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They are the trendy alternatives to milk that have become a multi-million-pound industry.
But by drinking substitutes based on oat or almond and following a meat-free diet, teenage girls could be risking their health, a food expert warned yesterday.
The move towards more plant-based diets means many are missing out on essential nutrients, Professor Ian Givens said.
Milk substitutes, with the exception of soya, typically do not match the protein content of cow’s milk, while shunning meat could result in iron deficiency, he warned.
By drinking substitutes based on oat or almond and following a meat-free diet, teenage girls could be risking their health, a food expert warned yesterday (Stock image of almonds and almond milk)
He added: ‘We already have a population of young females, particularly in the UK, particularly in the adolescent period, but also females in the slightly older age groups, that have very low intakes of some key micronutrients.
'The worry is, there have been a number of very specific cases where
