That “milk” label on a growing variety of plant-based beverages has been on the minds of dairy advocates for decades as they fight slipping fluid milk sales for the last 80 years. On the outside, milk ...

In 2018, when former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb famously commented that “an almond doesn’t lactate,” he was adding perhaps the most colorful volley in a long-simmering debate about how the Food ...

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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is considering modifying the definitions, called “standards of identity,” for a variety of food products, including whether items labeled “milk” must come ...

The Food and Drug Administration is out with draft recommendations for the industry on the naming of plant-based beverages that are marketed and sold as alternatives to milk. The draft guidance also ...

KANSAS CITY — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published draft recommendations in 2023 for the naming of plant-based foods that are marketed and sold as alternatives to milk. The draft ...

The industry has become saturated with non-dairy choices over the last decade. From soy to macadamia, a variety of plant-based milk alternatives have begun filling shelves in recent years. Now, the ...