• What is our policy on artificial bovine growth hormone?

What is our policy on artificial bovine growth hormone?

Responsiveness to our consumers is one of our guiding principles.  From research, we determined that using milk produced without rBST supplementation better meets our consumers' expectations about our brand - a brand associated with premium quality, consistent and best tasting products.  On April 1, 2005 the board and members voted to require members and suppliers to certify all milk delivered to our facilities be from cows not supplemented with rBST.

Currently, all of the milk and cream used in the production of Tillamook dairy products, e.g., cheese, butter, ice cream and yogurt, comes from cows not supplemented with the artificial growth hormone rBST, however the whey protein used in the production of our sour cream as a minor ingredient is not certified at this time.

We are proud of our progress against our goal to wholly implement a policy certifying all of our products as made with milk from cows not supplemented with the artificial growth hormone rBST and will continue to work to achieve this goal for sour cream.

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