YES! 

We are certified Kosher!

Kosher Supervision of America (KSA) came to our creamery and gave us the stamp of approval. Now our milk and butter, as well as our yogurt and ice cream, are all officially kosher. We have always been following kosher practices.

Yes.  CLA is a naturally occurring fatty acid found in the milk fat of cows. But we can’t say with certainty how much CLA is in our milk at any given time. 

It’s complicated….

It seems that cows grazing on pastures produce five times more CLA than confined cows fed a conventional diet. For instance, our cows graze from Spring through Fall, so there will probably be higher levels of CLA in our milk during that period. An independent and unofficial study showed our milk to have higher CLA content than other California milks, including those that were organic.

The level of CLA in our milk will vary depending on the time of year, the amount of rain we had, the amount of grass grown, the type of grass grown and the amount of grass each cow ate individually.  Like we said, it’s complicated.

We think milk tastes better in glass!

But more than just that, we estimate that the people who bought our glass bottles have prevented more than 6.1 million pounds of waste from going into landfills. 

Because the traditional milk carton has a thin plastic layer embedded in the paper it is not recyclable. So, millions of paper cartons go into landfills every year.

Based on sales versus number of bottles that we purchase, we estimate each of our bottles are reused an average of 7 times. We notice some bottles that we made in 1994 are still in circulation. Plus, our glass bottles are made from 40-50% recycled glass.

Glass is good for the milk and the environment

We like to keep our products as simple and natural as possible. Therefore, we do not add any thickeners like pectin, agar or guar gum to any of our products.

 

Instead, we to take some of the water out of our milk to condense it slightly. The process we use is call reverse osmosis which naturally pulls water out.

 

We also use reverse osmosis in our Reduced Fat 2% milk, instead of milk powder. This increases the milk solids in our milk, as required by California state law. Other dairies in California use milk powder to fulfill the same requirement.

The yellow color you see in our butter comes from the beta-carotene in the grass that the cows eat. While they are on green pasture in the spring, you’ll see a deeper yellow color. During the winter, while they are inside, the butter becomes a paler shade. Some processors add a food coloring (usually annatto) to keep their butter a consistent yellow throughout the year. We do NOT add any coloring. The color you see is a natural byproduct of the seasonal grasses that grow here in the ocean air.