To all of our plant-based customers, or those who enjoy an alternative to dairy milk, you're in luck!
Bean There Done That has partnered with Oatly to create the funkiest plant-based beverages - exclusive to Bean There Done That stores. We have brewed some magical drinks using Oatly's Barista Style Oat Milk, which has proven to be a popular alternative for avid coffee drinkers.
Oatly shares our values in providing our customers with sustainable and ethically sourced ingredients that you can feel good about consuming. We care about the planet and the impact we have on it, so we are very excited about a partnership that can help make our carbon footprint just a little bit lighter.
Oatly shared the following statement on their website about their commitment to saving the planet:
"It was our original idea in the early 1990s to create a plant-based drink that was in tune with the needs of both humans and the planet and it is our idea to continue to make the best, most amazing liquid oats that you will find anywhere. Hope you are okay with that."
Another way this partnership is benefitting our customers, is that with every purchase of a Bean There Done That x Oatly Beverage, you accumulate points to receive an online voucher for a number of other Oatly products. AND - if you decide you don't want to purchase any Oatly products, you can use your online voucher to donate to Savetheorangutans.org, which is an organisation we and Oatly support in the fight against deforestation and unsustainable land-use.
Oatly has an awesome page on their website called https://sustainability.oatly.com/ where they give yearly reports on how their company has progressed towards a greener future and they provide interesting statistics on the climate challenges we face today. Their sustainability team updates the page regularly, so be sure to check it out!
For those who are still unsure of a milk alternative, fear not, as Oatly has provided a full explanation for the process their oats undergo to create their unique product line. See below.
"This is how we make our oat drink Pardon us if we use technical language for a moment, but we are enthusiastic about our unique manufacturing process! Thanks to the process, we can retain the loose oat fibers (the beta-glucans, as you may know) in our products. In fact, we have a patent on this. We are proud to say with our heads held high." "MILLING During the first stage of the process, we mix oats with water and mill the soft mixture in our milling room. ENZYMING In the enzyming tanks, we add natural enzymes that break the oat starch down into smaller components, primarily maltose (also called malt sugar), which sweetens our products naturally. SEPARATION During the separation, we remove bran, that is to say, the loose shells from the oats. That leaves the loose fibers, the beta-glucans. Now we have our oat base, an excellent source of nutrition. It contains macronutrients from the oats, in other words, protein, fat, and carbohydrates. INGREDIENTS We add different ingredients, depending upon the product we are manufacturing. It may be rapeseed oil, calcium and vitamins. HEAT TREATMENT We heat-treat the products prior to packaging – with UHT or pasteurization – to extend the shelf life. homogenizing Once the product has been heat-treated, the fat droplets are broken down into smaller droplets to make sure all the liquids mix properly. PACKAGING Some of our products wind up in small packages, others in large packages. When we fill liter size packages, our machines have the capacity to produce 7,500 – 8,000 packages per hour."
Source: https://www.oatly.com/int/our-process
Our new products on offer in partnership with Oatly include:
Iced Mocha Latte
Cookies and Cream Frappe
Oats 'n More Frappucino
You can also opt for Oatly Oat Milk instead of dairy milk for any of our other beverages.
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