You can call almond milk 'milk,' but there's a catch, the FDA says

• Almond milk and other plant-based drinks can be labeled "milk," the Food and Drug Administration said.
• But the products' labels should specify how their nutritional profile is different from cow's milk.
• The draft guidance follows years of contention between plant-based companies and the dairy industry.

Oat milk, soy milk, macadamia-nut milk. Food companies can call it all "milk" on their labels under proposed guidance that the US Food and Drug Administration released on Wednesday.

But if they do, they should explain the nutritional differences between their plant-based milk and cow's milk, the FDA said.