For many plant-forward consumers, oat milk has been the plant-based milk of choice for quite a few years now. It’s thick, creamy, and can rival the taste and texture of cow’s milk in any latte or cappuccino. In 2022, the oat milk market was valued at around $2.5 billion, and, for now, it’s expected to keep growing.
But it hasn’t been all plain sailing for oat milk. Recently, more and more videos have been popping up on TikTok warning people off of the creamy plant-based drink. The biggest claim? Oat milk scores high on the glycemic index, which basically means that it causes blood sugar to spike. So should we all be concerned?
Before you start purging your fridge of all things Oatly, let’s take a closer look at what the glycemic index is, where oat milk scores, and whether or not a spike in blood sugar is something we really need to all be worried about.
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