Comparison between conventional (animal origin) milk and milk from plant kingdom

Sammanfattning: Plant-based milks are an emerging market, often used as a substitute to bovine milk. The purpose for choosing a plant-based milk can be due to medical reasons such as milk-protein allergy and lactose intolerance. Lifestyle choices such as a thrive to-wards a vegan diet can be another factor. The aim with this literature study was to compare bovine milk with two common plant-based milk: soy milk and oat milk; as well as exploring future perspective for plant-based milk. Plant-based milks are suspensions of disintegrated plant-materials in water which resemble the white opaque appearance of bovine milk. All the product processes in-clude some type of a heat treatment to ensure a safe product. Now a days, the climate changes is one of the major topics discussed and the en-vironmental impact of our diet are of interest. The opinion is that the bovine milk gives rise to the highest greenhouse gas emission whilst oat stands for the lowest. However, when comparing greenhouse gas emission with the nutrient density of the products, bovine milk is superior to soy and oat. Many factors, such as protein content and quality, vitamins and minerals, are involved when comparing the nutritional as-pects of the product. But it could be concluded that they differ extensively regarding protein quality and content. Plant-based milks should not be used as a substitute for bovine milk without insight in these dissimilarities, but as a complement.