Living in Finland in the EU, I am very confused as to why none of the vegan milk products contain added calcium. Children need a certain amount of calcium which they easily get through cows milk. But not so through vegan milk, because it does not naturally contain calcium.
Are there any laws that forbid adding calcium in your country? Is there any other reason as to why oat and soy based milk products don’t get added calcium?
The calcium from milk thing was a myth generated by the dairy industry to sell milk.
There is calcium in milk but there is also calcium in lots of things. I have heard the fat in cow milk makes it harder to absorb the calcium anyway. Regardless. The amount you need is easily obtained from many other sources in your diet naturally assuming you don’t take supplements.
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/calcium-rich-foods
A lot of plant milks have more calcium than cow milk so adding more would be silly.
I never knew that about milk, thanks for sharing
I live in Finland and every oat drink that I have ever drank have had calcium added.
Up until about 2 years ago there were lots of plant milk producers that added calcium in Germany. Now there is none. I believe the reason is that if they add supplements now, they cannot put “organic” on their milk cartons anymore.
Yes, I remember a lot of organic milks were fortified with some calcium rich algae. Nowadays the only fortified soy milk I can find is Alpro (not organic, with calciumcarbonate).
It’s a real shame because I really liked Provamel and the Alnatura one.
