# About Soy Milk

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-soy-milk/182116>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 16, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-soy-milk/182116 "2003-06-16T01:33:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![High\_Deity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9a140/32.png) [@High\_Deity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Deity)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-soy-milk/182116/1 "2003-06-16T01:33:21Z")

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Can you use soy milk in the place of regular milk at a 1:1 ratio in when cooking? I don’t know if it has the same properties when it boils, etc.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-soy-milk/182116/2 "2003-06-16T02:11:46Z")

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Yes, pretty much. Sometimes the fat level will make a difference, so make sure you replace whole milk with a high (4%) fat soy milk, lowfat milk with a low fat soy milk, etc.

Some recipes - boiled puddings, e.g. - won’t work the same with soy milk, though.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-soy-milk/182116/3 "2003-06-17T00:46:20Z")

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How do you make soy milk?

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-soy-milk/182116/4 "2003-06-17T01:00:50Z")

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You get up early in the morning, pull on the bean plant real hard…

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-soy-milk/182116/5 "2003-06-17T01:02:30Z")

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😉

This site seems to run through it:

[http://www.soymilkmaker.com/](http://www.soymilkmaker.com/)

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**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-soy-milk/182116/6 "2003-06-17T03:03:39Z")

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I’ve used it in baking (chocolate cake, sweet potato pie, etc.), and had things come out just fine. (Interestingly, as long as the flavors mesh well, orange juice works as well - it’s very good in my favorite chocolate cake recipe.) I’ve never made my own - I just buy the stuff at the supermarket, there are a bunch of brands available, such as Soy Dream, Eighth Continent, etc.

However, soy milk chocolate pudding was horrible.

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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-soy-milk/182116/7 "2003-06-17T05:12:27Z")

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Yea, we tried soy milk Jello pudding, it just made a puddle of butterscotch flavored goo.

It usually works OK though (Silk brand here).

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-soy-milk/182116/8 "2003-06-17T05:32:18Z")

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Ditto here with the pudding. Ugh.  
I find soy milk is best in recipes that already have a kind of earthy, nutty flavour. Like bran muffins, carrot cake, etc.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-soy-milk/182116/9 "2003-06-17T05:38:03Z")

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Yeah Silk! 🙂

And yes, it works quite well warmed. Has a slightly nutty flavor.