Almond Cow vs Tribest Soyabella
Last checked 2026-09-25.
Per their makers, the Almond Cow never heats: it grinds and filters in about a minute and makes 5–6 cups a batch. The Tribest Soyabella SB-130 has a RAW mode with no heat and a HOT mode that grinds and heats in about 15 minutes; its recipes make 3–4 cups. So soy milk is cooked in the Soyabella, but on the stove after an Almond Cow batch. Tribest gives a 2-year warranty against Almond Cow's 1 year.
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Side by side
| Almond Cow | Soyabella SB-130 | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Almond Cow Milk Maker, US 120 V | SB-130 |
| Heats the milk | no Almond Cow: “the Almond Cow does not use any heat! The milk-making process will finish at the same temperature it started at” (almondcow.co/pages/faq, not linked) | yes Tribest: RAW “grinds only, no heat”; HOT “grind and heat cycles”, for heated milks from beans, grains, nuts and seeds |
| Modes | one button, unheated; hot water may be used in the base (Almond Cow FAQ) | RAW (unheated, about 30 seconds) or HOT (heated, about 15 minutes), per Tribest |
| Batch | 5–6 cups (1.2–1.5 L) of milk per batch, maker-stated source (almondcow.co/pages/tech, not linked) | up to 5½ cups (1.3 L) at the MAX line; Tribest's recipes make 3–4 cups source |
| Water | base filled to the MIN line (5 cups, per Almond Cow's recipes) or the MAX line, or in between | MIN (0.8 L, about 4 cups) to MAX (1.3 L); Tribest says the MIN line must be reached for the machine to engage |
| Ingredients | dry ingredients up to the MAX / 1 cup line of the filter basket | 1 cup (250 mL) of nuts, seeds, grains or beans in the screen for a MIN-line batch |
| Pulp | stays in the filter basket; emptied after each batch | stays in the screen; the screen is hot after a HOT cycle |
| Cleaning | rinse the base and filter basket; do not get the top (where the button is) wet; Almond Cow says removable parts are dishwasher safe source (almondcow.co/pages/faq, not linked) | do not submerge the motor head or the carafe; clean the screens straight after use with the scouring pad and brush, or protein deposits can block them source |
| Keeps | 3–5 days in the fridge (Almond Cow) | up to 7 days in the fridge, per Tribest's recipes |
| In the box | machine base, stainless steel collector cup, measuring scoop, power cord | carafe, motor head, fine and coarse screens, grinding cup, drip cup, measuring cup, cleaning brush and pad |
| Electrical | 120 V/60 Hz, 240 W (Almond Cow) | 120 V, 200 W (Tribest, USA model) |
| Warranty | 1-year limited (Almond Cow) | 2 years, household use (Tribest) |
| Recall check (CPSC) | none found | none found |
| Buy | no Amazon link | Amazon link at launch |
Also sold as a bundle:
- Soyabella SB-132 (with tofu kit) (Tribest): the SB-130 plus a tofu kit and a stainless steel lid (Tribest's SB-130/SB-132 manual); the kit makes no extra milk. Amazon link at launch
Kinds of claim on this page: modes, water lines, amounts, cleaning and warranties are product evidence from each maker's page, FAQ, recipe or manual; the SB-132's tofu kit fitting the Soyabella is a compatibility statement, Tribest's own bundle; batch sizes, speeds and savings figures are a manufacturer claim this page does not repeat as a finding; anything no source states, such as the yield of Almond Cow's soy recipe, is unknown. No price is shown.
Almond Cow: on Amazon on 2026-09-25 Almond Cow was offered only as the Essentials Bundle (B0F46XYNM8), sold by Almond Cow as a third-party seller, so it gets no link. Almond Cow's own pages are named, not linked: on 2026-10-03 almondcow.co answered “This store is unavailable” for its product page, FAQ, tech page and the recipes cited here (HTTP 423). Its facts here are as read on 2026-09-25. Older Soyabella units, described in some Amazon reviews, label their buttons MILL and MILK; the current SB-130 manual cited here uses RAW and HOT, and this page describes what each mode does rather than its label.
Left out, and why
- Nama M1 (B0DSYCKM86 and B0DSYKYMFT): sold on Amazon by Namawell, a third-party seller, not Amazon.com
- ChefWave Milkmade (several listings): sold on Amazon by third-party sellers, not Amazon.com
- GreenPan 30oz Nut Milk Maker (B0FJHSYPT2): sold by Amazon.com, but no maker manual or product page was found on GreenPan's US site, so its modes and yields could not be checked
- Tribest SB-130-220V (B0061TXIEO): a 220 V model; this page covers 120 V US models only
- Blenders with a nut-milk bag: a workflow, not a product: covered on the blender pages, and no blender is linked here
We tested nothing: no yield, taste, texture, temperature, noise or energy measurements. Homemade plant milk is not the same product as a fortified carton; this page makes no nutrition, protein, calcium or allergen claim and gives no infant-feeding advice.
Which milks need heat, step by step: heated vs unheated plant milk makers. When a machine pays for itself, if ever: plant milk maker cost per batch.