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Which type of milk is best for you? - Jonathan J. O’Sullivan & Grace E. Cunningham

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If you go to the store in search of milk, there are a dizzying number of products to choose from. There’s dairy milk, but also plant-based products such as almond, soy, and oat milks. So which milk is actually best for you? And which uses the fewest resources and produces the least pollution? Jonathan J. O’Sullivan and Grace E. Cunningham dive into some of the most popular milks to find out.

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Although the protein content may vary between cow’s milk and plant-based milks, what are the differences in protein content between the different plant-based milks and the quality of the protein in terms of amino acid profile?

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Grace E. Cunningham, Jonathan J. O'Sullivan
  • Director Anton Bogaty
  • Narrator Addison Anderson
  • Sound Designer Stephen LaRosa
  • Music Stephen LaRosa
  • Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
  • Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal, Elizabeth Cox
  • Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
  • Script Editor Emma Bryce
  • Fact-Checker Joseph Isaac

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