When I tried this product, I instantly thought of my sister. She is currently nursing a little one and he is having serious food allergy issues. However since he is too young to test ( reliably), she has eliminated corn, soy and dairy from her diet.  If you can’t have these, what do you have over your cereal for breakfast, and you don’t like rice milk ? Or what do you dunk your cookies in? Ta-da! So Delicious to the rescue!

This So Delicious coconut milk beverage from Turtle Mountain is gluten free, dairy free and vegan. I sampled two flavors: vanilla and regular.  Both beverages had the same pourability and consistency- smooth and slightly thick; it was similar to 2% reduced fat milk and looked like it too. The color was a nice white that reminded me of dairy milk.  Each serving contains 5g. of fat, so it has a nice “body” to it and didn’t look or taste like watered down coconut milk. Much, much better than that!

But how did they taste? I tried the vanilla flavor first, and it was somewhat sweet with a great vanilla flavor and just a hint of  coconut. It even has a pleasant vanilla scent when you open the carton. I tried it as a beverage and over my cereal, both with success.

The regular flavor has a light coconut flavor and wasn’t very sweet to me.  I was surprised that it didn’t have much of a scent at all when I opened the carton. It tasted clean and refreshing with my Nature’s Path Koala Crisp cereal.

Another bonus: with both flavors there was no weird or odd aftertaste.

I was really impressed by these gluten free products. They are tasty and would probably substitute wonderfully in recipes, hot cocoa or coffee.

Pros: Smooth and light, no overpowering coconut flavor

Cons: If you don’t like coconut at all, you probably won’t like it

To purchase, check your local natural foods store!

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Ingredients: Coconut cream (water & guar gum), organic evaporated cane juice, calcium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, carageenan, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D-2, selenium, zinc oxide, folic acid, vitamin B-12. For additional nutritional information, please click HERE to visit their website.

*This product is also available in an unsweetened flavor

18 Responses to “Product Review: So Delicious Coconut Milk Beverage (gluten free, dairy free, soy free, vegan)”

1. Maggie
   March 10th, 2009 @ 11:57 pm

   Thank you so much for the review of this! I’ve seen it at my local health food store but didn’t realize that it came in flavors. Hmmm…I wonder how the vanilla flavor would work as a coffee creamer?

   Thanks again!

2. Karen
   March 11th, 2009 @ 3:14 am

   I am sure it would be very tasty! It would be a nice way to add just a touch of flavor. If you try it please leave a comment and share if it was good or not. I don’t drink coffee, so I’m anxious to read any opinions my readers wish to share .

3. Barbara
   March 12th, 2009 @ 11:22 pm

   I love this product! It’s dairy-free, gluten-free, soy-free, and delicious! And it works wonderfully in all of my baking. My dairy/gluten-intolerant kids are in heaven!

4. Allison
   March 22nd, 2009 @ 10:34 pm

   Too bad it has carrageenan … an ingredient that disturbs a lot of stomachs!

5. dave
   April 17th, 2009 @ 2:01 pm

   sounds like a good product but i wish it was organic like there ice cream

6. Crystak
   May 23rd, 2009 @ 11:17 pm

   My son has a milk allergy and he has been drinking hemp milk for about 6 months until I saw this. We had to try it. I always try things before I even attempt to give it to him and to my surprise I LOVED IT! I am even drinking it now. I give this milk an A++ you must try it. It doesn’t have much of a coconut taste as well. We like the sweet vanilla!

7. weapons of massdistraction › The Effort We Are Engaged In
   June 11th, 2009 @ 8:26 pm

   [...] between coconut juice and coconut milk. But I just picked up a very different kind of coconut milk at the co-op. I’m thinking it would be particularly good on granola, and should probably get [...]

8. Patty
   July 20th, 2009 @ 9:50 pm

   I just started using the unsweetened variety. I have been transitioning to vegan for the past year, and milk (not other dairy products) was really the “final fronteir”. I just couldn’t handle soy or any of the other “milks”, but this is so much better. It’s not watery or after-tasty. This will definitely work for me.

