Sweet & Creamy Dairy-Free Creamers

I couldn’t find my go-to cream, Silk Dairy-Free Soy Creamer, so I tried two sweet & creamy creamers. They are Silk Almond Creamer and Chobani Coffee Creamer. I rarely like sweet coffee and usually want just a splash of cream, but both creamers pleasantly surprised me. 

Silk Almond Creamer

If you’ve read my other blog posts, you know I don’t like almond milk because it can be bitter, but this creamer made me change my opinion of almond milk. It’s not tart or acidic, but creamy with a slightly sweet taste. Then again, I shouldn’t be too surprised considering it’s made by Silk.

The creamer is vegan, dairy-free, non-GMO, and gluten-free.

The ingredients are:

Almond milk (filtered water, almonds), cane sugar, high oleic sunflower oil, pea protein, potassium citrate, salt, baking soda, sunflower lecithin, natural flavor, and gellan gum.

Chobani Coffee Creamer Plant-Based

Upon opening the carton, the sweet smell of cotton candy hit my nose. This creamer smells and tastes like cotton candy. I felt like it magically transported me to a carnival or county fair. It’s sweet enough so you don’t need to add any sweeteners and it tastes like a liquid dessert.

The ingredients are:

Water, Cane Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Medium-Chain Triglycerides (MCT Oil from Coconut), Contains 2% or less of: Natural Flavors, Calcium Carbonate, Pea Protein, Dipotassium Phosphate, Sea Salt, Sunflower Lecithin, Gellan Gum.

It’s dairy-free, vegan-friendly, gluten-free, and does not contain trans fat. It’s also packaged in sustainable cartons made with recycled content.

My Pick

Both creamers live up to their sweet and creamy name and taste dairy-like, but Chobani is my pick. I expected it to taste like vanilla creamer, but it tastes like cotton candy, which was an unexpected but pleasant surprise. As a word of caution, Chobani also has a sweet & creamy creamer made with regular milk, so be sure you pick the carton that says plant-based.

Other Creamer Reviews

Read my other coffee creamer reviews here:

https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/dairy-free-not-non-dairy-coffee-creamers/

https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/four-dairy-free-pumpkin-spice-creamers/

Conclusion

While Chobani Sweet & Creamy dairy-free creamer will not replace my Silk soy creamer, I can see myself buying it again. It’s a little too sweet to be my regular creamer, but I will use it for an after-dinner dessert drink when I am craving something sweet.

Fun Food Fact

The varieties of coffee creamer are liquid, powdered, sugar-free, fat-free, dairy-free, and flavored. The shelf life for liquid creamer is usually 7 to 10 days after opening, and up to 6 months for powdered.

Did You Know?

Many European countries ban Nestle’s Coffee Mate, including Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Iceland, and Hungary. The reason is that the countries have strict regulations regarding trans fats, such as vegetable oils, because of their adverse health effects. In the UK, Coffee Mate is only available as a coffee whitener with no added flavors (vanilla or caramel) and is made without hydrogenated vegetable oil.

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“Americans have been enjoying nut milk and nut butter for at least 4 centuries,” according to food journalist Avery Yale Kamila. The Wabanaki and other Native American tribes in the northeastern United States used nuts to make milk, butter, and cheeses (https://americanvegan.org/americas-first-milk-was-vegan-milk/).