Plant alternatives to animal milk are gaining ground. More and more people are opting for healthier products and consume plant-based beverages. Although it may seem that it is typical of vegans and vegetarians, the truth is that more and more people drink these drinks. In Spain, the pioneer in vegetable drinks was I AM, which does not stop increasing its catalog, increasingly rich and varied. His latest bet is YOSOY Barista, made with oats, designed to create a more frothy coffee. Do you want to know what their benefits?, and what can you use them for? We tell you everything here!
What are vegetable drinks?
Vegetable drinks are often used as a substitute for milk in coffees, smoothies or pastries. But what are they really? They are nothing more than liquid that results from a mixture of the fruit that we choose with water; it doesn't matter if it's oatmeal, soy, rice, almonds, or even walnuts.
Many of those who consume these drinks do so believing that they are healthier than the milk de cow. However, those that are produced industrially usually contain large amounts of sugar, plus additive or artificial flavors.
The same does not happen in the case of made naturally, as it happens in I AM. They provide healthy fats, are digested very well, stimulate intestinal transit and some do not contain gluten.
YOSOY was born in Montseny
The vegetable drinks of I AM they occur from the year 1991 with water from Montseny Natural Park, without additives or added sugars. Their products do not contain aromas, stabilizers or thickeners, achieving a drink with a natural flavor. Its containers include 20% natural fruits, without pastes or flours, and 80% water.
Healthy eating is a growing concern that is reflected in the corrients real food. Have even been born influencers who deal with these issues in depth, such as Carlos Ríos (@carlosriosq), which accumulates almost a million and a half followers on Instagram. And it is that with healthy products, such as I AM, can be elaborated multitude of recipes and combinations.
From this brand they put all their effort to achieve tasty drinks, that appeal to anyone who wants to eat a healthy diet. Pioneers in Spain, they reveal themselves as true specialists, making only vegetable drinks.
How are they made?
In order not to add additives or aromas to improve the original flavor of the ingredients, they follow the following process:
- They shred whole grain, without using flour or pasta.
- They mix the ingredients with water from the Montseny Natural Park.
- Centrifuge stirring to separate the liquid from the solid remains.
- Sterilize the drink.
- Fill The bottles.
- And it only remains that you enjoy at home.
Committed to sustainability
Although they admit that there is still a lot of work to be done, they bet on 100% natural ingredients, of proximity and, in some products, ecological. In addition, 75% of the materials with which their containers sound vegetable origin and they are completely recyclable.
The energy used by the company is renewable, certified as green energy. On the other hand, they take advantage of the remains derived from the manufacture of beverages for animal feed.
Variety of flavors
Oatmeal drink is the most popular, as recorded by market data. These indicate that it covers 39,6% of the sales of these vegetable products. It is followed by the drink of soybean, with 29,9%. The latter is very valuable for I AM, since the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) considered it -in a study carried out in 2018- the second soy drink with the highest nutritional contribution market.
But, despite being the most demanded, they are not the only ones that we can find in I AM. They also have rice, hazelnut and coconut drinks; rice and coconut; chocoavena, almonds unsweetened and oatmeal with walnuts. They also have a number of organic drinks.
Also, they just released Barista Oats, perfect to combine with coffee, a creamy drink that provides foam. This product was made thinking about breakfast time, when we usually drink vegetable drinks. Its flavor is neutral, designed to enhance the intense flavor of coffee.
How to combine these drinks?
Most of the time they are taken alone, but with these vegetable drinks they can be cooked sweets, smoothies, coffees or meals. For example, a vegan beet pate with rice drink; or carrot and turmeric cream with oatmeal drink. What hadn't occurred to you? Well, on the website of I AM you can find many recipes made with vegetable drinks.
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La OCU ensures that vegetable drinks should not be understood as equivalent to milk, since they are nutritionally different. But yes how complementary on a balanced diet.
Do not hesitate and go ahead and try the YOSOY vegetable drinks. Now that you know how they are made, how healthy they are and that you can use them in endless combinations ... You have no excuse!
