Silk Soymilk Natural Nog: Excellent for Soy, Eggnog Lovers

As someone with a slight lactose intolerance who loves eggnog, I was absolutely delighted to find a soymilk version of this delicious traditional holiday treat.

I was immediately pleased with the smooth, light taste of Silk Soymilk Natural Nog (soynog), and noticed only a very slight trace of soy taste in the nog. This soynog most closely resembles the taste of light eggnog, making it easy to enjoy without feeling overwhelmed with the richness and thickness of traditional eggnog.

My teen, who is vehemently against drinking soymilk, tried some and was pleasantly surprised by the great taste. He went so far as to state that he liked it and would drink it if he was out of his regular milk eggnog. This only encouraged me further to gulp down my soynog supply!

The label on the carton promotes the qualities of being lactose free, low in saturated fat, and cholesterol free. Other benefits are that it contains no gluten, eggs, peanuts, MSG, or casein. One 4 oz glass contains 90 calories and 2 grams of fat. Even better, every ingredient is easy to read and identify.

One quart of soynog costs slightly more than one quart of regular eggnog, but is well worth it for those who cannot drink regular milk or choose to drink soymilk. I paid $2.39 for one quart of Silk Soymilk natural nog.

The side panel of the carton includes ideas for ways to use the soynog in cooking, including in French Toast and other recipes that call for milk. The downside is that this product is so tasty that it may be difficult to keep enough around for cooking.

One Silk brand company promo is that you can lower your cholesterol in 4 weeks, in part, with consumption of Silk soymilk. However, Mayo Clinic Cardiologist Gerald Gau, M.D. and some of his colleagues dispute such claims on the Mayo Clinic website. Their answer was that according to an American Heart Association committee review of ten years' worth of studies into the matter shows cholesterol levels are not significantly reduced by soy. They did point out, however, that soy does have health benefits and contains less saturated fat than meat. This may boil down to a simple matter of "You say toe - may- toe, I say toe- mah- toe". This is because soy milk is cholesterol-free, so if it is used in place of regular milk, which contains cholesterol (see amounts here), there would naturally be less cholesterol in one's daily diet and therefore cholesterol intake would be reduced.

I give Silk Soymilk Natural Nog a 5 out of 5 star rating with a proviso. The proviso is that someone who does not like soymilk or has never tried soymilk might be bothered by the soy aftertaste, even though it is extremely subtle in this particular product. For them, Silk Soymilk Natural Nog would likely only merit a 4 out of 5 stars rating.

Sources:

Silk Soymilk - Official Website

http://www.silksoymilk.com/

Mayo Clinic - Ask a Cholesterol Specialist

"Soy: Does it reduce cholesterol?"

Gerald Gau, M.D. and (unnamed) colleagues

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/soy/AN01289

Fat Free Kitchen

"Cholesterol in Milk & Milk Products"

http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/cholesterol/cholesterol-milk.html