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Living in Finland in the EU, I am very confused as to why none of the vegan milk products contain added calcium. Children need a certain amount of calcium which they easily get through cows milk. But not so through vegan milk, because it does not naturally contain calcium.

Are there any laws that forbid adding calcium in your country? Is there any other reason as to why oat and soy based milk products don't get added calcium?

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The calcium from milk thing was a myth generated by the dairy industry to sell milk.

There is calcium in milk but there is also calcium in lots of things. I have heard the fat in cow milk makes it harder to absorb the calcium anyway. Regardless. The amount you need is easily obtained from many other sources in your diet naturally assuming you don’t take supplements.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/calcium-rich-foods

A lot of plant milks have more calcium than cow milk so adding more would be silly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I never knew that about milk, thanks for sharing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Spoiler: it's mostly grean leafy veggies. Eat your spinach and cauliflower greens!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Up until about 2 years ago there were lots of plant milk producers that added calcium in Germany. Now there is none. I believe the reason is that if they add supplements now, they cannot put "organic" on their milk cartons anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yes, I remember a lot of organic milks were fortified with some calcium rich algae. Nowadays the only fortified soy milk I can find is Alpro (not organic, with calciumcarbonate).

It's a real shame because I really liked Provamel and the Alnatura one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I've heard the same about vitamin B12. I know, Oatly continues to add those in.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In my EU country, most do contain calcium, as well as vitamin D and sometimes B12 and iode .

Although I have to say I get almost if not all of my calcium from water, vegetables and tofu as I rarely drink any plant based milk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I had no idea there was calcium in water until just now. I googled it and the amount of calcium is miniscule but still there.

[–] lurch 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

depends on where you live or where the water is from.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, "hard water" can contain as high as 1/10 your daily calcium needs per liter. That's wild to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah the water where I live is at 36+ °f making it a not insignifiant part of my daily calcium

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

My (US) experience is that most do add calcium and certain vitamins.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

I live in Finland and every oat drink that I have ever drank have had calcium added.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36129610/#:~:text=Studies%20that%20examine%20vegetarians%20and,sites%2C%20especially%20at%20the%20hip.

Personally I supplement calcium to be on the safe side after breaking my collar bone. I healed fast enough but I did everything I could to make that happen and since then I've just kept going with the supplements

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I recommend a multivitamin that doesn't just contain lots of calcium, but also the other minerals needed to increase its absorption.

I take Deva's Cal-Mag Plus.

https://iherb.com/pr/deva-vegan-cal-mag-plus-90-tablets/39120

Its the only thing I take besides B12. Calcium is important, and the fact is that most people dont get enough from the food they eat (myself included)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I take one with d and k vitamins,I also take b12 and d when it's not sunny

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

They all seem to come with it, I guess it's important