Does your colostrum come from strictly “organic” herds?
ANSWER: No, not by our definition of “organic” anyway, and we don’t believe any other company is providing truly organic colostrum, either. Maybe we’re too skeptical, but consider the fact that there are relatively very few truly organic dairy herds in this country...we just don’t believe there are enough of them to be providing all the alleged colostrum organic “organic colostrum” that suddenly seems to be appearing in the marketplace. It’s possible, if they are defining organic more loosely than we do, that they could be providing it. Our definition would mean it came from cows fed only on pastures that had been totally free of chemicals for several years, and the cows were not given any of the “non-organic” substances so commonly used in farming today. There just aren’t enough of such herds around at this point to allow us to believe that all of the colostrum companies claiming to have it, could possibly really have it. Not only would it require a large number of such herds, but (an even much larger challenge) a number of them within a reasonably small geographic area, to make collection of the colostrum possible at any sort of reasonable cost. If, at some point, colostrum from truly “organic” herds WAS available, we’d be interested. Just like we’d be interested in getting milk from “organic” cows. But, chances are, to collect enough for large scale marketing, the colostrum would end up being from the first four days after calving, and we have no doubt that first day colostrum from a “non-organic” cow would be infinitely better than 4th-day colostrum from an alleged “organic” cow. And, remember, given the small amount of colostrum a person takes daily, the issue of “organic” is far less important here, than in milk, since people consume far more of that.
Am I depriving a calf of the colostrum it needs, when I buy colostrum?
ANSWER: No. The cow produces much more than the calf needs or wants; the calf takes about 4 pounds, while the cow produces easily 40 - 50 pounds that first day.
What about processing — what kind is used on your products?
ANSWER: The liquid requires no heat, and the powder in our capsules is low heat processed, thereby retaining the integrity of the ingredients. For some reason, many of the new colostrum marketers are making a big deal about using low heat — the fact is most colostrum processors use low heat, so we don’t think this is anything to “beat our chests about”. But many new marketers don’t talk about having “first day colostrum”. Again, we believe the key to the quality of the colostrum is that only first day colostrum be used. And, finally, we’ve even heard some of the new marketers talking about “powdered colostrum being superior to liquid colostrum”. . .as one fan of our liquid product said “there’s no mammal on earth that gives powdered colostrum!”
ANSWER: No, not by our definition of “organic” anyway, and we don’t believe any other company is providing truly organic colostrum, either. Maybe we’re too skeptical, but consider the fact that there are relatively very few truly organic dairy herds in this country...we just don’t believe there are enough of them to be providing all the alleged colostrum organic “organic colostrum” that suddenly seems to be appearing in the marketplace. It’s possible, if they are defining organic more loosely than we do, that they could be providing it. Our definition would mean it came from cows fed only on pastures that had been totally free of chemicals for several years, and the cows were not given any of the “non-organic” substances so commonly used in farming today. There just aren’t enough of such herds around at this point to allow us to believe that all of the colostrum companies claiming to have it, could possibly really have it. Not only would it require a large number of such herds, but (an even much larger challenge) a number of them within a reasonably small geographic area, to make collection of the colostrum possible at any sort of reasonable cost. If, at some point, colostrum from truly “organic” herds WAS available, we’d be interested. Just like we’d be interested in getting milk from “organic” cows. But, chances are, to collect enough for large scale marketing, the colostrum would end up being from the first four days after calving, and we have no doubt that first day colostrum from a “non-organic” cow would be infinitely better than 4th-day colostrum from an alleged “organic” cow. And, remember, given the small amount of colostrum a person takes daily, the issue of “organic” is far less important here, than in milk, since people consume far more of that.
Am I depriving a calf of the colostrum it needs, when I buy colostrum?
ANSWER: No. The cow produces much more than the calf needs or wants; the calf takes about 4 pounds, while the cow produces easily 40 - 50 pounds that first day.
What about processing — what kind is used on your products?
ANSWER: The liquid requires no heat, and the powder in our capsules is low heat processed, thereby retaining the integrity of the ingredients. For some reason, many of the new colostrum marketers are making a big deal about using low heat — the fact is most colostrum processors use low heat, so we don’t think this is anything to “beat our chests about”. But many new marketers don’t talk about having “first day colostrum”. Again, we believe the key to the quality of the colostrum is that only first day colostrum be used. And, finally, we’ve even heard some of the new marketers talking about “powdered colostrum being superior to liquid colostrum”. . .as one fan of our liquid product said “there’s no mammal on earth that gives powdered colostrum!”
