Dairy vs Almond: The Ongoing Battle over the 'Milk' Label
arstechnica.comAccording 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.
The OED lists 270,000 words and 600,000 definitions, pretty much anything you can imagine is in there.