https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:36:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk/page/2#post-1184099 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:34:13 +0000 luckypenny 1184099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Clover! It's the best :) have been to their farms and seen how all twit cows are treated/kept. They are a great company </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk/page/2#post-1184000 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:12:30 +0000 littleveesmommy 1184000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to buy Trader Joe's Organic since it was way cheaper than Horizons, but I've recently discovered a local farm - Ronnybrook Farms - that does organic (no antibiotics and no hormones, pasture fed). Milk goes from cow to me, in glass bottles (!), in 1-2 days so it's super fresh. The milk is pasteurized but not homogenized so I do have to shake it before pouring to distribute the cream, but I like that it's minimally processed. I actually taste a big difference from the TJ and Horizons milk - it tastes very fresh and milk-y! It's $2.50 per quart so it costs the same as Horizons and I don't mind paying more.</p> <p>Anyone in the NYC area - they are stocked at Chelsea Market but I prefer buying from their Union Sq Green Market stand (only on Wednesdays) since it's freshly driven in from the farm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1182058 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:57:41 +0000 PurplePeony 1182058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To add to what @SAHM0811: said, it's not just vitamins that are affected (milk companies claim the loss in nutrients is minimal, but I personally don't quite believe it). Regular pasteurization heats milk to a lower temperature for a longer time to kill off bacteria; ultra-pasteurization heats it for a very short time but to a very high temperature. The higher temps denature some of the proteins in the milk, so companies end up adding things like carrageenan into the milk or cream to make up for the loss in texture. If you're buying UP milk and care about that, make sure to check the labels carefully. The other problem with UP milk comes if you're trying to do things other than drinking and basic cooking -- it won't work well for yogurt, cheese, or anything that relies on the protein structure of the milk remaining intact.</p> <p>As an aside, ultra-pasteurization is a slightly different process than the one used to make UHT (shelf-stable) milk, which doesn't have to be refrigerated. It's easy to mix them up, but UP milk will go bad if left out of the fridge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1181957 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:30:38 +0000 SAHM0811 1181957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: @betsyboop: I believe ultra-pasteurized kills off more of the nutrients naturally found in milk. Food companies will then add the nutrients back, in synthetic form. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1181343 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:25:42 +0000 sumer08 1181343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We buy Whole Food's organic whole milk brand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1180963 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:55:33 +0000 sorrycharlie 1180963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@betsyboop: I'm wondering this too.</p> <p>LO won't touch organic whole. Not sure if it's the organic or whole part. She will drink some of my regular skim. I don't like the taste of organic milk tbh. And there are some brands that are non organic and don't use antibiotics or hormones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1180950 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:50:55 +0000 lavender 1180950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually buy whatever's on sale for organic, and it's usually the one in the red bottle with the cow on it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1180934 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:43:26 +0000 kml636 1180934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>good luck, everytime I try to give L organic whole milk she throws it on the floor! I'm scared!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1180719 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:33:56 +0000 ZombieBullfrogHoller 1180719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yin: Natural by Nature is the only milk I'll drink other than straight from the farm milk. The other store organic milks just taste weird to me. :\ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1180515 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:51:52 +0000 yin 1180515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the organic milk from Trader Joe's since it is pasteurized instead of ultra. I also like Natural by Nature, which is local for me. Their bottled organic whole milk is delicious! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1180366 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:36:44 +0000 betsyboop 1180366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What's the difference nutrition-wise between pasteurized and ultra-pasteurized? We usually get the store brand's organic milk but i know it's ultra-pasteurized. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1180296 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:05:17 +0000 matador84 1180296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Promised Land is the only brand of whole milk that DS doesn't throw up! It is so weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1180227 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:33:56 +0000 hilsy85 1180227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: nope. He'll drink a few sips and then he's done :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1180042 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:35:02 +0000 ZombieBullfrogHoller 1180042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually get our milk straight from the farm. We use to get out milk raw from a small local farm I was working at doing the milking and some other things. They, unfortunately, had to downsize, so we get our milk from another farm, but not raw. When we buy store milk, we get Natural by Nature milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1180001 