• 燕麥奶正在占領全球，而這是有充分理由的。

• 其豐富天然的口味、與乳制品類似的稠度，使其成為完美的乳制品替代品，它也是目前最環(huán)保的乳飲品選擇之一。

• 人們對乳制品的口味評判標準歷史頗久，但是眾所周知，乳制品的生產(chǎn)會對環(huán)境造成負面影響。而既然燕麥奶已基本達到了這種口味標準，那么現(xiàn)在，也是時候放棄牛奶了。

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燕麥奶的崛起勢不可擋的，而牛奶的衰落已經(jīng)開始了。

隨著牛奶消費量的持續(xù)下降，牛奶替代品的需求量也在增加，其中燕麥奶的上升趨勢最為明顯。那么，是什么使得燕麥奶成為滿足所有人需求的奶類呢？

根據(jù)英國廣播公司BBC的環(huán)境影響算法，燕麥奶在兩個最重要的指標上得分很高：其豐富而天然的口味使其可以很好的替代牛奶，與豆?jié){一并稱得上是最環(huán)保的選擇。另外，燕麥奶是幾乎人人都可以飲用的。

現(xiàn)在該面對現(xiàn)實了：其他奶類的宿命已經(jīng)塵埃落定。我會一次性告訴您為什么會這樣。

• Oat milk is taking over the world, and for a good reason.

• Its rich, neutral taste and dairy-like consistency make it a perfect dairy milk substitute, and it's also one of the most environmentally friendly options out there.

• Dairy milk has long set the standard for taste, but it's been known to have a negative impact on the environment. Now that oat milk has pretty much met that taste standard, it's time to do away with dairy milk for good.

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The rise of oat milk is inevitable, and the fall of dairy milk has already begun.

As consumption of dairy milk?continues to decline, consumption of alternative milks is?on the rise, with oat milk's upward trajectory the most meteoric among them. So what makes oat milk the one milk to rule them all?

Oat milk scores high on two of the arguably most important metrics: its rich, neutral taste makes it a?good substitute?for dairy milk, and, alongside soy milk, it's the most?environmentally friendly?option, according to the BBC's environmental impact calculator. Also, almost everybody can drink it.

It's time to face the truth: other milks are doomed. I'll break down why, one milk at a time.

豆奶

對環(huán)境的影響：豆奶產(chǎn)業(yè)對環(huán)境的影響與燕麥奶相當。生產(chǎn)大豆產(chǎn)生的排放量雖然稍多，但與燕麥奶相比，其消耗的水和土地更少。但是區(qū)別在于其生產(chǎn)地：大豆種植是南美森林砍伐的主要原因。

風味：豆奶加在咖啡里味道確實不敢恭維，這二者就是不搭配。在中國和其他亞洲國家，豆奶就是作為其本身單獨存在的，是甜點、飲品或者食物的原材料，而不是作為牛奶的替代品。它單獨的存在本就是一道閃光點。

Soy milk

Environmental impact:?Soy milk's environmental impact is comparable to oat milk's. While it produces slightly more emissions, farming soy uses less water and land than farming oats for oat milk. But the difference is where it's produced: soy farming is a?major cause of deforestation?in South America.

Taste:?Soy milk tastes horrid in coffee. They just don't go together. In China and other Asian countries, soy milk is treated like its own ingredient - as a base for soy milk desserts, drinks, and foods - and not as a milk substitute. That's where it shines, and that's what it should be used for.

杏仁奶

對環(huán)境的影響：杏仁奶產(chǎn)業(yè)對環(huán)境的危害要比其他植脂奶嚴重多了。它生產(chǎn)所需的水比任何其他普通的非乳制牛奶都要多得多，幾乎所有杏仁，都是產(chǎn)自加利福尼亞州飽受干旱困擾的地區(qū)。杏仁種植也威脅著美國蜜蜂的生存，而后者對于環(huán)境的一切都至關重要。?

風味：杏仁牛奶的味道和質地算是最貧乏的。杏仁奶不能在烹飪用途上替代牛奶的——把杏仁奶加到土豆泥里顯然是不可行的。對于堅果過敏的人來說，它也必然排不上號。 杏仁奶唯一具有的烹飪價值，是可作一些伊朗和意大利食品中的原材料。

Almond milk

Environmental impact:?Almond milk is much worse for the environment than other plant-based milks. It requires?much more water to produce?than any other common non-dairy milk, and almost all almonds are produced in one region of often-drought-stricken California. Almond farming is also?threatening America's bees, which are vital to the survival of, well, everything.

Taste:?Almond milk's taste and texture are lacking at best. Almond milk isn't a good substitute for dairy milk's culinary uses - you can't put almond milk in your mashed potatoes. It's also a no-go for people with nut allergies. The only culinary value almond milk has is as an ingredient in some Iranian and Italian foods.

