I know, I know, this seems like an obvious first ingredient. But I wanted to get it out of the way and state that all the brands I looked up had this as the first ingredient. And FYI they als… 展开

Thickeners, whether it be gellan gum, carrageenan or locust bean gum were present in all of the brands I looked at. These gels have one job and one job only – to make t… 展开

Ah sugar. Now none of these brands included just plain old “sugar” on the ingredients list. They either had pure cane sugar, evaporated cane juice or shockingly one brand didn’t … 展开

An emulsifier is used to keep oil and water from separating. This is done so that the shelf life of the milk is longer, which is why almond milk basically lasts forever. A common emulsifi… 展开