What is Soya Milk? Taste, Ingredients, Uses & Best Soya Products

Have you ever wondered what is Soya Milk? Soya Milk is a plant-based milk that is made from Soybeans. Soya milk was created to provide a dairy-free, animal product-free milk alternative to the more conventional cow's milk. Soya Milk is a perfect product for those who want to live a vegan, animal product-free diet.

Soya milk has historically been one of the most popular non-dairy milks on the market. Soya milk and Almond milk made up most of the market in the 20th century with most cafes possessing one or the other as a non-dairy alternative. Since then, the plant-based milk market has exploded with so many new nut milks available everywhere you buy groceries.

At first, when soya milk was introduced consumers had a lot of questions. One of the big ones was what is soya milk made of. Soya milk is made from soybeans and water. Sometimes some sweeteners or flavorings are added to make it sweeter. You will generally see soya milk labeled as sweetened or unsweetened these days.

We are going to highlight some of the best soya milk products on the market as well as some answers to the common question what is soya milk used for? At PlantX, we aim to offer all of the best soya milk products available at our online store.

Milk Substitute

A good quality soya milk should be able to replace any dish that requires milk. Most modern soya milk will be able to be warmed or cooled to suit the needs of the dish. Good quality soya milk will keep intact and will not split during this time.

Common uses of milk include steaming milk for coffee, using it as a base for eating cereal, or simply drinking it for a refreshing drink. Soya milk will be perfect for all of these uses whether it is sweetened or not.

Smoothies

One of the healthy world’s favorite foods is the smoothie. It is super versatile, healthy, delicious, and works for pretty much every diet. We are all adding things to our diet that are specific to us and will help with whatever issues we might be experiencing. Smoothies are the perfect meal to include lots of healthy things in one go.

Soya milk helps make smoothies extra creamy and delicious. There are other milks that will do the same, though soya milk has a naturally low flavor level that makes it perfect to serve as the base for a smoothie. We love adding in some peanut butter, frozen berries, chia seeds, a dash of cinnamon, and a banana in ours.

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Vegan Mac n Cheese

One fantastic use of soya milk is in the making of a brilliant vegan mac n cheese. The surefire way of making a fantastic vegan mac n cheese is by starting with equal parts vegan butter and flour. Melt the butter on a medium heat before adding the flour. Once fully combined (around 1 minute) you can start to add some lightly warmed soya milk. Add it in stages, removing all lumps by whisking it vigorously until a thick white sauce has formed. At this stage, add nutritional yeast or vegan cheese to thicken and flavor. Then you can add aldente maceroni and bake in an oven until crispy on the top.

Soy milk is great for mac n cheese as it won’t infuse any nutty flavor. These nutty flavors from almond or cashew milk are somewhat sweet, somewhat earthy, and just a little bit inappropriate for this dish. We love adding plenty of vegan cheddar shreds to make it lusciously creamy and deeply flavorful.

Chocolate

Soy milk is a fantastic ingredient in many of your favorite vegan chocolates. Though you don’t need any sort of milk to make lovely chocolate, it helps to make it lovely and creamy and replicate that milk chocolate texture.

It isn’t authentic, but it is delicious. Plenty of sugar and soya milk help to make chocolate into a mouthwateringly addictive, delicious treat. The key here is to make sure it stays as a treat when eating sugary chocolate products.

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Vegan Cheeses

Soya milk is a fantastic ingredient for vegan cheeses. We love this amazing mozzarella capri from Cheeze and Thank you. You can make vegan cheese out of all sorts of milk but soya milk is one of our favorites. It serves as a fantastic basis for forming amazing vegan cultures and creating delicious textures within vegan cheeses.

We hope you have enjoyed reading about all the incredible potential uses of soya milk. There are probably many more that we aren’t even aware of! Whatever you decide to use soya milk for, we hope it will be delicious!