According to Kristie Leigh, RDN, director of Health & Scientific Affairs at Danone North America, the maker of Silk ... are unsweetened and nutritionally more in line with almond milk.

Almond milk contains far fewer calories than cow's milk. One cup of unsweetened Silk brand almond milk has 30 calories, compared with 85 calories for skim milk, 125 calories for 2 percent and a ...

However, dairy milk does have some natural sugar in it. So unsweetened almond milk, for example, may not be sweet enough if you're making something that's relying on that tinge of sugar.