Shoppers leave a Costco Wholesale Club store in Manassas, Virginia on October 16, 2012. Costco Wholesale Corporation is the seventh largest retailer in the world. As of July 2012, it was the fifth largest retailer in the United States, and the largest membership warehouse club chain in the United States. As of October 2007, Costco is the largest retailer of wine in the world. Costco announced on October 16 the opening of its first store in Paris and continetal Europe for 2015.   AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo by KAREN BLEIER / AFP) (Photo by KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)

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Costco Shoppers Think You Should Avoid Its Kirkland Oat Milk. Here's Why
By FELIX BEHR
Per the Costco-centric Instagram account @costcobuys, you can get six 32-ounce cartons of Kirkland Signature oat milk at just $8.49. While this sounds like a good deal, and some Costco shoppers claim to enjoy the oat milk, most have found the flavor of the Kirkland version to be too sweet.
Costco’s oat milk has 7 grams of added sugar per one cup, or 29% of the recommended daily sugar intake — meaning that every carton contains 28 grams of added sugar. This amount is in addition to the fact that oat milk naturally contains higher amounts of sugar than other dairy and non-dairy options.
Per dietitian Jorden Edinger, RDN, LD, "Oat milk can be enjoyed and included as part of a healthy, well-balanced diet [...] of colorful produce, healthy fats, and protein." Still, the market for oat milk has grown big enough that you can avoid overly sweet options like the ones offered at Costco.