Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Chocolate Almondmilk: Nutrition & Labelgrade C+ (67/100)
C+ 67 / 100 — Very low saturated fat, notable sugar load, and very low sodium.
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Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Chocolate Almondmilk gives you 1g of protein for 100 calories per cup — and 19g of sugar, every gram of it added cane sugar. Read that pairing honestly and the product explains itself: this is a chocolate beverage, not a protein source and barely a “milk” in any nutritional sense. The almond base is mostly filtered water, so the protein is a rounding error (0.4g per 100 mL); the flavor, and most of the calories, comes from the cane sugar and alkalized cocoa stirred into it. It earns a C+ (67/100) — a letter that’s doing two opposite things at once. It rewards a genuinely clean fat and sodium profile (0g saturated fat, 150mg sodium) while flunking the dimension that defines a chocolate drink: 19g of added sugar in one cup is 38% of the FDA Daily Value, an F on sugar load.
Why the C+
| Dimension | Grade | Score | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein density | D | 51 / 100 | 0.4g per 100 mL — almond milk is the lowest-protein milk alternative; the wrong aisle for protein |
| Ingredient quality | B | 75 / 100 | 13 recognizable ingredients, no significant additive flags — but cane sugar sits second |
| Saturated fat | A+ | 100 / 100 | 0g — the dairy-free advantage over regular chocolate milk |
| Sodium | A+ | 100 / 100 | 150mg per cup (18mg per fl oz) — low |
| Sugar | F | 24 / 100 | 19g, all added cane sugar — more than a glazed donut, in a single cup |
| Fiber | F | 33 / 100 | 1g — the almond solids are mostly strained out |
The C+ flatters this drink, and it’s worth saying why. The formula weights sugar at a modest share, so a product can post an F on sugar and still land at C+ on the strength of zero saturated fat and low sodium. For most foods that balance is fair. For a sweetened chocolate beverage, the added sugar is the whole story — and it’s pure cane sugar, not the part-lactose sugar of dairy chocolate milk. If you only read one row of this table, read the sugar row, not the overall grade.
The sugar is the flavor — that’s the whole design
Look at the ingredient order: Cane Sugar is listed second, ahead of the Cocoa. That’s the tell. Plain unsweetened Almond Breeze runs about 40 calories and 0g sugar a cup; the chocolate version’s entire reason for existing is to taste like a dessert, and it gets there with 19g of added sugar — nearly the same as the 21g of total carbohydrate in the cup. You’re not buying chocolate almond milk that happens to be sweet; you’re buying sweetened water with cocoa and a little almond in it. Strip the sugar out and you’d have the unsweetened SKU, which is exactly why that product exists at a quarter of the calories.
What it competes with — and what it doesn’t
Judged against the dairy-free milk aisle, this lands at the bottom for protein while carrying the most sugar by a wide margin:
| Product | Protein per serving | Per 100 mL | Per fl oz | Sugar | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Chocolate Almondmilk (this product) | 1g | 0.4g | 0.1g | 19g | 100 |
| Oatly Original Oatmilk | 3g | 1.3g | 0.4g | 7g | 120 |
| Ripple Unsweetened Original | 8g | 3.3g | 0.9g | 0g | 70 |
| Quest Vanilla Protein Shake | 30g | 9.2g | 2.7g | 1g | 159 |
The comparison is unkind on purpose. Pea-protein Ripple delivers 8x the protein and zero sugar in fewer calories; even oat milk, itself a weak protein source, triples it. If you want a plant milk, almost anything in the case beats this on the protein-to-sugar trade. So the honest framing is that this product doesn’t really compete with other milks at all — it competes with chocolate milk and sweet treats. Against that bar it’s a fair pick: dairy-free, lactose-free, no saturated fat, and genuinely fortified. Against a nutrition bar, it’s cocoa-flavored sugar water.
