Almond Breeze Barista Blend - the lowest sugar choice almond milk
As Australian consumers become more aware of the health impact of excessive sugar consumption, Almond Breeze Barista Blend is continuing to serve cafés with a great tasting and high performing low-sugar dairy alternative with between five to and ten times less sugar than other barista almond milks.
Almond Breeze Country Manager Australia and New Zealand Michael McNulty says it’s the responsibility of food and beverage manufacturers to provide healthy alternatives with low sugar for consumers.
“The whole marketplace is talking about sugar and low-sugar products. The challenge for producers is to create products that are low in sugar but also satisfy the same criteria in terms of taste and quality that consumers have had for the past decade,” Michael says.
“We are very keen to promote low sugar as a practice, but also advise the marketplace that we have products that are of a high quality, despite their low sugar content. All other café almond milks use five to ten times more sugar than Almond Breeze Barista Blend.”
Sugar is used in most dairy alternatives as a shortcut to allow the products to stretch and froth in a similar manner to dairy milk.
Almond Breeze Barista Blend only contains 0.6 grams of sugar per 250ml. Almond Breeze’s years of expertise and knowledge of almonds enables them to keep the sugar content low whilst still ensuring it tastes great and meets the needs of baristas with a performance level equivalent to cow’s milk.
“It’s a combination of taste and functionality. Our product doesn’t split when heated and has great taste and texture, which is why it’s the choice of baristas and café owners,” he says.
“Through Blue Diamond, we have the benefit of being in the almond business for more than 100 years,” he says. “We believe we’re sourcing the best almonds with the highest level of knowledge and generational education, which is why we’re able to produce such a high-quality product without the addition of sugar.”
Michael says that while the Almond Breeze Barista Blend has been low in sugar since it was released to the market in 2011, the company has been forced to reiterate its product credentials to café owners and their staff due to a high level of miscommunication in the marketplace.
“We were amazed that there was so much misinformation out in the marketplace about sugar,” Michael says. “We’ve been astonished by how much the café network wants to adopt and spread that message.”
“It’s very important that we don’t mislead the consumer, even unintentionally, about their sugar intake, particularly in a café scenario when the consumer doesn’t get to see the nutritional information on the side of a pack.”
Michael says Almond Breeze Barista Blend will look to spread its low sugar message through one-on-one education throughout the whole supply chain.
“We aim to highlight that protein and almond milks do contain sugar, and if you want a low sugar option, Barista Blend is the best choice that you could make.”
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15th January 2019
