Which Dairy Brands Offer rBGH-Free Products?
For a list of brands that offer hormone-free dairy products, such as milk, yoghurt and ice cream, the Organic Consumers Organization has compiled this user-friendly list. They indicate which brands are partially rBGH-free, and which have stopped using artificial hormones entirely. This can be good to know, since many products still do not bear the rBGH-free label. For example, Ben & Jerry’s make their ice cream with milk from dairies that have pledged not to inject their cows with hormones. But Haagen Dazs, Breyers, and Baskin-Robbins have not followed suit, and their ice creams are labeled “all-natural” even though rBGH dairy is anything but… Keep in mind that organic milk is also rBGH-free, even if it doesn’t specify so on the label. Artificial hormones are not permitted in organic dairy farming. That said, although organic milk is certainly preferable to hormone-laced milk, I still don’t recommend it simply because it’s still pasteurized… You can avoid both the risks of rBGH and
