5 Top Picks for Plant-Based Coffee Creamers in 2024

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 plant-based coffee creamer pick for flavor and texture

Laird Superfood Creamer | unsweetened (powdered creamer also available)

Ingredients include water, coconut cream, organic coconut oil, gum acacia, sea salt, gellan gum, baking soda, organic lion’s mane mushroom extract, organic reishi mushroom extract
Per tablespoon: 15 calories, 1.5 gram sat fat, 0 carbs, 0 sugar

Runner up options (all are great nutritionally speaking):

Califia Farms | unsweetened Oat, also unsweetened Almond creamers

Ingredients include water, oats, sunflower oil, calcium carbonate, sea salt, guar gum, gellan gum
Per tablespoon: 15 calories, 0 sat fat, 0 carbs, 0 sugar

Nut Pods | Almond + Coconut Creamer, unsweetened

Ingredients include water, coconut cream, almonds, acacia gum, gellan gum
Per tablespoon: 10 calories, 0 sat fat, 0 carbs, 0 sugar

Thicker and creamier plan-based coffee creamer options

Califia Farms | HeavyWhip

Ingredients: water, coconut oil, sunflower oil, fava bean protein isolate, acacia, xanthan gum, gellan gum
Per tablespoon: 35 calories, 2 grams sat fat, 0 carb, 0 sugar

Silk | Heavy Whipping Cream Alternative

Ingredients include water, cocoonut oil, sunflower oil, faba bean protein, guar gum, sunflower lecithin
Per tablespoon: 45 calories, 3 grams sat fat, 0 carb, 0 sugar

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Molly Kimball, RD, CSSD is a registered dietitian + nutrition journalist in New Orleans, and founder of Ochsner Eat Fit nonprofit restaurant initiative. Tune in to her podcast, FUELED | Wellness + Nutrition and follow her on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @MollyKimballRD. See more of Molly’s articles + TV segments at www.mollykimball.com, and sign up for Eat Fit Wellness Bites weekly newsletter, here. To schedule a nutrition consult with Molly’s Lifestyle Nutrition team, email nutrition@ochsner.org.