Nadine Lustre: “Nung time na ‘yun, parang Chris wanted to experiment and try to make his own milk brand”
NADINE LUSTRE – The actress recently shared the backstory of her plant-based milk business with her boyfriend Christophe Bariou.
In an interview with MJ Felipe in TFC’s BRGY, the “Uninvited” star said that they launched their plant-based milk brand, Dehusk, last November 30, 2024 and they’re really happy about the project. She also shared that their partners have been working on the project for quite a while but she and her boyfriend hopped on the project “a bit later”.
Nadine relayed that she and Christophe got introduced to the product’s founder through her boyfriend’s brother.
According to her, her boyfriend wanted to experiment and try to make his own milk brand at that time.
“Kasi nung time na ‘yun parang Chris wanted to experiment and try to make his own milk brand,” she shared. “Kasi he realized how inexpensive it is to make oat milk so probably like all of the plant-based milk baka madali lang. So he was like, ‘Okay what if I try to make this as a business.’”
The actress also highlighted in an interview that one of the best aspects of the product is how it helps in cutting off carbon emissions. According to her, their plant-based milk brand is “locally sourced” and “locally produced”.
She added that their partners are really trying to find ways on how to make a product or make a coconut-based milk or coconut product that’s by the Filipinos, for the Filipinos, and a product that can address a lot of concerns such as lactose intolerance, calcium deficiency, and carbon emissions.
Nadine also said that they’re just really lucky that they’re on board with the project.
In a report on Tatler Asia, Christophe said that they want to take the coconuts that are grown in the Philippines and turn those coconuts into “something revolutionary”. He also highlighted the cruelty-free nature of the plant-based milk brand’s production process.
Meanwhile, Nadine faced backlash for promoting gambling on social media. She even responded “choice mo yan” to a netizen’s suggestion to go gambling as one of plans for the month of December.