McDonalds Switches To Organic Milk (UK)

Ananova ^ | 1-8-2003

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McDonald's switches to organic milk

McDonald's is to start selling cartons of organic milk in its UK outlets.

The chain will switch to selling only carton milk from organically-reared British cows from next month.

It said the move was a "natural progression", having already changed to free-range eggs in its breakfasts.

The decision only affects milk in cartons and will not, for now, extend to other ingredients such as milkshakes.

McDonald's has been forced to make major changes after suffering falling sales. It issued a profits warning last month and is expected to post its first quarterly loss in its 47-year history later this month.

The company already sells organic milk and ice cream at its outlets in Sweden. In the UK, it will use organic milk supplied by processor Express Dairies at its plant in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.

The milk, which goes on sale on February 2, will be semi-skimmed and cost 41p to take-away and 49p to drink in the restaurant - the same as for the current non-organic milk.

Amanda Pierce, McDonald's spokeswoman, said: "Up until recently there hasn't been enough supply of organic milk in the UK but it's something we are able to do now.

"We estimate that the milk we sell will represent 3.4% of the total market for liquid organic milk in the UK."

Story filed: 17:14 Wednesday 8th January 2003

[avg_freeper]

What, besides salt, would be a non-organic food source?

[EggsAckley]

I CAN'T WAIT until the first time people get sick on the organic milk. Happens frequently.........

[taxed2death]

I think by non organic they really mean milk produced from cows not jacked up on hormones to produce triple their milk output. More hormones usually means much more puss in the milk as a byproduct. Kinda gross if you think about it.

[Blood of Tyrants]

You mean thay have been serving INORGANIC milk?

adj.
1.
a. Involving neither organic life nor the products of organic life.
b. Not composed of organic matter.
2. Chemistry. Of or relating to compounds not containing hydrocarbon groups.
3. Not arising in normal growth; artificial.
4. Lacking system or structure.

Lawsuit!

[Ignatz]

More hormones usually means much more puss in the milk as a byproduct. Kinda gross if you think about it.

(heheh! Too good to pass up!) I don't know, T2D, I could use a little more "puss" in my life. Though I agree, I wouldn't want it in my milk! Especially if the "puss" was leaking "pus", LOL!

[Prodigal Son]

So many words in the English language have been hijacked by the leftists...

Organic. Exploit. Pristine. Discriminate. All perfectly good words that have taken on lives of their own after being injected with the good ole socialist sunshine.

McDonald's can do what they want. Their sales aren't going to pick up because they've got "organic" written on their milk boxes. The organic produce shelf is the least visited aisle in the local supermarket- Tesco's- it's where I go to park my shopping trolley and have some peace while my wife dives into the madness of the other parts of the store.

[Ignatz]

My final comments on this topic:

It said the move was a "natural progression", having already changed to free-range eggs in its breakfasts.
Of course, free-range chickens are MUCH happier about people eating their ovums, just ask PETA.

The chain will switch to selling only carton milk from organically-reared British cows from next month.
Was it a scant year ago that "Mad Cow Disease" was all the rage in the U.K.? Well, we certainly don't want any milk from cows that might have been given medicine to PREVENT Mad Cow Disease, do we? (knuckle-heads...and shouldn't that be "organically-RAISED"? I thought only Greek cows are REARED!)

The decision only affects milk in cartons and will not, for now, extend to other ingredients such as milkshakes.
I don't believe they are called "milkshakes" at MickeyDees, just "shakes". The last I heard, milk was not an ingredient, so they couldn't call them "milkshakes".

McDonald's has been forced to make major changes after suffering falling sales. It issued a profits warning last month and is expected to post its first quarterly loss in its 47-year history later this month.
Bowing to PCBS (politically correct Barbara Streisand) will not save you.

[Old Professer]

I think by non organic they really mean milk produced from cows not jacked up on hormones to produce triple their milk output. More hormones usually means much more puss in the milk as a byproduct. Kinda gross if you think about it.

