By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD
Ripple Kids Milk is a vegan milk that was developed with an eye to the nutritional needs of children. Based on protein from yellow split peas, Ripple Kids Milk has more protein in a serving than most brands of plant milk including almond milk, oat milk, and rice milk. Its protein content is similar to that of soymilk with a cup of Ripple Kids Milk providing 8 grams of protein. A cup of this product has 140 calories and 8 grams of fat, only 1 gram of which is saturated fat. It is sweetened with cane sugar and has 5 grams of added sugar per cup.
Ripple Kids Milk is fortified with calcium, magnesium, riboflavin, vitamin B12, vitamin A, vitamin D, choline, and DHA. The product is free of gluten and nuts and is non-GMO Project verified. It provides an alternative to calcium/vitamin D/vitamin B12-fortified soymilk and is distinguished by supplying a couple of nutrients that tend to be low in vegan diets – DHA and choline. A cup of Ripple Kids Milk has 50 milligrams of DHA and 55 milligrams of choline. There is no RDA for DHA or choline; recommendations often suggest 200-300 milligrams of DHA and 250 milligrams of choline per day for children.
Ripple Kids should never be used to replace infant formulas and is not suitable for use as a primary beverage for children under a year of age.
To read more about Ripple Kids see: https://www.ripplefoods.com/kids/
To read more about pea protein see: https://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2018issue4/2018_issue4_nutrition_hotline.php
To read more about plant milks see:
https://www.vrg.org/nutshell/Guide_to_Soymilks_2019.pdf
https://www.vrg.org/nutrition/milk_alternatives/nut_and_seed_milk_table.pdf
https://www.vrg.org/nutrition/milk_alternatives/grain-and-pea-milks-2019-table.pdf