Dairy vs Almond: The Ongoing Battle over the 'Milk' Label

[averageValentin]

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/big-dairy-still-sour-over-plant-based-milk-labels-tries-to-outlaw-them/

[bloak]

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the expression "mylke of almaundes", i.e. almond milk, was used in 1425. So I'd say the use of "milk" to refer to non-dairy products is fairly well established.

[jjgreen → bloak]

The OED lists 270,000 words and 600,000 definitions, pretty much anything you can imagine is in there.