So you grew up drinking cow's milk. Why would you even think of switching? Well, for starters, soymilk is a healthy option because it's cholesterol free, plus it's low in saturated fat and high in protein. It also comes in different flavors, like carob or chocolate, and you can bake and cook with the unsweetened or vanilla flavors.

Due to soymilk's current popularity many companies make it, and the the brands all taste different: some soymilk is thicker like Edensoy, all vanilla flavors are sweeter, and some taste more like real milk such as Silk brand. My advice is to taste more than one brand and flavor. Why not buy a few at a time and have a soymilk taste test. Don't drink them directly from the grocery-store sheIf; stick the container in the fridge for at least an hour or two because soymilk tastes much better cold.

Aside from texture and taste, the soymilk brands differ nutritionally as well. To see how they compare, just read more.

Serving Size = 8 ounces Calories Total Fat (g) Saturated Fat (g) Sodium (mg) Carbs (g) Sugars (g) Protein (g)
Organic Edensoy Carob 170 4 .5 95 28 13 7
Organic Edensoy Chocolate 180 3.5 1 105 28 14 8
Organic Edensoy Extra Original 130 4 .5 100 13 7 11
Organic Edensoy Extra Vanilla 150 3 0 90 23 15 7
Organic Edensoy Light Original 100 2 0 90 15 10 5
Organic Edensoy Unsweetened 120 6 1 5 5 2 12
Silk Unsweetened 80 4 .5 85 4 1 7
Silk Vanilla 100 3.5 .5 95 10 7 6
Silk Very Vanilla 130 4 .5 140 19 16 6
Silk Chocolate 140 3.5 .5 100 23 19 5
Wildwood Unsweetened 70 3.5 .5 70 3 2 7
Wildwood Vanilla 90 3.5 .5 70 8 7 7
Pacific Select Soy Unsweetened 90 4.5 .5 15 4 2 9
Pacific Select Soy Vanilla 80 2.5 0 115 11 9 5
Soy Dream Enriched Refrigerated Original 100 3.5 .5 140 9 5 8
Soy Dream Enriched Refrigerated Vanilla 120 3.5 .5 130 14 10 8

Fit's Tip: If you're trying to get more protein in your diet, skip out on the cow's milk in your cereal and go for Edensoy Unsweetened instead. It contains 12g of protein while cow's milk only contains 8g.

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