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Dairy Substitutes Roundup

We analyzed 726 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Finding the perfect Dairy Substitutes shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 726 products in this category, breaking down every ingredient list to uncover hidden additives, excessive sugar levels, and potential allergens.

Whether you are searching for strictly Vegan options, Gluten-Free snacks, or simply want to avoid high-processed foods, our algorithm ranks products based on a comprehensive Health Score. Below is our definitive ranking of the safest and healthiest Dairy Substitutes you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.

Editor's Quick Picks

Detailed Reviews

Calories
233
Sugar
33g
Shamrock Foods Company

French Vanilla Creamer

Ingredients: Water, sugar, partially hydrogenated soybean and/or cottonseed oil, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate (a milk derivative), dipotassium phosphate, datem, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, natural and artificial flavors, carrageenam.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
233
Sugar
33g
Shamrock Foods Company

Vanilla carmel coffee creamer

Ingredients: Water, sugar, high oleic soybean oil, corn syrup solids, less than 2% of: sodium caseinate (a milk derivative)*, dipotassium phosphate, datem, polysorbate 60, natural and artificial flavors, carrageenan, mixed tocopherols (for freshness).

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
219
Sugar
31g
Shamrock Foods Company

Italian sweet cream

Ingredients: Water, sugar, high oleic soybean oil, corn syrup solids, less than 2% of: sodium caseinate (a milk derivative)*, dipotassium phosphate, datem, polysorbate 60, natural and artificial flavors, salt, carrageenan, sucralose, mixed tocopherols (for freshness).

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
233
Sugar
33g
Shamrock Foods Company

Peppermint mocha coffee creamer

Ingredients: Water, sugar, partially hydrogenated soybean and/or cottonseed oil, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate (a milk derivative)*, dipotassium phosphate, datem, natural and artificial flavors, carrageenan, titanium dioxide (for color), polysorbate 60.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
7
Sugar
33g
Shamrock Foods Company

Coffee creamer

Ingredients: Water, sugar, partially hydrogenated soybean and/or cottonseed oil, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate (a milk derivative)*, dipotassium phosphate, datem, natural flavor, carrageenan, titanium dioxide (for color), polysorbate 60.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
450
Sugar
65g
NescafΓ©

Nescafe, coffee-mate, instant coffee mix, french vanilla, french vanilla

Ingredients: Sugar, corn syrup, hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut and palm kernel and/or soybean), soluble coffee, less than 2% of natural and artificial flavor, sodium caseinate (a milk derivative), dipotassium phosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, monk fruit extract, sodium aluminosilicate, mono - and diglycerides, annatto color.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
63
Sugar
6g
Silk

SOYMILK Chocolate

Ingredients: Soymilk (filtered water, soybeans), cane sugar, contains 2% or less of: vitamin and mineral blend (calcium carbonate, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d2, riboflavin [b2], vitamin b12), cocoa (processed with alkali), sea salt, natural flavor, gellan gum.

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
42
Sugar
3g
Silk

Shelf Stable Vanilla Soymilk

Ingredients: Soymilk (filtered water, whole soybeans), cane sugar, natural flavor, sea salt, carrageenan. vitamins & minerals: calcium carbonate, vitamin a palmitate, zinc gluconate, vitamin d2, riboflavin (b2), vitamin b12.

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Low Sugar

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
33
Sugar
0g
Silk

Unsweet Vanilla Organic Soy Milk

Ingredients: Soymilk (filtered water, soy flour), contains 2% or less of: vitamin and mineral blend (calcium carbonate, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d2, riboflavin [b2], vitamin b12), cane sugar, sea salt, natural flavor, gellan gum, reb a (stevia leaf sweetener).

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Sugar Free

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
64
Sugar
6g
Silk, Wwf Operating Company

Very Vanilla Soymilk, Single Serve

Ingredients: Soymilk (filtered water, whole soybeans), cane sugar, natural flavor, sea salt, carrageenan. vitamins & minerals: calcium carbonate, tricalcium phosphate, sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), vitamin e acetate, zinc gluconate, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin b6, vi

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
38
Sugar
7g
Silk, Wwf Operating Company

Chocolate Almondmilk, Single Serves

Ingredients: Almondmilk (filtered water, almonds), cane sugar, cocoa (dutch process), sea salt, locust bean gum, natural flavor, sunflower lecithin, gellan gum. vitamins & minerals: calcium carbonate, sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), vitamin e acetate, zinc gluconate, vi

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
38
Sugar
7g
Silk

Shelf Stable Almondmilk Vanilla

Ingredients: Almondmilk (filtered water, almonds), cane sugar, sea salt, locust bean gum, sunflower lecithin, natural flavor, gellan gum. vitamins & minerals: calcium carbonate, vitamin e acetate, zinc gluconate, vitamin a palmitate, riboflavin (b2), vitamin b12, vitamin d2.

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
40
Sugar
8g
Silk

Chocolate Almondmilk, Single Serves

Ingredients: Almondmilk (filtered water, almonds), cane sugar, cocoa (dutch process), sea salt, locust bean gum, natural flavor, sunflower lecithin, gellan gum. vitamins & minerals: calcium carbonate, sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), vitamin e acetate, zinc gluconate, vitamin a palmitate, riboflavin (b2), vitamin b12, vitamin d2.

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
38
Sugar
4g
Silk

Vanilla Coconutmilk

Ingredients: Coconutmilk (filtered water, coconut cream), cane sugar, vitamin and mineral blend (calcium carbonate, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin b12, vitamin d2), sea salt, natural flavor, sunflower lecithin, locust bean gum, gellan gum.

