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

  • I love their oatly barista option. I am Italian and love a good cappuccino and I must admit that with Oatly you don't miss out.

  • Loved this brand for sometime. Great packaging, good options and tastes great.

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    Overall great!

  • It works and tastes fine but they could ease up on the harmful ingredients, especially when you're paying upwards of $5-6 dollars per package. I've gone ahead and removed milk from my grocery list since. I now make oat milk at home and it's truly the easiest thing you'll ever do. Oats, water, nut bag & blender. Done. 10 seconds. Maybe less. As healthy as can be and far cheaper

  • It's fine. Of all the fake milks you can get at coffee shops in the west, Oatly is probably the best. It does not hold a candle to soy milks made in Hong Kong or Taiwan.

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    The product is what it is, but the marketing and messaging that it's just like cow's milk in a coffee drink is ridiculous. It's not milk, so don't pretend it tastes like cow's milk.

  • I’ve had a few different oatmilk brands before and while oatly has a rich and creamy oat taste, I criticize it for its ingredient list. It’s not terrible and I’ll drink it if it’s the only option available, but it’s not my first choice.

  • The best oat mylk for coffees and teas, first discovered in Hong Kong and so glad its available in North America now

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    Would like a sweetened version for coffee

  • The taste is not as great as other oat milk drinks. It’s a great widespread brand though

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    The taste can be off sometimes. Not always consistent

  • As a barista, Oatly was often easier for me to make latte art and good foam than dairy milk and always easier than almond, soy, or coconut.

  • Best non-dairy alternative for coffee, hands down. Does not cuddle like Soya milk. Keeps well and has a creamy taste.

  • Love the taste, hate all the additives. Also not a fan of the greenwashing and false “allergy friendly” marketing

  • Oat milk is my preferred dairy alternative, and Oatly was the first brand I ever tried, which made me fall in love with it. Tastes great in coffee, and I've even used it in cooking.

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    I wish the brand as a whole was more eco-friendly, but overall they have a great product! I'd love to see them branch out even more into other oat-based products.

  • I like the idea that this brand doesn’t try to emulate real milk, but offers a very delicious alternative. The milk taste great, it’s the only thing I get with my coffee. Especially for people who are lactose intolerant, this product is a great alternative.

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    I wish they offered it in different flavors, and low-calorie options.

  • I started using Oatly for my overnight oats and it's been the best milk alternative I've found. Other brands seem to leave a weird consistency with the oats but Oatly works out perfectly. I've been using it daily for about a year and would never go back to another brand.

  • It’s good but has too many ingredients

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    Use less preservatives

  • Love the branding and personality of the brand.

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    Don't love the product itself. Has not great ingredients

  • Oatly was the first big brand of oat milk so it makes sense it has so much acclaim and is seen as “the oat milk.” However, it’s mid.

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    There are way too many ingredients in Oatly. They disguise it with all of the text along the box, but the ingredient list is far too long. Oatly also tastes a little “oaty” to me.

  • Drink it everyday! No other fairy substitute satisfies like oat milk - and oat it does it my favorite way. Love the barista blend especially for foaming!

  • Oatly was my go-to non dairy milk for a good long while. The consistency, flavor, and the way it blends in coffee tops any other non dairy milk I’ve tried, including other oat milks. The only reason I stopped using it is because I’ve been having some acid reflux issues and found out that oat milk is actually acid-forming, so I decided to switch to almond milk instead.

  • I think that Oatly has a pretty great taste. I really enjoy the packaging for Oatly as well.

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    I don't like all the extra ingredients Oatly puts into their products. I love the taste, but there are other oat milk that taste just as great without all the extra ingredients.