Review: Living Harvest Hemp Milk

I'll be honest - I hesitated on this for a long time because I was worried about the production of hemp.

But I was discussing stomach aches with the boy. We decided 4 out of 5 work mornings, when he wakes up and eats a bowl of Rice Chex with Whole Foods vanilla soymilk on it, he ends up with a stomach ache. That's not good. I'm wondering to myself if he and soy don't really get along. He's been avoiding cow's milk for more than a decade, and has also tried almond and rice milks, but wasn't really a fan.

So, finally, I bought a carton of Living Harvest vanilla hemp milk ($4!!!). Karina raves about it, and that's where I first came across it. It's cheapest at Harmons, but is also available at Smith's. The boy tried it on his cereal this morning.

While there will still be more days of experimenting, I think we might be in for the long haul with hemp milk. We both found it creamier than expected - about as creamy as soy milk that wasn't shaken well - and did not have a weird aftertaste. It was slightly sweet, and had vanilla in it, but the vanilla wasn't there to cover a bad taste.

[However, we also noticed that the hemp taste grew stronger with each successive day in the fridge. This was the sweetened vanilla - we're still going to try the unsweetened in cooking and baking. There's nothing more disgusting than vanilla mac and cheese!]

I recommend trying hemp milk, particularly if your gut is still healing, or you are allergic to soy.

If you are curious, you can read on their website about how industrial hemp contains no THC and cannot be used for drug purposes.

P.S. Just bought my first box of gluten free Corn Chex!