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Low Sugar

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
100
Sugar
1g
Sun Hing Foods Inc.

Coconut Milk

Ingredients: Coconut extract, water, modified starch, guar gum, polysorbate 60, sodium carboxy methyl cellulose (cmc), carrageenan, xanthan gum, sodium metabisulfite, locust bean gum.

The Good

  • ● Low Sugar

The Bad

  • ● Contains Sodium Metabisulfite
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Signature Select, Safeway Inc.

Sugar-Free Caramel Coffee Enhancer

Ingredients: Water, propylene glycol, natural flavor, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, sodium benzoate (preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative).

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Sugar Free
  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Contains Sodium Benzoate
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Calories
500
Sugar
58g
Safeway

Coffee Creamer

Ingredients: Sugar, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: palm, palm kernel, coconut, soybean), corn syrup solids, contains less than 2% of sodium caseinate (a milk derivative), dipotassium phosphate, mono - and diglycerides, silicon dioxide, natural and artificial flavors, soy lecithin.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
100
Sugar
0g
Lucerne Farms

Coffee Creamer

Ingredients: Water, corn syrup*, high oleic soybean oil, maltodextrin, sodium caseinate** (from milk)***, natural and artificial flavors, dipotassium phosphate, titanium dioxide (color), datem, polysorbate 60, carrageenan, sucralose, acesulfame potassium.

The Good

  • ● Sugar Free

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
348
Protein
35g
Signature

Instant nonfat dry milk

Ingredients: Nonfat dry milk, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3.

The Good

  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
233
Sugar
33g
Lucerne, Safeway Inc.

Coffee Creamer

Ingredients: Water, sugar, high oleic soybean oil, natural and artificial flavors, sodium caseinate (from milk)*, dipotassium phosphate, titanium dioxide (color), datem, polysorbate 60, carrageenan.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Titanium Dioxide
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
62
Sugar
0g
Thai Agri Foods Co. Ltd., Thai agri foods co ltd

PrΓ©paration Γ  base de lait de coco

Ingredients: Eau, extrait de noix de coco 24%, Γ©mulsifiant (E435).

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Sugar Free
  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
185
Sugar
2g
Aroy-D

Aroy-D, Coconut Milk

Ingredients: Coconut extract 60%, water

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Low Sugar
  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
48
Sugar
8g
Sacramento Tofu Co.

Honey Soy Drink

Ingredients: Water, Organic _Soybeans_, Honey

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • ● Ultra Processed
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Calories
233
Sugar
33g
Kingston Marketing Co

Non dairy coffee creamer salted carmel mocha

Ingredients: Water, sugar, soybean and/or palm oil, less than 2% of cocoa processed with alkali, sodium caseinate (a milk derivative)**, natural and artificial flavors, dipotassium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, polysorbate 60, datem, sodium phosphate, sodium c

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
233
Sugar
33g
Kingston Marketing Co

Italian Sweet Cream Non-Dairy Coffee Creamer

Ingredients: Water, sugar, soybean and/or palm oil, and less than 2% of sodium caseinate (a milk derivative)*, natural and artificial flavors, dipotassium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, polysorbate 60, datem, sodium phosphate, sodium citrate, cellulose gel, cel

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
100
Sugar
0g
Wide Awake Coffee Co

Non-Dairy Coffee Creamer

Ingredients: Water, corn syrup solids* *, soybean and/or palm oil and less than 2% of sodium caseinate (a milk derivative)* * *, natural and artificial flavors, maltodextrin, cellulose gel, cellulose gum, dipotassium phosphate, sucralose, sodium stearoyl lactylate, polysorbate 60, salt, acesulfame k (non-nutritive sweetener), sodium phosphate, sodium citrate, carrageenan, color added.

The Good

  • ● Sugar Free

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
167
Sugar
33g
Wide Awake Coffee Co

French Vanilla Non-Dairy Coffee Creamer

Ingredients: Water, sugar, soybean and/or palm oil**, and less than 2% of natural and artificial flavors, sodium caseinate (a milk derivative)***, color added, datem, dipotassium phosphate, polysorbate 60, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium phosphate, sodium citrate, corn syrup solids, salt, carrageenan, cellulose gel, cellulose gum.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
600
Sugar
0g
Kroger

Sugar free non-dairy french vanilla coffee creamer

Ingredients: Vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: palm, palm kernel, coconut, soybean), corn syrup solids*, sodium caseinate** (a milk derivative), contains less than 2% of: dipotassium phosphate, mono-and diglycerides, natural and artificial flavors, silicon dioxide, salt, sucralose, acesulfame-k, soy lecithin.

The Good

  • ● Excellent Health Score
  • ● Sugar Free

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
500
Sugar
58g
Kroger

Dairy french vanilla coffee creamer

Ingredients: Sugar, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: palm, palm kernel, coconut, soybean), corn syrup solids, contains less than 2% of: natural and artificial flavors, sodium caseinate* (a milk derivative), dipotassium phosphate, mono - and diglycerides, silicon dioxide, soy lecithin.

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Calories
233
Sugar
33g
Kroger

Italian Sweet Cream Coffee Creamer

Ingredients: Water, sugar, high oleic soybean oil, corn syrup solids, less than 2% of: sodium caseinate (a milk derivative)*, dipotassium phosphate, datem, polysorbate 60, natural and artificial flavors, salt, carrageenan, sucralose, mixed tocopherols (for freshness).

The Good

  • ● Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • ● Contains Corn Syrup
  • ● High Sugar Content
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Dairy Substitutes category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 726 products in the Dairy Substitutes category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Dairy Substitutes?+
We rank Dairy Substitutes based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Dairy Substitutes here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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