Hemp Bliss Yum!

I’ve long been a fan of hemp foods, especially my favorite hemp seed granola, and the organic hemp oil that I add to my protein shakes in the morning.

But now there’s organic Hemp Bliss hemp nut milk, coming in three flavors; Original, Chocolate, and Vanilla.

Taste Test:

I’ve tried the milks and they are really delicious (especially the chocolate of course!!), though they have a bit of that classic nutty aftertaste typical of hemp foods. If you are trying it for the first time, mix it up in a smoothie, or add it to your morning cereal. If you are used to drinking other nut or grain milks, then you will probably like the hemp milk as it has a similar nutty quality.

Of the three folks in my household who drank it, one thought it “Too Hempy”, one liked it, and the third person thought it was “Pretty good, but stronger-flavored than soymilk”.

If you’re curious how your fave non-dairy drink weighs in against the Hemp Bliss, the company has put together a comparison chart here.

Remember, hemp is a different plant than that grown for drug-use, and has almost no THC, which is the chemical that gets you high. Hemp grown to make fabric and food is super eco-friendly, as it needs no chemical fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides. Hemp can be eaten (and is packed with great nutrition like Essential Fatty Acids (EFA’s), Lineolic Acid, and lots of protein) and it can be used to make super-strong and long-lasting fabrics, rope, and even containers.

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Starre Vartan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Eco-Chick and author of The Eco-Chick Guide to Life (St. Martin's Press). A problogger and oft-quoted green living expert who has been featured in the NYTimes, Elle, Glamour and Whole Living, she is a contributor to The Huffington Post, Inhabitat, and Hearst's The Daily Green, and is currently editor-at-large for Coco Eco Magazine. An active ecofashionista, she has style edited for Plenty magazine and coordinated runway shows. She splits her time between Connecticut and NYC and calls Sydney, Australia her second home, even though it was her first (as that's where she was born and most of her family resides). When not writing, blogging, or researching her next book, she is trailrunning, trying to cook, or snowboarding.