"Almond, Oat, and Other Plant-Based Beverages Are Not 'Milk'"

Milk Must Be Made from 100% Raw Milk Alternative and Plant-Based Beverages Are 'General Beverages' Dairy Levy Management Committee Begins Correction Efforts As the number of plant-based beverage products such as 'almond milk' and 'oat milk' increases in the market, the Dairy Levy Management Committee has raised issues with the inappropriate labeling of these products as 'milk' and begun efforts to correct this. The Dairy Levy Management Committee (Chairman Lee Seung-ho) announced on the 16th that it is actively working to address cases of incorrectly labeling plant-based beverages as 'milk'. According to the Dairy Levy, there has been an increase in using words like 'milk' or 'milk' in plant-based beverages. However, expressing plant-based beverages as 'milk' could lead consumers to perceive these products as substitutes for actual milk. Representative examples include 'almond milk', 'oat milk', and 'plant-based milk', which can cause consumer misunderstandings about the product's ...