Oatly reviews and discussion

4.3

85% of reviewers would recommend to a friend

Reviews mention

  • Creamy, milklike mouthfeel
  • Exceptional frothing performance
  • Versatile, coffee-enhancing flavor
  • Consistent, barista-grade texture
  • Additive-heavy ingredient list
  • Occasionally too sweet taste
  • Watery low‑fat variant texture
  • Potential gut sensitivity reports

Oatly impresses in reviews for creamy, café-worthy performance—especially Barista Edition, which froths reliably and elevates lattes, matcha, and espresso—while its distinct oat flavor works across coffee, cereal, baking, and smoothies. Reviews also flag meaningful drawbacks: frequent concerns about additives/oils, sweetness and blood-sugar impact, occasional separation or watery low‑fat variants, and mixed reactions to texture; fans call it the best-tasting oat milk, but ingredient purists and some sensitive stomachs report issues.

AI summary based on Thingtesting reviews

2,462 reviews and posts

  • This brand is horrible, I used to solely use this brand at home until reading the ingredients. This is not oat milk!!! The amount of gums in this is gross and I would recommend this to no one.

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    Creating oat milk, not gum milk

  • One of the only oat milks that really makes foam. Levels-up my coffee every morning. Thick consistency and great taste.

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    Sometimes it can feel a bit heavy.

  • To keep it simple, there's no need for rapeseed oil in oat milk.

  • This product is so good! I tried all the oatly drinks and I would recommend them all! I love to drink this specific one just on itself or to mix it in my coffee/chai latte and I love making my morning oatmeal’s with this product!! This product is a game changer if u make protein shakes after workouts! I use this product instead of milk and I feel less bloated, and it’s less heavy on the stumach!!

  • Great marketing. The oat milk tasted creamy and was great in my coffee and even in my earl grey tea.

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    Nothing

  • Love the taster! So rich and tastes AMAZING in my coffee!

  • I’ve loved Oatly for years. It is the only nut milk i enjoy and I heavily prefer it to anything else. It makes my coffees taste smoother and delicious. I’d rather have cafes use Oatly for their oatmilks rather than any other brand.

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    I think it’s be nice for it to be more accessible.

  • Love this -- I make my lattes with this every morning, and haven't had a breakout since I cut dairy out completely from my life. It tastes better than all other oat milk alternatives.

  • The best creamer!! Its so creamy and not overwhelmingly sweet. I love adding this to my morning coffee or afternoon matcha.

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    Bigger container 😅

  • Oatly is my favorite milk. I 10/10 recommend. It’s creamy and delicious!

  • Ive been trying to switch from dairy to a better alternative, this did not fail me! As a nursing mother, this is one of the easiest ways to add oats in your diet, by making a quick smoothie allowing mums to be on the go!

  • Love me some oatly with my coffee

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    Maybe more oatly taste

  • I like the taste and the foaming that you can have with this oat milk

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    I don’t like all the ingredients that they put on it maybe they can get better ingredients

  • Oatly is my go to oat milk when I make cappuccino or matcha latte at home. I've been drinking it for about 4-5 years now and it's still one of my favourite to this day because it's not overly sweet and it blends well with the espresso / matcha powder.

  • Oatly is one of my favorite milk alternatives. There are different options of oatmilk to choose from, allowing you to pick your favorite consistency. It has great flavor, present enough to enjoy the nuttiness of the oats, but subtle enough that it won't change the flavor of any thing you're adding it to too much (like coffee).

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    From a branding perspective, some of the variants look too similar and I've made the mistake of buying the wrong kind of oatly.

  • The best plant-based milk ever.

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    Maybe the only thing I’d change is the price. It’s pretty expensive compared to all other milks. Nonetheless, I’m never going to stop buying Oatley!

  • Good! I love how creamy it is and how it makes coffee taste. But sometimes I find it to sweet.

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    Sometimes it tastes to sweet

  • I really love oatly. I use the barista one as it is perfect for making frothy coffee!

  • I bought the barista edition oatly and the taste was a bit bitter when i expected it to be sweeter, it however was very "creamy" consistency which was nice because when doing my matcha latte it frothed very nicely.

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    Be more sweet

  • I wasn’t used to plant based milk and this brand convinced me for the first time ! Now I’m dairy free and I only drink oatly

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    Be careful about the type of oat used to produce the milk, biological oat would be perfect to avoid toxic substances