The one number worth fixing in your head
There’s nothing to anchor on the protein side — 1g a cup is the protein in about 3g of cooked chicken, a tenth of an ounce, which is to say none worth counting. The number that matters is on the sugar side: 19g of added sugar is roughly 4¾ teaspoons of table sugar, in the neighborhood of a small handful of chocolate candy or about half a can of regular soda. The calcium fortification is real and useful (450mg, ~35% DV), but you can get that same calcium from the unsweetened version of this exact product without the sugar. If you enjoy this as a chocolate treat, enjoy it as one — just count it against your sugar for the day, never your protein.
Ingredients
Almondmilk (Filtered Water, Almonds), Cane Sugar, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Calcium Carbonate, Sea Salt, Potassium Citrate, Natural Flavors, Sunflower Lecithin, Gellan Gum, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D2, D-Alpha-Tocopherol (Natural Vitamin E). Contains: Almonds. (Verbatim from Blue Diamond’s published Nutrition Facts panel; cane sugar is the second ingredient, ahead of the cocoa.)
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Quick Facts
Per serving · 1 cup (240 mL)
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Full nutrition facts
| Nutrient | Per Serving (1 cup (240 mL)) |
|---|---|
| Calories | 100 |
| Protein | 1g |
| Total Fat | 2.5g |
| Saturated Fat | 0g |
| Trans Fat | 0g |
| Total Carbohydrates | 21g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1g |
| Total Sugars | 19g |
| Added Sugars | 19g |
| Sodium | 150mg |
| Cholesterol | 0mg |
| Calcium | 450mg |
| Iron | 0.9mg |
| Potassium | 220mg |
Scope: This page applies specifically to Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Chocolate Almondmilk · UPC 00041570056257. Other sizes, flavors, or formulations may differ.
How this fits each diet
Each score is computed from the same USDA nutrition + ingredient data, against the published rules of each diet. They tell you "does this food fit this diet" — not whether the diet is right for you.
contains no listed animal products
contains no listed meat or fish
no wheat, barley, rye, or malt detected in USDA ingredient list
Frequently Asked Questions
How much protein is in Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Chocolate Almondmilk?
1 gram per 1 cup (240 mL) — about 0.4g per 100 mL (USDA FDC 2757168). Almonds are a small fraction of the carton (it's mostly filtered water), so almondmilk is one of the lowest-protein milk alternatives there is. This is not a product to drink for protein.
Why is the added sugar so high — isn't almond milk supposed to be light?
Unsweetened almond milk is light (about 40 calories, 0g sugar). This is the chocolate version, and the chocolate flavor is built on cane sugar — it's the second ingredient, listed ahead of the cocoa. That puts 19g of added sugar in every cup, which is 38% of the FDA Daily Value (50g) and the single reason the grade isn't higher.
Is this a healthy chocolate milk alternative?
It's a reasonable dairy-free, lactose-free swap for chocolate milk, with no saturated fat and real calcium fortification (450mg, ~35% DV). But 'lower in saturated fat than dairy' doesn't make it a health drink — at 19g added sugar a cup, treat it as a dessert beverage, not a daily staple.
How does the sugar compare to regular dairy chocolate milk?
Roughly comparable in total grams, but the source differs: dairy chocolate milk's sugar is part lactose (naturally occurring), while here all 19g is added cane sugar. Dairy chocolate milk also brings ~8g of protein per cup; this brings 1g. So you're paying a similar sugar cost for a fraction of the nutrition.
How many calories per serving?
100 calories per 1 cup (240 mL). Most of that comes from the 21g of carbohydrate — 19g of it sugar — not from the almonds, since the fat is only 2.5g and protein only 1g.
Should I buy the unsweetened chocolate version instead?
If you want the chocolate-almond taste without the sugar, yes. Almond Breeze sells an Unsweetened Chocolate Almondmilk with the same cocoa flavor at roughly 40 calories and 0g added sugar per cup — about 60 fewer calories and 19g less sugar than this one. They sit next to each other on the shelf, so check the carton.
When was this data last verified?
2026-05-31, against Blue Diamond's official Nutrition Facts and the manufacturer's SmartLabel listing. (The USDA Branded Foods entry for this SKU, FDC 2757168, had corrupt values, so we corrected the figures to the manufacturer's published panel.) We re-verify top-traffic pages monthly and update within 7 days of a reformulation.