Nutritional Differences Between Cow’s Milk and Soy Milk

Milk derived from mammalian animals contains lactose, soy milk does not- for people who are lactose intolerant, soy milk provides an excellent alternative.

There are many other differences, including: soy milk has almost half the fat (and half the calories) of cow’s milk; soy milk contains fibre, cow’s milk does not; soy milk has one quarter of the salt content of cow’s milk and soy milk contains no cholesterol.

Cow’s milk provides higher levels of amino acids than soy, and manufacturers have to add calcium to soy milk because there is so little.

Finally, soy milk is not even milk- it’s a plant-derived beverage! Other good options instead of cow's milk are nut milks such as almond milk or hazlenut milk.