Am disappointed that it did not work with Silk Original Soy Milk. I had seen a review that said it DID work with soy milk. Should I try another brand?
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I was very unhappy with this purchase. It barely frothed with any soy or almond milk
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I tried with Almond Milk from the Fresh Market (house brand), I used the big round device and turn on the froth bottom. It created a lot of foam. I hope you get good result.
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I've had good luck with Silk Original Soy milk. I always preheat the milk though, since the heat function of the machine doesn't get it hot enough for my taste. I'm not sure if that makes a difference in how well it froths. The "Very Vanilla" soy milk does not froth well though...in my experience.
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I tried preheating my soy milk as well. Just get weak bubbles at the top. Seems to only give stiff froth with real milk for me.
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You need to use unprocessed soymilk for this machine (You can't use processed milk to make tofu in general). To get this milk, you need to use a soy milk maker which is quite a budget. What I use now and is working really great is to use a soyflour that I buy from wholefoods to make the milk easily (it has to be unroasted soyflour though). Just mix one part of soyflour to 3 or four parts of water and bring to boil on low heat while wisking it slowley. Let simmer for few minuts and continue wisking and make sure it will not boil over. Whallaaaa ... you have a great and cheap soy milk. You can use (but you don't have to) a strainer or cheese cloth to strain it if you have any pulp or so..... This milk works great with this machine. I also found that you can use lemon juice or vinegar or even lemon salt to get the milk to coagulat nicely instead of using Nigari. I didn't try to use it in this machine yet and see how the final product will look/taste like. It adds some acidety to the taste of the milk, so you may use it if you are creating flavoured tofu with soysauce or other flavour..
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Yep. I tried it once using a recipe I had for soy yogurt. The coconut milk I used wasn't smooth so it was like having yogurt with bits of coconut in it but it was definitely yogurt. Hope that helps.
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I've tried almond, coconut, & almond coconut blend. Although delicious, very little ( if any) foam. Unsweetened soy froths up beautifully. Please post if you find a coconut milk brand that froths.
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You may also want to check the recent thread on making yogurt using soymilk. It turns out that lactose is not essential to the process.
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I have tried it with coconut and soy milk and it curdled both times. I always had success with soy milk and Euro Cuisine starter, so I am not sure how they might be different. I used pectin as a thickener these two times, so I'm not sure if that caused a problem.
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My daughter used it with Almond Milk and she said it didn't work as well as with regular milk.
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I have been using this for years and not had the problem. I put the milk in my blender and then the Spirutein. Run it till smooth and then add the ice. Works every time.
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I bought it to make soy yogurt - which they say it would - but didn't work for me at all.
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Work like blinder heat up the soy milk. Manual filtering for residual. The only disadvantage is cleaning the blender with electrical part attach with it
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Go to the culturesforhealth website: I believe they sell a culture that will work with alternative milks. Good luck!
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No, it does work with soy milk. Litereally, it produced about five bubbles when I used soy milk.
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I believe it is the type of starter you use and not the machine that determines what "milk" products you can use. I know the yogourmet brand says you can use other milks like soy and almond... hope this helps.
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I use luke warm milk, but doesn't always work...make sure its whole milk. FYI...I am on my 3rd set of batteries....what's up with that?
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Haven't tried it with raw milk. Sorry. Works well if you follow the recipes. Good luck!
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No, someone just asked me about soy milk as well. I haven't tried any of those. Whole milk, 2% work the best. I tried skim and it never set up after 10+ hours in the yougurt maker. The instruction manual only give recipes for regular milk with vatious milkfat contents.
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I've used powdered milk and it set perfectly. I've never used soy or rice milk, so I can't if they would work the same.