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8 Top Picks for Plant-Based Coffee Creamers

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Whether you’re looking to dial back on animal-based saturated fat or simply incorporate more plant-based alternatives, making the swap from traditional half-and-half to plant-based coffee creamers can trim 2 grams of saturated fat from every ounce.

I recently picked up eight different plant-based half-and-half options from my local grocery store. All of them have a clean label and no added sugar; however, texture and flavor vary greatly. Read on to see how they stacked up in a taste test.

Top picks for plant-based half-and-half

Califia Farms Unsweetened Better Half

  • Ingredients include almond milk, coconut cream, acacia gum, gellan gum
  • Per two tablespoons: 15 calories, 1.5 gram fat, 1 gram saturated fat, 0 carbs, 0 grams sugar

Picnik Unsweetened Collagen Creamer

  • Ingredients include cashew milk, coconut cream, MCT oil (a supplement made from a type of fat called medium-chain triglycerides), acacia gum, gellan gum (a viscous soluble fiber)
  • Per two tablespoons: 20 calories, 1.75 grams fat, 1.5 grams saturated fat, 0.5 carbs, 0 grams sugar

Forager Project Unsweetened Half & Half

  • Ingredients include cashew milk, coconut cream, dates, acacia gum, gellan gum
  • Per two tablespoons: 20 calories, 1.5 grams fat, 1.5 grams saturated fat, 1 carbs, 0 grams sugar

Runner up options

Califia Farms Almondmilk Creamer

  • Ingredients include almond milk, coconut cream, locust bean gum, gellan gum
  • Per two tablespoons: 20 calories, 1 gram fat, 0 sat fat, 0 carbs, 0 sugar

Nutpods Unsweetened Dairy-Free Creamer

  • Ingredients include coconut cream, almonds, acacia gum, gellan gum
  • Per two tablespoons: 20 calories, 2 grams fat, 0 grams saturated fat, 0 carbs, 0 grams sugar

milkadamia Macadamia Creamer, Unsweetened

  • Ingredients include almond milk, coconut cream, acacia gum, gellan gum
  • Per two tablespoons: 20 calories, 1 gram fat, 0 carbs, 0 grams sugar

Least favorites

Laird Superfood Creamer Unsweetened

  • Ingredients include coconut cream, Aquamin™ (calcium from marine algae), organic mushroom extracts (chaga, lion’s mane, cordyceps), organic acacia gum
  • Per two tablespoons: 30 calories, 1.5 grams fat, 1.5 grams saturated fat, 0 carbs, 0 grams sugar

MALK Organics Unsweetened Oat + Almond MALK Creamer

  • Ingredients include organic oats, almonds, flaxseed and Himalayan salt (no gums)
  • Per two tablespoons: 15 calories, 0.5 grams fat, 0 grams saturated fat, 0 carbs, 0 grams sugar

For comparison, 2 tablespoons of traditional dairy half-and-half contain: 40 calories, 3 grams fat, 2 grams saturated fat, 1 gram carb.

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Editor’s note: Registered dietitian Molly Kimball offers brand-name products as a consumer guide; she does not solicit product samples nor is she paid to recommend items. A version of this article originally appeared on WGNO’s “Get FUELED with Molly” segment.

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