9. Dave2
   December 31st, 2009 @ 4:34 pm

   Of the three flavors, I found the vanilla best. The others had a more chemical taste — maybe the additives.

10. Ert
    March 25th, 2010 @ 5:47 am

    Save your money….. I tried the unsweetened Coconut Beverage. I so much wanted to like this, but was so disappointed by the total and utter lack of flavor. The only taste I received to my palate was a rather faint bleach taste.

    Nice idea, poor execution. There’s no substitute for the real thing. Make your own or just eat more real coconut.

11. Joy
    April 13th, 2010 @ 4:09 am

    I actually like the regular coconut milk. My friend tried the vanila one and found it too swwet. It doesn’t work well with coffee though. It turns into smaller chunks- some weird chemical reaction I suppose.

12. Emily
    May 2nd, 2010 @ 11:09 pm

    I just bought this to add to my smoothies, it’s great! Looks like they redesigned the bottle too.

13. diana
    May 5th, 2010 @ 1:00 pm

    I tried the So Delicious Low Fat Unsweetened Coconut Milk and all I can say is “it is really thick, flavorless, and has a bitter after-taste.” I like coconut milk from the coconut – how did this product taste like glue?

14. James
    May 7th, 2010 @ 11:28 pm

    I just purchased Vanilla some this evening and I really like it! I tried silk almond mild and it had an Enfamil type aftertaste, plus it got chunky in warm beverages. In a cup plain it tasted really good. Tried this with my Tazo spiced chai latte concentrate and it was fantastic! Love it!!!! Kind of pricy here in Maui it was $7.19 a quart.

15. Sarah Morrow
    May 30th, 2010 @ 10:43 pm

    I found your web page and the reviews of So Delicious Coconut Milk…. and tried it…. I have to say I agree with Ert and Diana. I love real coconut milk, but this stuff is really bad. What did they do to make a product that can be so good, taste so flat and bland? It has no flavor or aroma at all. I wouldn’t know it was coconut if the label didn’t say so. I bought the “plain unflavored” kind and had to mix in a lot of xylitol just to get it down. Even mixing in a nicely flavored protein powder didn’t help.

    In terms of redesigning the bottle, I think it has to do with the name change to “So Delicious” from “Soy Delicious,” as more and more people become aware that soy is not all that healthful.

16. Shon
    June 16th, 2010 @ 1:07 pm

    @Dave, whole foods market carries the organic coconut milk by so delicious! My family does all organic too. The vanilla is delicious!! Kids an I love it: )

17. David
    August 7th, 2010 @ 9:23 am

    Total disappointment, I picked up 2 cartons this morning, got home and tryed it with my lunch. Being coconut milk, i expected it to have a coconut flavor, no flavor at all, makes you wonder just how much coconut is in the milk. Very white like coconut, wonder what they put int here to make it so white. If blindfolded, i don’t think there would be one out of 100 people would know it was coconut milk, i am talking about the unsweetened milk. I am a vegertarian and eat a lot of things that don’t taste good just because they are healthy, but coconut milk i expected it to have a coconut flavor. The only reason i purchased it was because it was on special for 2.79, also a dollar coupon on each carton, ended up being 1.79 for a 64 oz carton. I would have been really disappointment if i had paid regular price of 4.79, i would imagine they are getting ready to discontinue it.

18. jill
    August 12th, 2010 @ 8:55 am

    If your looking for coconut milk because you like the flavor of coconut, i guess you could be dissapointed as some have said. But if your looking for a subsitute for “milk” it’s increadable!!! I love that it doesnt overpower the flavor of what you add it too, but is just what it sais…. “soooo delicious” The first we tried is the vanella coffee creamer and it’s wonderfully smooth and great in iced coffies as well..YUM!)Im really really glad this is an available product.

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