米奶

對環(huán)境的影響：米奶在我們的飲品選擇里也應占一席之地。當然，它不含堅果，致敏性也較低，但與豆奶或燕麥奶相比，它對環(huán)境的影響也要大得多。稻田產(chǎn)生甲烷排放量比其他植脂奶產(chǎn)地要高，生產(chǎn)所消耗的水更是燕麥奶的六倍。

風味：它在horchata（一種西班牙飲品）里嘗起來很棒，但它那種很稀且平淡的口感，使其注定無法作為食物或咖啡里乳制品的替代品。它真的沒什么味道，而且相對缺乏營養(yǎng)，幾乎不含蛋白質，也沒有天然存在的維生素或礦物質。

Rice milk

Environmental impact:?Rice milk should also have a limited place in our cups. Sure, it's nut-free and relatively hypoallergenic, but it also has a far larger environmental impact than soy or oat milk. The methane in rice paddies produces more emissions than other plant-based milks, and production uses six times the amount of water that oat milk requires.

Taste:?It's great in horchata, but its watery, neutral taste makes it a poor substitute for dairy in cooking or in coffee. It just doesn't taste like anything, really, and it's relatively?devoid of nutrients?with almost no protein and no naturally occurring vitamins or minerals.

乳脂奶

乳脂奶是經(jīng)過實踐檢驗的經(jīng)典牛奶選擇，它為所有其他的乳制品設定了口味標準。其豐富的口感是無與倫比的，在烹飪中的使用也已廣泛傳播，根深蒂固。

但是，迄今為止，乳脂奶的生產(chǎn)對環(huán)境的影響是最大的。根據(jù)英國廣播公司BBC的算法，平均下來，每天一杯奶，一年下來，其造成的排放相當于汽油驅動的汽車行駛585英里，或連續(xù)淋浴5624分鐘，且生產(chǎn)的空間占地達兩個網(wǎng)球場大小，這幾乎占燕麥奶生產(chǎn)資源的三倍還要多。

Dairy milk

Dairy milk, the tried-and-true classic milk choice, sets the taste standard for all other milks. Its richness is unmatched, and its uses in cooking are deeply and widely entrenched.

But dairy milk production has by far the highest?environmental impact?of any milk. According to?the BBC's calculator, on average, drinking a glass of dairy milk a day for a year is equivalent to driving 585 miles in a gas-powered car and showering for 5,624 minutes, and it requires the space of two tennis courts to produce. It takes up more than three times the resources of oat milk production.

燕麥奶

對環(huán)境的影響：燕麥奶恰好就非常環(huán)保。生產(chǎn)它所產(chǎn)生的溫室氣體相對較少（次于杏仁奶），消耗的水量也僅為后者的八分之一。

風味：燕麥奶是迄今為止植脂奶中口味最棒的。它與牛奶的質地類似，也因此成為家庭烹飪和咖啡店中最通用的牛乳替代品。咖啡師就已經(jīng)對其情有獨鐘了。而且，由于燕麥奶不基于堅果或大豆，且不含麩質，因此所含的會致敏或導致無法消化的成分也極少。

但是，您可能會問，如果我們的目標是仿制牛奶，那為什么不繼續(xù)喝牛奶呢？

Oat milk

Environmental impact:?Oat milk happens to be?very environmentally friendly. It produces relatively few greenhouse gases - second to almond milk - and uses up one-eighth the amount of water that the latter uses.

Taste:?Oat milk is by far the best-tasting of the plant-based milks. It has a similar consistency to dairy milk, making it the most viable alternative in home cooking and in coffee shops. Baristas already love it. And since oat milk is not nut-based or soy-based and oats are gluten-free, it contains very little that people are allergic to or unable to digest.

But, you may ask, if our goal is to mimic dairy milk, then why not just keep drinking dairy milk?

即使如此，乳脂奶還是會被保留下來。

有些產(chǎn)品，例如酸奶和奶酪，它們的生產(chǎn)是離不開牛奶的。由于尚未能大規(guī)模廣泛生產(chǎn)合適的替代品，乳脂奶可能仍會以這些形式存在。但是，現(xiàn)在至少有其飲品的替代品了，所以它還是可能會過時的。

乳制品的生產(chǎn)給我們環(huán)境帶來的壓力是不值的。現(xiàn)在，我們有了燕麥奶，是時候斷舍離了。

Still, dairy milk is likely here to stay.

There are products like yogurt and cheese that can't be made without dairy milk. Dairy milk will likely live on in these forms, as suitable alternatives have yet to be widely produced. But a suitable alternative for liquid dairy milk is finally here, potentially rendering it obsolete.

The pressure that dairy milk production puts on our environment isn't worth the taste. Now that we have oat milk, it's high time we weaned ourselves off it.