Easy Soy Milk Recipe & How to Separate Pulp without Straining

Cost of Store Bought vs Homemade Soy Milk

The empty cartons probably cost more than the actual soybeans in that milk, dues to the amount of water and fillers added!
According to my calculations, store bought soy milk contains about half the nutrients compared to homemade soy milk. Based on Whole Foods retail price of soybeans at $2.20/lb., store bought organic soy milk has a value of soybeans of about $0.70/64 oz. Obviously, the manufacturers do not buy soy beans at Whole Foods, it probably cost them no more than $0.35/64 oz.

2 quarts of organic soy milk:
Store bought  ~$4-$6.00
Homemade ~$1.00 (I use more soybeans than store bought. If you use the same amount of soybeans then it is only $0.70 for 2 quarts)

1lb of soybeans ($2.20 for organic) makes about 1.5 gallons of soy milk

Best Soy Making Machine

I had owned several soymilk making machines. Some of the machines smelled like plastic when they were cooking, so I believe it is important to choose an interior (top and bottom) entirely made from stainless steel.  Large capacity is important for a family. Base on my research and experience, the best soy milk machine is SoyaJoy G4. I bought mine used. It was in like new condition, and I have been using it for several years, and it is still running like new!

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Do soy beans need to be soaked?

Soaking is already my habit, but you do not have to soak if you forget or do not have time. You can make soy milk in about 30 min. using the Soyajoy G4 "dry beans" function. There are claims that soaking the beans yields more and makes a better quality milk, but even if you do not soak it is still better and costs you much less than store bought soy milk.