Yoplait, one of the largest yogurt manufacturers in the U.S., has announced that it will now only use milk products from cows that have not been treated with recombinant bovine growth hormone, or rbGH, reports Civil Eats. All of Yoplait's dairy products will be rbGH-free by August of this year. Yoplait says it's the first major yogurt manufacturer to go rbGH-free, though companies like Stonyfield, Nancy's, Cascade Fresh and Brown Cow have been using rbGH-free milk for years. The use of rbGH has been linked to increased rates of infections in dairy cows, necessitating greater antibiotic use and furthering cycles of antibiotic-resistant disease. Some studies have shown that rbGH raises the level of a hormone called IGF-1 in cows's milk; higher than normal levels of IGF-1 in humans may raise the risk of breast cancer, though the link is far from clear.
Consumer demand has forced major grocery chains like Wal-Mart and Safeway to phase out the hormones in their own dairy products - some 70 percent of consumers say they are concerned about consuming synthetic growth hormones.

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2-09-2009 @7:15PM Rachelle said... When Yoplait starts selling yogurt without HFCS, then I'll think about buying it. Until then, I'll stick with yogurt that's an actual dairy product.
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2-10-2009 @8:30AM Leslie said... Whatever happened to yogurt that tasted like yogurt? I wish Dannon could go back to their original tangy yogurt. I'm sick of reading artificial colors, no fruit--just fruit juice--and vegetable gums. Yoplait would have to do a lot more for me to buy it.
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