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Millet Milk

Millet is one of humanity's oldest staples: broomcorn and foxtail millet were cultivated in northern China perhaps 10,000 years ago, and the grain family still feeds millions across Africa and India today. The United Nations declared 2023 the International Year of Millets, and the milk aisle took note. Organic producers in Italy and Germany (Isola Bio, Sarchio, Natumi and Belgium's Lima among them) press millet into a delicate, naturally gluten-free drink, while Indian brands such as Nourish You champion ragi and bajra milks on home soil. Millet milk is light and mild with a gentle, earthy sweetness that never shouts. It suits cereal, smoothies and light baking, and it's an easy everyday milk for anyone avoiding gluten.

Millet Milk — the plant it comes from, growing

First, the plant.

Origin

Northern China, c. 8000 BCE; staple across Africa and India

Tastes like

Light and mild, gently earthy with a soft sweetness

Best for

Everyday drinking, cereal, smoothies and gluten-free baking

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Brands making Millet Milk

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Isola Bio cartonIsola Bio Visit →Sarchio cartonSarchio Visit →Natumi cartonNatumi Visit →Nourish You cartonNourish You Visit →

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Sources & citations

  1. International Year of Millets 2023 — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023
  2. Millets, in Alternative Field Crops Manual — Purdue University NewCROP / University of Wisconsin Extension, n.d.
  3. Nourish You | Millets and Plant-Based Foods — Nourish You (India), n.d.
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