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What a scam. Here in Germany it's more expensive but not by much
It's generally assumed that oat milk will easily become cheaper than cow milk when mass production takes off. It requires fewer resources (no cows consuming energy) and the process is easy to automate.
But yeah, for now, lactose-intolerant and vegan folks need to pay high prices to kickstart that...
Interestingly enough, there are now non-animal whey milks out there (made via fermentation). It's worth noting that protein bioavailable numbers are pretty misleading because the way they are done overvalues the availability of animal products and undervalues it for plant-based foods
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https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13668-020-00348-8.pdf
I can quote some of the relevant sections here (not supposed to share the whole thing). These are just some of the problems listed with the metrics there's quite a lot more but this comment is getting too long
This is a review study, so it does look at multiple studies over time (Also note that I did not downvote you, it seems that you have accidentally removed your own default upvote. I had that happen to me earlier)
That surprises me, since I'm told (a large part of) India deems cows holy and over here, the cheapest milk is from cows kept under inhumane conditions...
To make them cheap, make it yourself.
Making oat milk is a really simple process & to make it more like commercially available products, you can add various other ingredients such as xanthan gum to bind it as well as various things for flavour such as a small amount of cinnamon.
So you have 3 choices there:
It takes 10 minutes to make a batch. Less time than will take you to walk to a shop (see here for a simple recipe/process: https://minimalistbaker.com/make-oat-milk/ )
Pay 5x the cost for plant based products - is your time really worth that much in exchange for the convenience?
Keep drinking disgusting cows milk.
I'm not vegan. I just don't drink milk and I'm certainly not advocating veganism because you don't have the ability to commit to 10 minutes to make your own oat milk so howTF are you going to make such a lifestyle change?
All I did was say how easy it is to make yourself as you complained about the cost and when you bleated about your very busy important lifestyle, laid out your options.
It's quite obvious the biggest hurdle to you making changes to your life is you so good luck with that and I hope it works out.