Best alternative to goat's milk?

[MelissaG]

I have had a request for milk soap and I just found out that the price for goats milk in my area has sky rocketed. Any suggestions for a great affordable alternative? I use buttermilk in my bath bombs.

 

[Ford]

Hi, coconut milk is nice. Not used oat milk yet.

 

[dmcgee5034]

I used Coconut milk before and it was lovely - found it at the Dollar Store. It was a real heater - much hotter than goat milk is for me.

 

[KiwiMoose]

My favourite is coconut cream - you can get it in a can and if check the ingredients you should be able to find some that is relatively unadulterated.

 

[Pepsi Girl]

You could use powdered Goat Milk

 

[Vicki C]

You could use powdered Goat Milk

I just bought some powdered goats milk at Walmart, I did a double take when I saw the price - it is $14 for a package that makes three quarts! Fresh GM is $5.44/quart. So powdered is only slightly less expensive.

 

[MelissaG]

I just bought some powdered goats milk at Walmart, I did a double take when I saw the price - it is $14 for a package that makes three quarts! Fresh GM is $5.44/quart. So powdered is only slightly less expensive.

Yeah goat's milk has gotten alot more expensive. Not sure why since so many people have goat's at home now.

 

[dragonmaker]

Grain prices have skyrocketed, and you have to feed grain to lactating goats so they keep producing milk without losing weight. Higher grain costs makes higher milk costs

 

[Marie_with_an_e]

I use fresh goat’s milk at $6.25 per quart but am considering going to store bought or GM powder to save on costs. My question is….how do you use GM powder??

 

[Pepsi Girl]

I use fresh goat’s milk at $6.25 per quart but am considering going to store bought or GM powder to save on costs. My question is….how do you use GM powder??

It’s easy just add to water or whatever liquid you are using. You can make it up ahead and use as though it’s fresh or make it as you are using it.

 

[Marie_with_an_e]

It’s easy just add to water or whatever liquid you are using. You can make it up ahead and use as though it’s fresh or make it as you are using it.

Thank you Pepsi Girl. So the water used to reconstitute the powder is counted towards the liquid required for the formula, correct?

 

[dmcgee5034]

I masterbatch my lye 50:50, so I take part of my additional liquid to mix my additives - GMP, sorbitol, sodium citrate and sodium lactate. For a 1000g fats batch, I use 30g GMP and 10g of each of the other items added to 50g of my additional liquid, which is AVJ for me. I blend those items up and let them sit while my fats cool and my lye cools back down, because I add the remaining additional liquid to my MB lye so it heats back up a bit.
I give the GM a good mix again and then blend it into my fats before adding the lye.

I use this GMP, and have it on my subscribe and save to get the lower price.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SD8SQWK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Marie_with_an_e]

I masterbatch my lye 50:50, so I take part of my additional liquid to mix my additives - GMP, sorbitol, sodium citrate and sodium lactate. For a 1000g fats batch, I use 30g GMP and 10g of each of the other items added to 50g of my additional liquid, which is AVJ for me. I blend those items up and let them sit while my fats cool and my lye cools back down, because I add the remaining additional liquid to my MB lye so it heats back up a bit.
I give the GM a good mix again and then blend it into my fats before adding the lye.

I use this GMP, and have it on my subscribe and save to get the lower price.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SD8SQWK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thank you! I’ll give this a try.