced with magnesium, than cheap forms supplemented in foods to make them seem healthier.  Almonds are very healthy to eat without needing to add calcium to it, and dairy is a bad source of calcium anyway because there's little magnesium, throwing bone density out of balance.  You don't have to make almond milk into milk to make it a good eating choice.

[ASalton123]

I prefer Silk Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk. It's 30 calories per cup and no sugar. It had calcium and tastes amazing. I only use milk in protein shakes or high protein cereals. I hope this helps.

[Paxiled]

Silk is high in sugar.  Don't know about the almond breeze.  If you're comparing Silk soy to almond milk that's a matter of preference.  I prefer Edensoy soy milk because it uses rice syrup instead of sugar -- it's old school.  A little history -- Silk was developed by a now defunct company called White Wave, which was a company that made tofu and a lot of wonderful and very healthful tofu products and tempeh.  But the owner wanted the big score, and added sugar to his soy milk (in those days sugar was a no-no in the health food industry) and put it in the refrigerated section even though it isn't any different than the stuff on the shelf in the asceptic cartons.  Gave an illusion it was fresher, which it isn't and wasn't.  This got it into supermarkets and Whole Foods, but Dean foods,  the nation's largest milk marketer, bought the company and forced the owner out of his own company.  That's why I don't use Silk products -- don't trust the concept or the company that now owns it.  But I would say, compare ingredients and sugar content -- it doesn't make sense to use these products for your health if what you're doing is just drinking candy.

[gymdandee]

I prefer the Almond Breeze! , both taste great. Breeze has a very smooth and creamy flavor with a little sweetness and a hint of almond flavor.
Silk Pure Almond also tastes very smooth but has a slightly more almond taste and a bit saltier, to my taste.