rBST-Free Dairy

Cura only purchases fluid milk that comes from independently owned family farms that do not use rBST to increase their cows’ milk production. We purchase from these dairies because we believe in preserving the natural milk supply for our locations. 

Recombinant bovine somatotropin hormone, sometimes referred as BGH, rBGH and BST, is a genetically engineered copy of a naturally occurring hormone produced by cows. The naturally occurring hormone regulates the amount of milk a cow can produce; the genetically engineered copy of the hormone is used specifically to boost those amounts, in turn producing more milk. According to the FDA, no significant difference has been shown and no test can distinguish between milk from rBGH-treated and untreated cows.