Some U.S. dairy farms inject the genetically engineered hormone rBGH, also called rBST, into their cows to boost milk production. Some dairy brands may not be rbGH-free in all locations, so always check the packaging to be sure to purchase products with a label that indicates cows free of rBGH or rBST. Many alternative dairy products are made from soybeans and may contain GM materials.
Certified Organic | Produced Without rbGH | May be Produced with rbGH |
Alta Dena Organics Butterworks Farm Harmony Hills Dairy Horizon Organic Morningland Dairy Natural by Nature Organic Valley Dairy Radiance Dairy Safeway Organic Brand Seven Stars Farm Straus Family Creamery Stonyfield Organic Wisconsin Organics |
National Alta Dena Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Brown Cow Farm Crowley Cheese of Vermont Franklin County Cheese Grafton Village Cheese Great Hill Dairy Lifetime Dairy Stonyfield Farms Yoplait yogurts West Coast Alpenrose Dairy Berkeley Farms Clover Stornetta Farms Joseph Farms Cheese Sunshine Dairy Foods Tillamook Cheese Wilcox Family Farms Midwest Chippewa Valley Cheese Erivan Dairy Yogurt Promised Land Dairy Westby Cooperative Creamery East Coast Blythedale Farm Cheese Crescent Creamery Derle Farms (milk with “no rbST” label only) Erivan Dairy Yogurt Farmland Dairies Oakhurst Dairy Wilcox Dairy (rbST-free dairy line only) |
Colombo (General Mills) Dannon Kemps (aside from “Select” brand) Land O’ Lakes Lucerne Parmalat Sorrento |