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The article focuses on the deaths and infections caused by listeria in plant-based milk substitutes sold under Silk and Great Value brands, prompting a recall and investigation in Canada.

1.5 Degree, a start-up, introduced a range of plant-based dairy products at the 7th India International Hospitality Expo. These products, including oat milk, soy milk, cold coffee, flavored milkshakes, and gelato in various flavors, cater to consumers who prefer alternatives to dairy products for reasons such as calorie concerns, lactose intolerance, and concerns about adulteration in cow-based milk products. The company focuses on taste-centric product development and offers innovative, healthy, and lactose-free options. [Extracted from the article]

The article evaluates the automated plant-based milk machine offered by Growup.

The article focuses on research from the University of Minnesota that highlights how most plant-based milks lack the naturally occurring nutrients found in cow's milk, including calcium, vitamin D, and protein. While many plant-based milks are fortified with these nutrients, they still often fall short of cow's milk in terms of protein content.

The article offers information on the AptaGrow, scientifically designed health drink formula for children by Danone India.

The article informs that Singapore-based brand Only Earth has launched plant-based, ready-to-drink beverages in India as part of its business expansion plans. It mentions the comments of Kunal Mutha, Founder, Only Earth as per which there has been a global shift towards healthier alternatives, and this was facilitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the firm is currently focusing solely on ready-to-drink beverages such as oat milk and coconut milk.

The article informs that growing popularity of plant-based milk alternatives has proliferated in certain sections of society of urban India. R.S. Sodhi, managing director of Amul, has slammed makers of almond, soya, oat, coconut and rice beverages as sellers of plant-based fake milk and warned them to take to court. It is evident that market for milk alternatives is still very smaller in India in comparison to its bigger cousin the dairy industry.

The article informs that the Delhi High Court protected five companies including Hershey India, Rakyan Beverages and Istore Direct Trading selling plant-based milk products, such as almond and oats milk, from any coercive steps pursuant to FSSAI orders directing action against them.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for concocting a plant-based milk.

The article reports on the growth of the alternative milk industry in the U.S. Topics discussed include the increase in demand for plant-based beverages such as almond milk, and soymilk, the decline in the number of Americans drinking milk, and the dairy industry's call on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to enforce its rules around labeling particularly the use of the word "milk" by manufacturers of plant-based beverages.

The article reports that a bipartisan group of 32 U.S. legislators has called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to stop companies from calling their plant-based beverages as milk. Topics covered include FDA regulations defining milk as a lacteal secretion that is obtained by milking one or more healthy cows, the increase in popularity of dairy milk alternatives from almonds, soy, and cashews, and the decline in sales of cow's milk due to negative health perceptions.

The article focuses on nutrition and food trends that will appear in grocery shelves in 2019. Topics covered include plants in animal-based dishes such as combining mushrooms with ground meat, plant-based proteins from Vegetarian Traveler, dairy-free alternatives like almond milk and oat milk, and low-fermentable oligosaccahrides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols (low-FODMAP) diet for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients.

The article reports on the company Quaker Foods which gambles on the popularity of milk alternative made from oats like Oatly which offers health benefits because it contains beta-glucan which is a soluble fiber from oat bran that reduces the risk of heart disease.