FDA: Plant-based alternatives can still be called "milk"

The FDA has determined that plant-based beverages are not pretending to be from dairy animals by using the word milk, and that U.S. consumers know the difference between a carton of almond milk and whole milk.

The FDA does recommend that beverage makers add labels to their products clearly stating its plant source, such as “cashew milk,” which many of these products already do.

[I don’t think that consumers are confused over the term. I do wonder, though, why this is an FDA issue rather than an FTC issue. The controversy here isn’t about food safety (which should be the FDA’s jurisdiction), it’s about a trade dispute. — Ed]