For anyone who doesn’t drink milk, or doesn’t drink or thinks less of it, there are other drinks that you can drink or add to your cereal or oatmeal that will provide you with calcium and vitamin D. There are two options. rice milk and soy milk, if you’re considering what you’re drinking, I’ve been, here’s how they’re similar and different in terms of nutritional facts.
Soy Milk, Silk Original Flavor, Nutrition Facts
Calories ———————- 100
Calories from Fat ————- 35
Daily percentages for 2000 Calories
Total Fat 4g ——————– 6%
Saturated fat 0.5g ———— 3%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2.5g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Care 0mg *
Sodium 120mg —————- 5%
Potassium 300mg ———— 8%
Total carbohydrates 8g —– 3%
Dietary Fiber 1g ————— 4%
Sugars 6g
Protein 7g
Vitamin A ——————– 10%
Vitamin C ———————- 0%
Calcium ———————- 30%
Iron ——————————- 6%
Vitamin D ——————– 30%
Riboflavin ——————— 30%
————————————— 6%
Vitamin B12 —————— 50%
Magnesium —————— 10%
Cadmium —————————— 4%
Selenium ——————– 8%
Milk, Rice Dream Rice Drink Original Flavor, Nutritional Facts
Stress ——————– 120
Calories from Fat ———– 20
Daily percentage for 2000 Calorie Diet
Total Fat 2.5g —————- 4%
Saturated fat 0g ———— 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.5g
Monounsaturated Fat 1.5g
Care 0mg *
Sodium 80mg ————— 3%
Total Carb. 23g ————– 8%
Dietary fiber 0g
Sugars 10g
Protein 1g
Vitamin A ——————– 10%
Vitamin C ——————– 0%
Calcium ——————– 30%
Iron —————————— 4%
Vitamin D ——————– 25%
Vitamin B12 —————— 25%
Phosphorous ————— 15%
What are the differences Nutrition
Rice milk has more calories but fewer calories from fat, and not saturated fat, while soy milk has half a gram. Sodium milk has 120 mg of sodium and 5% of the daily recommended intake and rice milk has only 3%. Rice milk gives you 8% of the carbohydrates you need every day, with 23 grams, and soy milk only offers you a mere 8 grams. There are 10 grams of sugar in rice milk and only 6 grams in soy milk. Soy milk has 30% of your daily vitamin D intake, while rice milk has only 25%. Soy milk has 6% iron that you need every day while rice milk has only 4% and soy milk has 7 grams of protein, only 1 gram less than milk, and rice milk has only 1 gram of protein.
What nutritional values are similar
Both soy milk and rice milk have 0mg of cholesterol. They both give you the same amount of Vitamin A, 10%, Vitamin C, 0%, and Calcium, 30%.
What Soy milk has that Rice milk does not have
Maybe rice milk offers some of these, but they don’t mention them in the nutrition facts, except for dietary fiber, where they clearly state that there is no P. in 1 gram of soy milk, which is 4% of them. I need it every day. These are the nutrients that soy milk offers that soy milk mentions.
Potassium 300mg 8%
Riboflavin ——— 30%
Folate —————- 6%
Magnesium —— 10%
Cadmium —————— 4%
Selenium ———– 8%
What rice milk has that soy milk does not
One thing that rice milk mentions that soy milk does not is phosphorus. 15% of the daily requirement is the intake of phosphorus in rice milk.
Taste will be an obvious factor as to why one would choose a drink, honestly you can’t taste anything like milk and comparing it in taste is like comparing apples and oranges, they are just as different. The prices are the same at the grocery where you shop, so it’s not really a factor in choosing the other. I usually choose soy milk for the protein it provides, but I’ll still have half a gallon of rice milk from time to time. Depending on the rest of your diet and what you’re looking for in a calcium-providing drink will determine what will work best for you.
