The Vegetarian Useful resource Group Weblog

by Reed Mangels, PhD, RD

Vegans get vitamin B12, a vital vitamin, from meals fortified with vitamin B12 and/or from dietary supplements containing vitamin B12. You possibly can learn extra about vitamin B12 on VRG’s web site. Many non-vegans additionally depend on fortified meals as a supply of vitamin B12 because the vitamin B12 in fortified meals is simpler for some individuals to soak up than vitamin B12 in meat.

One meals group that’s generally included on lists of meals fortified with vitamin B12 is plant milks. Whereas many plant milks do have vitamin B12 added, not all well-liked manufacturers do. In 2018 we reported on plant milks that didn’t present vitamin B12. Six years later we requested once more, “Which plant milks don’t present vitamin B12?” Right here’s what we discovered.

Based mostly on web site data and product labels collected in Fall 2024, the next authentic and unsweetened milks are not fortified with vitamin B12:

• Almond Breeze Unsweetened, Unique, and Additional Creamy almond milk; Unique Almondmilk and Oatmilk Mix; Unsweetened Unique Almondmilk Coconutmilk Mix; Shelf Secure Unique Almondmilk Coconutmilk Mix
• Bettergoods Unsweetened Unique and Unique almond milk
• Califia Farms Unsweetened and Go Coconuts coconut milk; Unique, Additional Creamy, Zero Sugar, and Unique Protein oatmilk; Unsweetened (aseptic and refrigerated), Additional Creamy, and Natural Unsweetened almond milk; Toasted Coconut Almondmilk
• Chobani Unique, Additional Creamy, and Zero Sugar Unsweetened oatmilk
• Dream Unique Basic ricemilk
• Edensoy Unique and Unsweetened soymilk
• Elmhurst 1925 Milked Oats and Unsweetened Milked Oats oatmilk; Unsweetened Milked Almonds almond milk; Unsweetened Milked Walnuts walnut milk; Unsweetened Milked Hazelnuts hazelnut milk; Milked Coconut and Cashews mix; Unsweetened and Sweetened Milked Cashews cashew milk
• Forager Mission oatmilk; cashew milk
• Good & Collect Unsweetened coconut milk
• Hazelicious Unsweetened and Evenly Sweetened hazelnut milk
• Malk Unique (aseptic and refrigerated) oat milk; Unsweetened almond milk; cashew milk
• Mariani Unique and Unsweetened walnut milk
• Moola Unique and Easy oatmilk; Easy and Unsweetened almond milk
• Nature’s Promise Unique soymilk; Unique and Unique Unsweetened almond milk
• New Barn Organics Unsweetened almond milk
• O Organics Unique Unsweetened almond milk
• Oatly Chilled Tremendous Fundamental oatmilk
• Open Nature Unique and Unique Unsweetened almond milk
• Pacific Meals Unsweetened soymilk; Unique and Unsweetened coconut milk; Unique and Unsweetened almond milk; Unique and Unsweetened hemp milk; Unique cashew milk
• Pearl Unique and Unsweetened soymilk
• Actual Coco Unsweetened coconut milk
• Silk Unique, Unsweet, Natural Unique, Natural Unsweet, and Unsweet Additional Creamy almond milk; Unsweet Almond Coconut Mix; Unsweet cashew milk
• Easy Reality Unique and Unsweetened soymilk; Shelf-stable Unsweetened Plain almond milk
• Merely Nature Unique soymilk
• Tache Unsweetened Unique pistachio milk
• Three Timber Unique almond milk; pistachio milk; Oatmilk with Seeds
• Thrive Market almond milk
• Dealer Joe’s Unsweetened soymilk, shelf-stable oatmilk; Unsweetened Almond, Cashew & Macadamia Nut mix
• Vita Coco Unique coconut milk
• Vitasoy Unique and Much less Sugar soymilk drink
• Wegmans Unique, Unique Unsweetened, and Natural Unique Unsweetened almond milk
• West Life Unsweetened Plain and Plain soymilk
• Willa’s Natural Unsweetened Unique oatmilk
• Yeo’s soymilk drink

In case your favourite unsweetened or authentic taste milk is on the record, don’t despair! You could possibly attempt one other related product that does present vitamin B12, discover different meals fortified with vitamin B12, or take a complement supplying vitamin B12.

This isn’t an exhaustive record so you should definitely test the label of your favourite product to find out whether or not it provides vitamin B12.

We gratefully acknowledge the work of VRG interns Aashay Mody, Ren Patel, and Neha Vivek and VRG volunteer Mae Y. Quickly who collected data for this text.

We frequently rely upon product and ingredient data from firm statements. It’s unimaginable to be 100% certain a couple of assertion, data can change, individuals have completely different views, and errors will be made. Please use your finest judgment about whether or not a product is appropriate for you. To make certain, do additional analysis or affirmation by yourself.