• themeatbridge
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    65 months ago

    The problem with restricting the use of the term “milk” is that people have been using the term “milk” to describe non-dairy liquids for longer than there have been trademarks. The word hasn’t ever been used exclusively to describe dairy.

    Here’s a dictionary entry for “milk” from 1755:

    https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/milk_ns

    Note that it includes almond and pistachio milks.