Pick up a carton of Silk®, and you’re sharing in our passion to do some world good. Beyond amazing taste, here are two earth-lovin’ reasons to feel fab about choosing plant-based (at least some of the time).
Yep, cows get thirsty and eat crops that have to be watered too. So making a half gallon of Silk takes way less water than producing a half gallon of dairy milk.*
We’ll pin this one mainly on the cows—and they can’t help it. Creating a half gallon of dairy milk generates a lot more greenhouse gas than a half gallon of Silk does.**
Let’s see the full comparision 
*50% more calcium and 75% less calories than reduced fat dairy milk. 0g saturated fat and 0g sugar per serving.
Let’s see the full comparision
*50% more calcium and 75% less calories than reduced fat dairy milk. 0g saturated fat and 0g sugar per serving.
| Silk Unsweet Almondmilk |
2% Reduced Fat Milk* |
1% Lowfat Milk* |
Fat Free Milk* |
WHOLE Milk* |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 30 | 120 | 100 | 80 | 150 |
| Total Fat (g) | 2.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Saturated Fat (g) | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Trans Fat (g) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 25 |
| Sodium (mg) | 125 | 115 | 105 | 105 | 105 |
| Total Carbohydrate (g) | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Dietary Fiber (g) | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Sugars (g) | 0 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| Added Sugars (g) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Protein (g) | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Vitamin D (mcg) | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| Calcium (mg) | 450 | 293 | 305 | 299 | 276 |
| Iron (mg) | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Potassium (mg) | 170 | 340 | 370 | 380 | 320 |
| Vitamin A (mcg) | 150 | 130 | 140 | 150 | 120 |
| Vitamin E (mg) | 4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
*Based on a 2013 Water footprint assessment conducted by Silk for original soymilk, almondmilk and coconutmilk using the Water Footprint Network methodology, ISO 14046 framework, and the average annual consumption of Silk by U.S. households.
**Based on a Life Cycle Assessment conducted in 2013 by WhiteWave Foods Company and certified using the ISO 14040/44 framework for comparative declarations by an independent panel of LCA experts.
