You Asked, Starbucks Listened: Almond Milk Coming to U.S. Stores Sept. 6

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For all the Starbucks customers who have been asking for almond milk as a non-dairy option, your voice has been heard. Almond milk is coming to more than 4,600 U.S. Starbucks stores starting Sept. 6.

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Almond milk will become Starbucks third non-dairy offering. Soy milk was introduced in 2004, followed by coconut milk in 2015.

Customer demand for almond milk—or “almondmilk” as Starbucks calls it—was by far the most popular request on My Starbucks Idea, a platform for crowdsourcing customer and barista suggestions, where thousands of ideas are submitted and voted on each year.

“More than half (58 percent) of all U.S. adults consume non-dairy milk, and almondmilk is the most popular option with 60 percent of the non-dairy market, according to Mintel Data, which tracks grocery shopping habits,” Starbucks said in a press release.

Wondering what other ingredients will be added to the almond milk?

According to Starbucks, their “almondmilk” has “light almond notes without any added flavoring. An 8-ounce serving has just 3 grams of sugar, compared with 12-13 grams of naturally occurring sugar in 2 percent dairy milk. It can be used in any handcrafted Starbucks beverage for an additional 60 cent charge.”

Yoke Wong, manager on Starbucks beverage R&D team, said, “We created our own almondmilk recipe to complement our hot, iced and Frappuccino blended beverages. It was designed so that when steamed, it creates a rich foam for hot beverages and is delicious and creamy when served in cold beverages.”

Clearly, many Starbucks customers are exciting about this new announcement. Here are a few celebratory tweets:

Adding non-dairy alternatives to their menu isn’t the only idea Starbucks is implementing. As EcoWatch reported last month, the world’s largest coffee chain is testing recyclable coffee cups in UK stores.

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