I take it you have proof of this.

[taxed2death]

Yea, but I can't do all the work around here.

[SoothingDave]

I don't believe they are called "milkshakes" at MickeyDees, just "shakes". The last I heard, milk was not an ingredient, so they couldn't call them "milkshakes".

Unlike the other fast food outlets, McDonald's has been serving milkshakes (complete with the "Real" seal) for quite some time now. They recently even thickened them up and started serving them with a spoon.

SD

[Ignatz]

Thanks for the update, SD. I'll try one next time I'm at a McD.

[Pintobean]

"I think by non organic they really mean milk produced from cows not jacked up on hormones to produce triple their milk output. More hormones usually means much more puss in the milk as a byproduct. Kinda gross if you think about it. "

With liberals, NEVER presume to know what their terms mean unless one explains what it means to THEM...Remember even words like "sex" and "is" have unique meanings.

Umm I think you mean "pus" as in infection, not "puss".

If organically grown vegetables means no pesticides/herbicides, does that mean that organically raised livestock are not treated traditionally for disease nor is the milk pasteurized even?

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Organic milk is milk from cows not jacked up and fed on organic feed. Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized. Not all organic milk is pasteurized and not all raw milk is organic. If organic milk is pasteurized, the process kills the critters that get people sick. Of course it kills all the beneficial stuff also.

Our family drinks raw milk, but I don't think it would be classified as organic. From time to time we buy organic milk and it is most definitely pasteurized.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Organic milk is milk from cows not jacked up and fed on organic feed. Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized. Not all organic milk is pasteurized and not all raw milk is organic. If organic milk is pasteurized, the process kills the critters that get people sick. Of course it kills all the beneficial stuff also.

Our family drinks raw milk, but I don't think it would be classified as organic. From time to time we buy organic milk and it is most definitely pasteurized.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

"If organically grown vegetables means no pesticides/herbicides, does that mean that organically raised livestock are not treated traditionally for disease nor is the milk pasteurized even?"

In many cases, if a cow on an organic dairy gets seriously sick the dairyman pulls that cow out of the herd. In some cases, the cow can be treated with traditional vet techniques and the milk would still be considered organic. States usually develop standards to handle these situations. However, organic milk, except for a few exceptions, is generally pasteurized.

OTOH, cows on an organic dairy are generally healthier than cows in non-organic dairies. The reason is that most dairy cows are kept in confinements. Many of these confinements use concrete enclosures. Cows standing on concrete are more prone to develop mastitis, an infection that causes pus to get into the milk. At an orgainc dairy, the cows are kept on pasture. As a result, they almost never get mastitis or other infections for that matter. So, they are generally healthier and don't need medical treatment.

[taxed2death]

Yup, sorry about the mis-spell "pus".....not a word I type on a regular basis :) Thank God.

Organic milk is allowed to be pasteurized.......not sure about "treated traditional"....sounds like a grey area there. I think the "beef" (no pun intended) is when dairy farmers load up the cows with mega doses of hormones which causes chemical imbalances in the cows immune system, etc, etc.....

Sheesh.....hope you don't think I'm a liberal 'cause I mis-spelled pus :(

[taxed2death]

.....sounds like you know cows :)

[oldcomputerguy]

I think this is exactly what he means and he is right.
We recently switched to organic milk with no anitbiotics and no hormones......guess what? it tastes different. It tastes like milk I used to drink as a kid at the state fair.
There is a web site with the details of this issue http://www.notmilk.com. I listened to the audio tape of this guy describing his reasons and his evidence, it was appalling.

My dog sure knows the difference too. He is a small dog and the presence of hormones is apparent in minutes after he consumes something with them. He had a partial neutering and has only one testical, so he has a very low sex drive. When he consumes ordinary commerical milk, he is immediately sexually aroused. When he consumes organic milk he is not.
The bad news is that some of the meats we get have the same problem. I submit that the addition of growth hormones by the food and dairy industry are one of the primary reasons for the explosion of obesity in the US, not the only one.