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:03:58 +0000 PurplePeony 1180001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH likes Organic Valley milk, but we try to buy it at Whole Foods because the other markets only carry the ultra-pasteurized version (ultra has the white plastic spout built into the carton, regular old pasteurized has the old-school fold-out spout). I'm just as happy to buy the Whole Foods 365 brand, since it's cheaper, but apparently he can taste the difference. We've tried milk in glass bottles from local diaries but unfortunately neither of us cared for it much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179936 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:28:08 +0000 mrsmate 1179936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember where I heard this, but supposedly organic milk is ultra-pasteurized, so a lot of the good stuff is killed off. We usually have our milk delivered by a local farm. It's hormone- and antibiotic-free but not organic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179906 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:16:04 +0000 hellobeeboston 1179906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: yikes!! We are moving close to a farm soon and I think I may start buying milk there!</p> <p>@hilsy85: oh no! He's not liking it?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179463 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:02:54 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1179463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We get the Costco brand whole milk, which comes in a three-pack of half gallons.</p> <p>Costco doesn't carry a lot of organic whole milk, so when they are out, we just buy Horizon from the grocery store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179240 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:13:27 +0000 shinymama 1179240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whichever brand of organic, whole, DHA Omega 3 that happens to be on sale that day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179237 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:13:09 +0000 hilsy85 1179237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually do organic valley...LO is unfortunately not a fan though :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179207 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:06:08 +0000 SAHM0811 1179207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We try to stay away from whole cow's milk due to reports of contaminants still getting in the milk (even in organic brands). I most especially try to stay away from Horizon, actually. </p> <p>That cornucopia link someone posted up above was helpful in my research in the past. When we do buy cow's milk, it's from Organic Valley or a local farm with high ratings. </p> <p>I don't mean to sound alarming or elitist... I just read up on it in the past and just decided to diversify our diet a bit more and limit our intake with cow's milk. It made me sad because I love milk and was raised to drink it regularly. We still buy it on occasion though, but also get a majority of our calcium/Vit D/protein needs through other foods and milks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179150 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:50:17 +0000 chrispygal 1179150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't buy organic milk but we get milk delivery from a local dairy farm. It is from cow to our table in 1-2 days and there are no hormones used so while it's a little more expensive, we think it's worth it. We started out doing organic milk but it freaked me out that the milk would be good for weeks or even months at a time. That just seems like too much processing to me. I could be uninformed about that, but I just couldn't get my arms around it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179131 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:44:44 +0000 Smurfette 1179131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cascademom: I was wondering what the difference is and is it really needed?<br /> We buy Organic cause it lasts longer and DH and I only use for cooking or cereal, but I would think it would much cheaper to buy just a gallon for R when the time comes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179128 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:44:19 +0000 meredithNYC 1179128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: It certainly is! Yikes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179124 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:42:48 +0000 winniebee 1179124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whatever organic is cheapest at the grocery store that week, usually horizon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179106 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:36:27 +0000 plantains 1179106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This dairy survey is interesting and enlightening if you care about making sure that your organic milk is genuinely organic!</p> <p><a href="http://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html</a></p> <p>Interesting to note that Horizon is at the bottom of the list! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179074 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:28:22 +0000 looch 1179074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We get Horizon Organic with DHA added because it's the vegetarian DHA...but I am going to look into Organic valley. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179070 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:27:49 +0000 BoogieBea 1179070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>organic valley or whole foods. The whole foods brand is usually cheapest, I find. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179056 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:24:40 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1179056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We get whichever organic is cheapest that week. Usually Horizon, sometimes 365 (Whole Foods brand). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/horizons-organic-whole-milk#post-1179036 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:21:13 +0000 teamjse 1179036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We drink Horizon whole milk. </p>