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Causing a stir: plant-based ‘milk’

‘Moo-less’ milk is on the rise, according to Mintel, with
almost a quarter of Brits now buying cow’s milk alternatives.
The chart below shows how our tastes have risen and fallen. Queen Mary 1 of
Despite their growing popularity, plant ‘milks’ accounted England was born.
for just four per cent of sales by volume of milk in 2018*. She reigned from
*SOURCE: MINTEL.COM. FIGURES SHOWN ARE CHANGES IN UK BY-VOLUME SALES BETWEEN 2016 AND 2018.
1553 to her death
COW’S MILK FIGURE INCLUDES CONVENTIONAL, FILTERED, ORGANIC AND REDUCED LACTOSE VARIETIES
COCONUT in 1558, during
MILK UP SOYA MILK UP which time she had
16% ALMOND hundreds of Protestant dissenters

OAT MILK UP MILK UP 3% burned at the stake, earning her the
nickname Bloody Mary. The same
71% 10% name was later used for a cocktail.

1709

Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was
rescued from an uninhabited island
in the South Pacific. He was marooned

COW’S following a fight with his captain, and
MILK DOWN inspired Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson
Crusoe – the tale of an adventurer
2.6% stranded on a desert island who

lived on goat, grapes and turtle eggs.

HOT NEW COOKBOOK Paul Bocuse w
Collonges-au-
REBEL RECIPES France. The le
Vegan cookbooks have been huge hits chef became on
in recent years, and Rebel Recipes, the founders of nouvel
debut from food blogger Niki Webster, is cuisine – and the Bo
easily one of our favourites. The food NEWSFLASH! d’Or chef championsh
PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS: J C CAMDAMEDO, ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES
is bright and vibrant (helped along by Real Bread Week returns this named after him has bec
Kris Kirkham’s photographs), and the year from 22 February to one of the world’s most prestigious.
recipes are creative and generous. 1 March, championing the
Bloomsbury Absolute £26 importance of independent
WORDS: RACHEL WALKER, PHOEBE STONE, SUSAN LOW.
artisan bakeries and additive 1963
free bread, plus the social and

therapeutic benefits of baking.
The first episode of Julia Child’s
Look out for the campaign’s The French Chef aired, in which
Loaf Mark when shopping the American cook made boeuf
(indicating bread is made without bourguignon live on TV. Her big
processing aids or artificial break came while promoting her
ingredients) and find classes cookbook on a TV station, when
and bready activities near you instead of answering questions
at sustainweb.org/realbread/ seated, she did so while making
events an omelette… Viewers loved it. →

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