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I’ve not been getting out as much during Covid, as such I’ve tried to reduce my caloric intake. One way I tried to do this, was to switch the kind of milk I drink. This also had a secondary impact on reducing my environmental impact. However, while researching the various milks, I couldn’t find one source that put both nutritional information, and the environmental impact of the various milks in one place. This article does just that.

During my research, I found there are minor differences in the US and UK in how they represent this data. For example, a UK serving size is 200ml, whereas in the US it’s 1 cup (or ~240ml). I’ve normalised all values to the UK serving size.

Type Emissions
(Kg)		 Land Usage
(m2)		 Water Usage
(L)		 Variant Calories
(kcals)		 Calcium
(mg)		 Fat
(g)		 Sat Fat
(g)		 Sugar
(g)		 Protein
(g)
Dairy (Cow's) Milk 0.630 1.790 125.64 Whole 120 246 6.40 3.72 9.62 6.56 (source)
Dairy (Cow's) Milk 0.630 1.790 125.64 Whole (Lactose free) 120 246 6.40 3.72 9.62 6.56 (source)
Dairy (Cow's) Milk 0.630 1.790 125.64 Reduced fat (2%) 100 252 3.80 2.22 9.78 6.70 (source)
Dairy (Cow's) Milk 0.630 1.790 125.64 Fat free (skim) 68 264 0.16 0.10 10.10 6.86 (source)
Rice Milk 0.236 0.067 53.96 Rice Milk 94 236 1.94 0.00 10.56 0.56 (source)
Soy Milk 0.196 0.132 5.56 Soy Milk 86 246 2.94 0.41 7.30 5.20 (source)
Oat Milk 0.181 0.152 9.65 OATLY! (Brand) 100 292 4.16 0.42 5.84 2.50 (source)
Almond Milk 0.140 0.099 74.29 Sweetened 60 354 1.86 0.15 9.54 0.76 (source)
Almond Milk 0.140 0.099 74.29 Unsweetened 30 368 1.92 0.16 1.62 0.80 (source)
Goat’s Milk ? ? ? Whole 138 268 8.28 5.33 8.90 7.12 (source)
Coconut Milk ? ? ? Coconut Milk 62 376 4.16 4.17 5.00 0.42 (source)
Flax Hemp Milk ? ? ? Flax Hemp Milk 38 24 2.50 0.00 0.84 1.66 (source)
Human Milk ? ? ? Human Milk 140 64 8.76 0.64 13.78 2.06 (source)
Chocolate Milk ? ? ? Chocolate Milk 98 200 0.80 0.02 17.36 1.28 (source)
Environment Impact per 200ml (source) Nutritional Information per 200g (which is approx 200ml)

I’m not going to provide any kind of editorial, I just wanted all the data in one place. The data is sourced from the following locations.

General Comparison:

Environment:

Nutritional: