Almond Milk Is Becoming An Easy Shell

Look out, soy, there's another milk in the refrigerated case.

Soy milk has always been the most popular milk alternative – but its dominance may be challenged by milk that is not exactly new, but is being newly discovered: almond milk.

A number of factors may be conspiring to spark its growing popularity: negative publicity about soy and its estrogenlike compounds; an increase in allergies to soy; and, perhaps most importantly, a glowing recommendation from Lisa Lillien, the food blogger behind the Hungry Girl empire, who has been singing the praises of almond milk since 2006.

Lillien has continued to rave about unsweetened Blue Diamond Almond Breeze, which she uses in her coffee and oatmeal, and which, at only 40 calories a cup, is a good milk substitute for her calorie-conscious foodie followers.

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